Camacha

A market opened on 2 June 2018 in the heart of Camacha, which quickly became a regular stop for residents and visitors alike. Fresh fruit and vegetables are sold here, many grown in the parish itself: its slightly cooler climate than the coast suits certain crops. Camacha is also the wickerwork village.

At about 700 m in the municipality of Santa Cruz, a few kilometres from Funchal, the rural parish that keeps the island's traditions alive. Wicker founded a unique industry here, which in its heyday exported hand-woven pieces to several continents; folklore is the other emblem, with the red vertically striped skirts of the "viloas", now a regional symbol. The Levada da Serra do Faial crosses the whole parish, for walks among the local fauna and flora. Montado do Pereiro and Poiso lie on its heights.

In the Poiso forest perimeter, in the parish of Camacha (Santa Cruz), a park dedicated to leisure for the whole family: great biodiversity of native and exotic species, big old trees, young plantations of Madeira cedars, folhados and massarocos, chestnuts and beeches. Picnic areas with tables, fountains and fireplaces, a campsite, football pitches and mini-golf; parking, paid toilets, public-transport access. Open weekdays 9:00–17:00, weekends until 18:00 in winter and 19:00 in summer.