Miradouro da Portela

The Portela pass, at 670 m between Porto da Cruz and Machico, shows both the east and the north of the island: green mountains sinking into the blue of the sea, small orange-roofed houses scattered on the slopes of Porto da Cruz and, on the horizon, Penha d'Águia, a rock about 600 m high dividing the municipalities of Machico and Santana. It is the end of the Levada do Furado (PR 10) and the start of the Vereda das Funduras (PR 5).