Madeira
Machico Municipality
Porto da Cruz

Porto da Cruz

Porto da Cruz is a village on the northeast corner of the island of . It is popular with surfers, sunbathers, and hikers. Porto da Cruz has a nice waterfront and small sandy pocket beach.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe (Porto da Cruz) and Penha de Águia.

Church
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is a church.

Peak
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is a peak.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3 km west of Porto da Cruz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include São Roque do Faial and Faial.

Village
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is a parish in the municipality of on the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 736, in an area of 15.61 km2. It is located 3 km southeast of Santana. is situated 2½ km west of Porto da Cruz.

Village
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is a civil parish in the municipality of Santana located along the northern coast of the island of Madeira. The population in 2011 was 1,567, in an area of 24.03 km². is situated 3 km northwest of Porto da Cruz.

Village
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is a civil parish in the interior of the municipality of Machico, on the island of . The parish is adjacent to another parish in the neighbouring municipality of to the south, which is also named . is situated 5 km south of Porto da Cruz.

Porto da Cruz

Latitude
32.77251° or 32° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
-16.8286° or 16° 49′ 43″ west
Population
2,600
Elevation
220 metres (722 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PT PCZ
Open location code
8C45Q5FC+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1832777817
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2264440
Wiki­data ID
Q932115
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Porto da Cruz” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Cebuano: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Chechen: “Порту-да-Круш”
  • Chinese: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Czech: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Dutch: “Porto da Cruz”
  • French: “Porto da Cruz”
  • German: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Hungarian: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Irish: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Kazakh: “Порту-да-Круш”
  • Malay: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Russian: “Порту-да-Круш”
  • Spanish: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Tatar: “Порту-да-Круш”
  • Turkish: “Porto da Cruz”
  • Ukrainian: “Порту-да-Круш”
  • “Porto da Cruz”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Porto da Cruz”. Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.