Machico
Porto da Cruz
Porto da Cruz is a village that belongs to Machico Parish. This is a very rural place on the north coast that owes its name – Port of the Cross – to a cross, made by sailors in 1419 with sticks collected in the riverbed. Porto da Cruz is famous for its “dry wine”, made from Americana grapes and also for the production of sugar cane, of which there is still a mill remaining.
Porto da Cruz is a village that belongs to Machico Parish. This is a very rural place on the north coast that owes its name – Port of the Cross – to a cross, made by sailors in 1419 with sticks collected in the riverbed. Porto da Cruz is famous for its “dry wine”, made from Americana grapes and also for the production of sugar cane, of which there is still a mill remaining.
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