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Santana

  • 🏅 UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (28 October 2020)

🏘️ Santana · Santana · Queimadas e Fontes

Between nature and tradition, the town and municipality of the north coast (about 8,800 inhabitants, 96.2 km², six parishes: Arco de São Jorge, Faial, Ilha, Santana, São Jorge, São Roque do Faial) is known worldwide for its triangular thatched "casinhas", the symbol of an isolation that for a long time was hard to break by land or sea. Listed as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2011 — 14,889 ha including the marine area, 6,558 inhabitants at the 2021 census — it offers more than 120 km of trails, the Madeira Theme Park, the Rocha do Navio Nature Reserve and Pico Ruivo, the roof of the archipelago; the Queimadas, Pico das Pedras and Ribeiro Frio forest parks lie within it.

  • UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2011)
  • Thatched houses
  • 120 km of trails
  • Rocha do Navio, Pico Ruivo
GPS
32.80504, -16.88500
🧭 Getting there
The place stands in the locality of Queimadas e Fontes, parish of Santana (Santana).
🅿️ Parking
The nearest car park is Bus, 98 m away.
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Good to know about Santana2

  • The icons — Santana houses, Monte sledges, cable car, Santana Biosphere Reserve (2011)

    Triangular houses of wood and thatch, wicker sledges pushed by two carreiros since the 19th century, an Italian-style theatre of 1888, the country's oldest photo studio (1865), Funchal's museums, Casa das Mudas at Calheta, the Ethnographic Museum at Ribeira Brava, the Whale Museum at Caniçal.

  • Rocha do Navio — Exclusively marine reserve wanted by the people of Santana (1997), 1,822 ha

    A response to the degradation of resources by destructive fishing; includes Ilhéu da Viúva and Ilhéu da Rocha das Vinhas; access by a steep path or the cable car, sea often rough.

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