Local secret
A black-sand beach under green cliffs on the north coast, with far fewer people than you expect.
Most of Madeira's coast is pebble or cliff. Seixal has a small beach of soft black volcanic sand, with waterfalls coming down the green walls behind it and natural rock pools a short walk away.
A tipCombine it with Porto Moniz, twenty minutes further along the same road.
- From Funchalabout 55 minutes by car
- Beachnatural black sand
Taken home
At the end of the route, in Funchal, four artists draw whatever you bring back from the island: a place, a flower, a word, a set of coordinates.
The outline of the island
Madeira in a single line.