Madeira Lido Tours

Ponta de São Lourenço, the eastern part of Madeira, is a Nature Reserve with wonderful panoramic views of the Atlantic and spectacular volcanic rock formations; a completely unique landscape compared with the rest of the island. The creeper vegetation here is well worth seeing and a plethora of different trees grow in the area that highly contrast with the remainder of Madeira’s landscape. Many unusual species of plants can be found here and are best seen on foot, like the Ice Plant, Everlasting, Cardoon and many more.

With about 9km long and 2km width, it includes two islets (the “Cevada”, “Metade” or “Desembarcadouros” Islet and the “Ponta de São Lourenço” or “Farol” Islet), and was classified as a Natural Reserve in 1982.

We stop at a viewpoint named “Ponta do Rosto” for approx. 10/15 minutes, enough time to take memorable photographs of this area. Down the cliff is a secluded beach called Prainha, the island’s only natural black sandy beach. Very popular with the locals, it’s also great for swimming!