Miradouro da Rocha do Navio
Clifftop lookout over a marine reserve, sea islets and a farmed shelf reached by a steep cable car.
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This guide to Miradouro da Rocha do Navio, on the north coast of Madeira near Santana, starts from the name itself, Ship Rock, and the nineteenth-century Dutch wreck it recalls. It looks out at the two islets of the marine reserve and the question hidden in one of their names. It also drops down to the farmers of the fajã below and the little cable car built for them in nineteen ninety-seven. Best heard at the railing, with the islets in view.
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