Santana
Santana is a town home to its colorful historic thatched houses, with spots like Penha de Águia, Porto da Cruz, and Praia da Alagoa.
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All places in this area (127)
Viewpoints 51
- Penha de Águia
- Arco de São Jorge
- Beira da Quinta
- Fortim do Faial
- Posto Florestal Cascalho
- Porto da Cruz
- Praia da Alagoa
- Lombo do Pico
- Vigia
- Casa de Chá do Faial
- Pedreira
- Corujeira de Baixo
- Chão do Pico
- Ribeira do Faial
- Eirinha - Pico do Lombo Galêgo
- Cruzeiro - Sítio das Cruzinhas
- Encontro - Cruzinhas
- Lombo de Cima
- Cabeço do Mudo
- Lombo Galeão
- Forte da Boa Vontade
- Corujeira de Baixo
- Água D'Alto
- Corujeira de Cima
- Achadinha
- Cabeço do Resto
- Eiras
- Lombo da Ilha
- Cabeço da Diferença
- Curtado
- Forte do Faial
- Pico Guindaste
- Tojal
- Faial
- Caminho Chão
- Chão do Cedro Gordo
- Faias
- Serrado
- Pomar
- Rocha do Navio
- Cabo Aéreo
- Nossa Senhora do Bom Caminho
- Palheiros
- Pico Caldeira
- Cabeça da Boca dos Barros
- Birdwatching
- Ponta de São Jorge
- Quinta do Furão
- Voltas
- Guindaste
- Pico do Fortim
Beaches 2
Attractions 14
Gardens 1
Restaurants 30
- Ponta Velha
- Galé
- Curtado
- O Colmo
- Casa De Chá do Faial
- Casa de Palha
- Bolo do Caco Grill & Pizza
- L e L
- Adega Jardim
- João Isidro Fernandes
- ilha montanha
- A Chave
- Caravela
- Quinta do Furão - Pub and Billiard Room
- Bragados
- Estrela do Norte
- Arco
- Serra e Mar
- Baía do Bago
- Penha d'Ave
- Font'Art
- Praça do Engenho
- Marcel's Bistro
- Cabo Aéreo
- Churrascaria Caldeirão Verde
- Vila Bela
- Restaurant and Tea House Roseiral
- Adega do Compadre
- Sabores Santiago
- Faial Mar