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Miradouro de São Cristóvão
- country
- leisure
Caminho da Barreira
9240, São Vicente
A place with views of the sea and of the island's interior.
Igreja do Bom Jesus
- heritage
Estrada Padre Casimiro Freitas Abreu
9240, Igreja
A church located on a rural area, by the sea, with views of the sea to the north, and surrounded by the mountains. The retables are in white and golden neoclassicist carvings and the sacristy still has baroque elements.
Capela de São Vicente
- heritage
ER101, 78 - Avenida Marcos Marques Rosa
9240, Calhau
A very small chapel with simple lines, located on a higher rock that protects it from the sea. It is the "ex-libris" of São Vicente.
Capela dos Reis Magos
- heritage
Rua Engenheiro João Fidélio de Canha
9240-121, Ponta Delgada
A chapel with outer simple lines and a richer decor in its interior. A special note to the retable with threee paintings that evoke the Three Wise Men's Adoration, Saint John the Baptist and a bishop of the church.
Igreja Matriz de São Vicente
- heritage
São Vicente
9240-225, São Vicente
A church with an eclectic construction and a simple façade, composed of three naves, a crucifix and a high altar with a retable in golden carvings.
Rota da Cal
- country
Sítio de Lameiros
9240-211, São Vicente
A route where one gets to know the lime extraction that was part of the life in São Vicente during many years, the only place in São Vicente where there is limestone. Thus, an activity that took place until the middle of the seventies is re-created.
Núcleo Museológico Rota da Cal
- heritage
Sítio da Achada do Furtado do Barrinho - Lameiros
9240-211, São Vicente
The Museum-Cal route encompasses several landmarks of the natural heritage, built and cultural de São Vicente in an area of approximately 12,000 square meters. Among which, apart from all the local scenic beauty are two quarries of limestone, a lime kiln and other production support places like haystacks, poios and taken, rather elements characteristic of the Madeiran countryside.
Miradouro de Pastel
- country
- leisure
Estrada do Pastel
9240, São Vicente
A place from where one can view the Pastel village, by the sea.
Casa-Museu Doutor Horácio Bento de Gouveia
- heritage
ER101 - Sítio dos Terços
9240-120, Ponta Delgada
House built between the 17th and 18th centuries, in the popular civil style of Madeira, was the birthplace of Dr. Horácio Bento de Gouveia. Was adapted to House-Museum in 1986 and there you can find objects linked to the professional life of this writer, journalist and teacher of Madeira, as well as antique pieces.
Floresta Laurissilva
- country
ER101
9240-025, Boa Ventura
A forest that dates back to the Tertiary and that used to spread along vast regions of the European continent. Currently it is only found in some North Atlantic archipelagos, namely in Madeira with the largest woods of this kind still to be found in the world. It is both important due to its diversity of flora and fauna species and to the fact that it is well preserved. The UNESCO classified it as Mankind's Heritage in 1999.