Hike at the south-eastern end of Madeira, Ponta de São Lourenço is the peninsular seen from the aircraft before the turn to land at Funchal airport. The PR8 path towards the Cais do Sardinha gives rewarding views of the massive coast erosion, the layers of volcanic rock of varied colours and the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean. Again on Madeira, the path (and parking) was really busy. The path is surprisingly strenuous but even more so with the tedious crowding. There’s a sort of similarity with the Cornwall Coast Path, although the geologies are entirely different.
View back to the parking and Funchal airport
“Atlantic Blue” (as in the colour description) and the island of Porto Santo
