This is one of the many caves that are along the coast of the island. I got this on board the replica of Colombo's sailing ship Santa Maria when I was returning from my trip to Cabo Girão. This cave is located between Praia Formosa beach and Ponta Gorda Beach, below the promenade, near the Hotel Pestana Grand
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Esta é uma das muitas grutas que existem ao longo do litoral da ilha. Obtive esta a bordo da nau Santa Maria, quando estava de regresso da viagem que fiz ao Cabo Girão. Esta gruta fica entre a Praia Formosa e a Ponta Gorda, abaixo da promenade, perto do hotel Pestana Grand
It is called "Santa Maria". It is a replica of the ship of Christopher Columbus and was built on the Madeira island between July 1997 and July 1998 by Robert Wijntje, a dutch resident in the island, and by local artisans to celebrate the historic voyage of Columbus across the Atlantic to the discovery of "Indies", which ultimately led him to the Caribbean and America. There isn't a replica pure because don't have much data. But it was built as close as possible to the original. It has 22 meters in length, 3 masts, the highest with 16 meters. Has a capacity of more than 100 passengers.
Soon after construction is finished, the Santa Maria was in Lisbon to represent the Madeira wine at Expo 98. Today is the day trip south coast of Madeira.
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