A last shot of the view from the bus
The building on the right is a hotel overlooking the valley.
The village is very isolated and lives mainly on what it grows. They're supposed to have very good chestnuts and have an annual Ch…
In 1566 the nuns from the Santa Clara convent fled from pirates attacking Funchal and found seclusion here where they also brought…
We headed up the path toward the viewpoint overlooking the Valley of the Nuns.
We drove up to an altitude of 1094 feet. The view was beautiful. This was just from the parking lot!