Miradouro da Garganta Funda
Unfenced clifftop platform facing a rain-fed waterfall that plunges straight into the Atlantic.
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This guide to the Miradouro da Garganta Funda, on Madeira's southwestern cliffs above Ribeira da Vaca, is about water and weather: a tall waterfall named for a deep throat, and a small stream that runs out of land. It asks why the view here is never quite the same twice. Along the way you'll meet the grazing cows and the empty cow sheds of these slopes. Best heard on the platform itself, a step back from the unfenced edge.
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