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Ponta Delgada is a municipality in the district Sao Vicente on the island Madeira.
background
Ponta Delgada is a small coastal community on the north coast of Madeira and belongs to the administrative area of São Vicente. The population lives mainly from agriculture. In earlier times, sugar cane was an essential factor here, but this industry could not withstand the fall in prices on the world markets, as some of the dilapidated plants still bear testimony to today. Viticulture is currently being promoted instead.
Ponta Delgada is located at the western end of the only stretch of coast towards Santana that has not yet been tunnelled by highways. This is precisely where its tourist importance lies. Adventurous self-drivers can experience the romance and narrowness of the original traffic routes on Madeira for the last time.
getting there
The rental car booked at the airport should be the most sensible alternative for the visitor. Apart from package tours with appropriate feeders, São Vicente can only be reached with great effort and time using public transport.
By plane
Madeira's only one Santa Cruz Airport Ponta Delgada can be reached in about an hour on the motorway via Funchal and Ribeira Brava. Once the section between Santana and São Vicente is completed, this travel time will be cut in half.
By bus
The operator Rodoeste connects the place with the capital Funchal several times a day via line 6. The travel time to Funchal varies between 90 and 150 minutes.
In the street
As long as the ring closure of the ER 101 coastal motorway between Santana and São Vicente is not completed, the fastest way to get there is via the north-south connection mach Ribeira Brava. The connection via the old coastal road only has the tourist experience value mentioned.
mobility
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Tourist Attractions
- Parish Church of Senhor Bom Jesus. Originally chapel from 1500, destroyed by fire in 1908. A wooden cross, which was partially destroyed in the fire and is venerated as a relic, is exhibited here. According to legend, it was washed ashore by divine providence during the founding times.
- Casa Dr. Horácio Bento de Gouveia, Sítio dos Terços. Tel.: 351 291 862 332. Birthplace of a locally famous scholar of the 17th century with appropriate furnishings.
activities
- swimming pool (Complexo Balnear de Ponta Delgada), Sítio do Terreiro. Tel.: 351 966167497. With its seawater swimming pool, it is traded as one of the most beautiful bathing opportunities on Madeira.Open: July to September: Monday to Friday: 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.Price: 1 €.
- Each on first Sunday in September takes place here one of the most important pilgrimages in Madeira Festa do Senhor Bom Jesus instead of. Here in particular, many emigrants from the São Vicente district meet again at the roots of their homeland.
- hikes(see excursions)
shop
There are a few smaller shops in town. Self-caterers will be best served in the Ribeira Brava supermarket.
kitchen
nightlife
The place is and remains rather sleepy outside of the visits of day and round trip tourists. Apart from individual bars, nightlife in the true sense only takes place in the capital Funchal instead of.
accommodation
- Casa da Capelinha, Sitio do Terreiro.
- Solar de Boaventura, Sitio do Serrão Boaventura, 9240-046 Sao Vicente, Portugal (located in the place). Tel.: 351 291 860 880.
security
health
Practical advice
trips
The neighboring municipality of Boaventura is crossed by the Levada da Achada Grande, Levada Grande, Levada das Faias, Levada da Achada, Levada dos Alves and Levada do Pastel, as well as the Levada da Achada (or Levada do Serrão), which all originate in the Find Ribeira dos Moinhos. There are plenty of hiking opportunities here for explorers. However, these are little documented and should only be reserved for experienced Lebada hikers.
Because of the favorable connection via the motorway at São Vicente, all destinations on the island can be reached by excursions.
literature
Web links
- http://www.jf-pontadelgada.pt/ - Ponta Delgada official website
- Official Madeira Tourism Website
- Travel report of the first author
