Seixal
Cliff-bound fishing village with black sand, lava-rock pools and heather-fenced terraced vineyards.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Seixal, a small village on the north coast of Madeira, is about the road that finally reached it, carved along the cliffs in the years after the Second World War. It starts from a sum that looks wrong, and follows the rock, the tunnels, the waterfalls and the waves that stood in the builders' way. Best heard with the sea behind you and the cliffs in view.
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