Viewpoint · Câmara de Lobos, Madeira
Cabo Girão
Miradouro do Cabo Girão
Cabo Girão is a high sea cliff on Madeira's south coast in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos; this record is the viewpoint at its top, which has a suspended glass platform.
Why go
Visit Madeira places the viewpoint at 580 metres in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos, with a suspended glass platform and views over Câmara de Lobos, Funchal and the small cultivated fajãs at the foot of the cliff. The regional forestry and nature conservation institute, IFCN, says the Cabo Girão Protected Area belongs to Câmara de Lobos and combines a marine natural park with the Cabo Girão Natural Monument and Protected Landscape on land; it lists the Miradouro do Cabo Girão as a geosite and says the viewpoint and new access roads were built in 1953. Visit Madeira says payment for visiting the area is made through the SIMplifica portal. IFCN and the cathedral's parish both say stone from Cabo Girão was used in Funchal Cathedral. This record is the clifftop viewpoint, not the protected area designated over the cliff, and it lies in Câmara de Lobos, not in Funchal.
Near Cabo Girão
Church
Funchal Cathedral
Funchal Cathedral (Sé do Funchal) is the cathedral of the Diocese of Funchal, a church of the late 15th and early 16th centuries on Rua do Aljube in the historic centre of Funchal, Madeira.
9 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Market
Mercado dos Lavradores
Mercado dos Lavradores is a municipal market hall in the centre of Funchal, Madeira, opened in 1940, where stalls sell fruit, vegetables, fish, sweets, crafts and regional products.
9 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Cable car
Funchal Cable Car
The Funchal Cable Car (Teleférico do Funchal) is a gondola lift between the Old Town of Funchal and Monte, operated by Teleféricos da Madeira, S.A.; this record is mapped at its lower station in Funchal.
10 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Park
Monte Palace Tropical Garden
Monte Palace Tropical Garden is a garden of about 70,000 square metres at Monte, in Funchal, Madeira, laid out around the palatial house that became the Monte Palace Hotel, with the Monte Palace Madeira Museum at its highest point.
10 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ