Santana, this population of about 8,000 inhabitants must his attractive tourist one to peculiar triangular small houses, like cabins painted in alive colors. Although it is certain that today they are left very few of these houses, next to the city council exhibit reconstructions of these homes farmers with ajuar embroidering primorosamente, crafts in which the islanders are masterful.
Located in the North coast of Madeira, to near 36Km of Funchal, the council of Santana is located between the aggressive central mountain range and the North Sea.
The city of Santana constitutes a charming locality where, still today, it is possible to find the houses primitive of triangular form and ceiling covered with straw, being for that reason an obligatory point of tourist visit.
With a very fertile land, this council reunites the optimal conditions for the production of wheat, maize, rye and came.
For the lovers of the nature, in the high zone of this council, more concretely in the Forest Park of Queimadas, the prettiest strolls on foot throughout paths tipped by the famous ones are made weighed, with magnificent views and in the heat of Laurisilva forest.
They emphasize the strolls that will take until Achada do to him Garamacho, to Caldeirão Verde, Mouth it give Voltas, to the Tip it give Pedras, to the Naturalda Reserve Rocha do Ship and to an interesting rocky formation of twelve meters of height, that is well-known by the name of “Homem command post Pé” (Man standing up).