Paul da Serra
High, windswept moorland plateau of heather and turbines, often wrapped in drifting mist.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to Paul da Serra, Madeira's high moorland plateau, is about a question the island once took seriously: could its only flat ground carry an airport? It sets the plateau against the eastern coast of Santa Cruz in the mid-twentieth-century contest for a runway, and brings in the fog, wind and rain you can feel around you. Best heard on the open plateau, facing the wind turbines.
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