Ilha

In the parish of Ilha, a high point taking in the city of Santana with its white and ochre houses, then São Jorge — one of the first places settled on the north coast, known for its fertile soil — and Ilha itself, the municipality's most recent parish, known for its nature reserves, waterfalls and geological heritage. The name comes from its position between two streams: a «head» surrounded by water on every side.

Near Pico da Rainha, in the parish of Ilha, this viewpoint overlooks a stream valley entirely covered in Laurissilva — a subtropical forest some twenty million years old that occupies about 20% of the island, around 15,000 hectares. The parish's name is explained by its setting: ringed not by the sea but by streams, it forms an island within the island.

A lake at the foot of a fall of about a hundred metres, formed by the Ribeiro do Caldeirão Verde, in the heart of the Laurissilva. It is reached by PR 9, from the Queimadas Forest Park: 8.7 km one way, about six and a half hours there and back, four tunnels cut in the rock. The levada that leads to it was dug in the eighteenth century to carry water to the farmland of the parish of Faial.

A viewpoint at Ilha, municipality of Santana. It looks out towards the south-west. It stands 399 m above sea level, 2,751 m from the coast; the DROTe 2023 orthophoto shows a platform or a parking area there.