Orient yourself

The island, mapped

A single ridge of volcano, long from west to east, plunging to the sea on every side. Tap a place to read about it.

N Funchal Funchal Câmara de Lobos Câmara de Lobos Ribeira Brava Ribeira Brava Calheta Calheta Porto Moniz Porto Moniz São Vicente São Vicente Santana Santana Machico Machico Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Monte Monte Ponta de São Lourenço Ponta de São Lourenço Pico Ruivo Pico Ruivo

Stylised for clarity — not to scale. The real island is about 57 km end to end and never more than 22 km across.