Seixal

Seixal is a romantic small village at the northcoast, surrounded by the green valley of Chao da Ribeira.Its attraction is a black and sandy beach and the nature swimming pool.There are some good restaurants near to the harbour and near to the church.In a few minutes drive you can go up to the green valley of Chao da Ribeira. Porto Moniz in the northwestern part of the island for sure is one of the most famous parts of the island: the nature swimmingpool ( today there is only one open, in former times it were two)built into the lava rocks is one of the biggest attraction, Madeira has: enjoy swimming in the pool but be in the atlantic ocean...
Another big attraction is the rough and wildromantic road which connects Sao Vicente with Porto Moniz.If you drive to Porto Moniz it should be from S.Vicente to Porto Moniz and not the opposite way in order to drive parts of the old ER 102 ( estrada regional)and not following the new tunnels. The opposite way can only be done via tunnels as it is a one-way street.The small villages of Seixal, Achadas da Cruz and Ribeira da Janela belong to the council of Porto Moniz.