The most western place in Madeira Island is characterized by its agriculture landscapes. Carrots, sweet-potatoes, beans, potatoes and wheat grow side by side in small terrains, carefully cultivated by old men and women.

On this part of the island the land is much less steep and, maybe because of this, the cars pushed by cattle where used as a mean of transportation through many years.

Ponta do Pargo is known as the parish of apples, as these fruit trees find nice growing conditions on the terrains with altitudes between 400 and 600 meters. Local people are proud to have a small orchard.

Do not leave this parish without visiting its lighthouse, where you will be astonished with the view of high cliffs falling into the sea.

Photos by Catarina Fagundes