Achadas da Cruz is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Porto Moniz, with an area of 10.00 km² and 121 inhabitants (2021). Its population density is 22.0 inhabitants/km². It is located at latitude 32.833 (32°50') North and longitude 17.21667 (17°13') West, at an altitude of 575 meters.
Achadas da Cruz has a road that connects Porto Moniz to Funchal. The main economic activity is agriculture. It is bathed by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and has mountains to the southeast.
No children have been born in the parish between 2001 and 2009.
Society
Between 1835 and 1840 this parish has registered 18 marriages. The first registered marriage in this parish was in the year of 1827. From 1860 to 1911 this parish witnessed 824 baptisms happening there. Between 1910 and 1911, there were associated with this parish 14 deaths, 4 of which were from people who died at that time with an age above 18 years old.
Ribeira da Janela is a parish in the municipality of Porto Moniz, with an area of 19.90 km² and 200 inhabitants (2021 census). Its population density is 10.0 inhabitants/km². It is located at latitude 32.833 (32°50') North and longitude 17.15 (17°9') West, at an altitude of 575 meters. The only camping site on Madeira Island is located in this parish, a modern installation on the side of the regional road, beautiful and very well located and essentially designed for setting up tents.
The name derives from the river that has its mouth near the town, and which is also the longest on Madeira Island.
Geography
It is located northeast coast of Porto Moniz municipality, connected by the main roadway that circles the island to the principal communities in Funchal and Calheta. Mountainous, the parish is cut by several river valleys extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the interior plateau of Paul da Serra, where it borders the municipalities of Ponta do Sol and Calheta. The ravine, Ribeira da Janela, meanders through the parish from Paul da Serra (springing from the plateau at around 1,420 meters altitude) and flows at various intervals along the water course. The valley cut by this ravine is one of the longest in Madeira. Forests dominate the northern and eastern valleys while brush characterizes the remaining
Seixal is a parish of Porto Moniz municipality with an area of 36.37 km² and 612 inhabitants (2021 census). Its population density is 16.8 inhabitants/km².
It is at latitude 32.81667 (32°49') North and longitude 17.1667 (17°7') West. Seixal has a road that connects it to Porto Moniz and Santana. The main activity is agriculture.
Geography
It is located on the eastern frontier of Porto Moniz on the border with the municipality of São Vicente. The largest parish in Porto Moniz by area extends from the Atlantic Ocean into the interior of Paul de Serra.
Climate
Seixal has a subtropical Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa)
This parish is very abundant in water, the proof is in the various waterfalls there. The most famous is the Véu da Noiva Waterfall, which flows from the mountain at a considerable height and crashes into the sea, and is perhaps one of the best known on the island. Just like Seixal, a city on the mainland, the origin of its name is identical: it arose due to the abundance of pebbles on the beaches.
Seixal Beach
(Praia do Seixal)
32.82121, -17.1035
On the north coast of the island of Madeira, there is a place known for its unique beauty. Porto de Abrigo do Seixal Beach, also known simply as Seixal Beach, is an authentic living postcard. As such, its landscape has conquered the sea, nature, and, of course, photography lovers.
The scenery is painted in charming tones: a black sand beach bathed by the Atlantic and sheltered by escarpments and green mountains. This place therefore looks like a green amphitheatre, offering bathers a peaceful atmosphere.
Formed naturally a few years ago, next to Porto de Abrigo and Clube Naval do Seixal, this beach has good accesses and some facilities, such as showers, a bar, and even the possibility of renting kayaks. It is a quite popular spot all year round for several water sports, such as bodyboarding, canoeing or stand up paddle.
Seixal Beach is one of the best gateways to Porto Moniz for visitors. From here, you can easily reach multiple points of interest, such as hiking trails that cross the Laurissilva Forest.
Details
A black sand beach contrasting with the overlooking green mountains and bathed by a crystal-clear sea: this is how the idyllic setting of Porto de Abrigo do Seixal beach can be described.
Laje Beach
(Praia da Laje)
32.825868, -17.118148
It's known that Madeira's north coast hides some of the island's most beautiful natural treasures. In fact, the beaches in this part of the region have unique characteristics that set them apart from the rest.
Laje Beach is an unsupervised beach located in the parish of Seixal, municipality of Porto Moniz, and is also known as 'Jamaica Beach', a name given to it because of the palm trees planted along the promenade, which stretches for hundreds of meters.
Sometimes, diving into the sea can be difficult due to swells and currents, so we recommend that you only go for a swim if the sea is calm.
You can enjoy the landscape around this pebble beach and the tranquillity transmitted by the green of the mountain and the crystal-clear blue of the sea as you stroll along the promenade by the sea.
Details
Laje, also known as Jamaica Beach, is an unsupervised beach in the parish of Seixal, surrounded by a typically Madeiran landscape.
