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Faial Destination Guide

Touring Faial in Portugal

Faial in the region of Madeira is located in Portugal - some 596 mi or ( 959 km ) South-West of Lisbon , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Faial

Time in Faial is now 03:27 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Atlantic/Madeira " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Santa Cruz, Nossa Senhora do Monte, Machico, Funchal, and Faja do Milho. Being here already, consider visiting Santa Cruz . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Faial ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Madeira Island - Cloud Chase

3:55 min by Don Amaro
Views: 11590 Rating: 4.52

Driving up the high planes of Madeira Island with friends. Locations Paúl da Serra and Encumeada. Chasing the clouds and enjoying the views. Music by Fernando Deghi. For more information about Madeira ..

Magnificent Madeira

3:43 min by Pavel Mašek
Views: 7522 Rating: 5.00

Sequel of Magnificent Berchtesgaden. Just piece of this faboulous island caught by Canon 5DmkII with 24-105IS (that time without IS).Thank you very much... ..


Madeira - Levada da Serra do Faial

9:08 min by Lars Hoffmann
Views: 2463 Rating: 5.00

Levadas sind die Lebensadern Madeiras. Sie bringen das Wasser von den niederschlagsreichen Bergen zu den Äckern. Für die Wartung der Wasserläufe wurde ein Wegenetz angelegt, dass heute vor allem Wande ..

Madeira - Osttour

14:53 min by Lars Hoffmann
Views: 377 Rating: 3.67

Madeira ist für mich eine Trauminsel. Die Osttour zeigt die Vielfältigkeit der Insel. Da ist zunächst das Uentrum der Korbmacherei Camacha, so auch das erste Fußball-Länderspiel der Portugiesen stattg ..


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Interesting facts about this location

São Roque do Faial

São Roque do Faial is a parish in the district of Santana in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 927, its density is 58.3/km² and the area is 15.9 km². São Roque do Faial is the third smallest in population, the third largest in density and the second smallest in area in Santana. It is located east of Santana and south of Faial. The main industry is agriculture. It is connected with a road linking Santana and Machico. The parish of Machico lies to the east.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.77 -16.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Parishes of Santana (Madeira)

Santo António da Serra (Santa Cruz)

Santo António da Serra (Portuguese for "Saint Anthony" and "mountain range") is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. The population in 2001 is 982, its density is 66,5/km² and the area is 14.77 km²/1,477 ha. It is located W of Machico and ENE of Funchal. The main industry are agriculture. It's connected with a road to Machico, to Funchal and to Santana (Via Poiso). The mountains encircle Santo António da Serra.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.72 -16.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Parishes of Santa Cruz (Madeira)

Camacha

For the settlement in the northeastern portion of Porto Santo Island, see Camacha (Porto Santo). Camacha is a parish in the district of Santa Cruz in the Madeira Islands. It is about 6.5 km northeast of Funchal, 12 km south of Porto da Cruz and 7.5 km southwest of Santo António da Serra. The population in 2001 was 7,991, its density 408.1/km² and the area is 19.58 km². The parish of Funchal is bordered to the west and Machico to the north. Camacha has a stream located less than 1 km NE.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.68 -16.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Parishes of Santa Cruz (Madeira)

SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730

SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730, tail number HB-ICK, was a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R aircraft that crashed on approach to Funchal Airport, Madeira on December 18, 1977. The flight crew consisted of two captains. The pilot in command had never previously landed at Funchal and was being trained to operate from the notoriously difficult airport by the other, more experienced captain, who was acting as co-pilot.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.70 -16.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Accidents and incidents involving the Sud Aviation Caravelle, Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1977, Aviation accidents and incidents in Portugal, SA de Transport Aérien accidents and incidents

2010 Madeira floods and mudslides

The 2010 Madeira floods + mudslides were the result of an extreme weather event that affected Madeira Island in Portugal's autonomous Madeira archipelago on 20 February 2010. At least 42 people died and at least 100 were injured. However, with at least eight people still missing, the final death toll is still uncertain.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 32.70 -16.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 2010 floods, 2010 in Portugal, History of Madeira, Landslides, Natural disasters in Portugal

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