Place sítio/locality São Roque do Faial Santana
Ribeiro Frio
São Roque do Faial · Santana
inland locality about 15 km from Funchal, Madeira
Ribeiro Frio is an inland locality at 750 m, about 15 km from Funchal, famed for its scenery, laurel and heath woodland and rare plants, including holly and Euphorbia mellifera. Its stream is a tributary of the Ribeira do Faial and feeds the Levada do Furado and the state levada irrigating Porto da Cruz. It lies on road 24 and has a rain-gauge post.
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- Levadas — Source of the state levada that irrigates Porto da Cruz.
- Levadas — Source of the Levada do Furado.
- Pau do Sebastião — Pau do Sebastião lies beyond it.
- Ribeira do Faial — Tributary.
- Roads — Point on road 24 and terminus of a new road.
- Altitudes — Listed at 750 m.
- Orchids — Where foreigners collected all the tubers they could find.
- Canary holly (Ilex canariensis) — A place where the holly grows.
- Meteorological stations — Rain-gauge post.
- Teijeira (Arctium minus) — Locality where the plant grows.
- Hortelã de burro (Cedronella triphylla) — Locality where the plant is frequent.
- Figueira do Inferno — Locality where Euphorbia mellifera grows.
- Page (Roberto) — Page built a wooden bridge there.
- Balcões — Locality where the Balcões viewpoint lies.
- Faial (parish) — One limit of Lançarote Teixeira's land grant.
- Feiteiras (Chão das) — Destination of the road crossing the site.
- Madeira (landscape) — Inland scenic spot recommended.
- Madeira (island) — Scenic inland spot.
- Waterfalls — Area with waterfalls.
- Belvederes — Its rest house lies a quarter-hour from the viewpoint.
- Poiso — Popular site reached by the road and car service through Poiso.
- Ribeiro Frio — Subject of the entry, an inland beauty spot.
- Madeiran elder (Sambucus maderensis) — Locality where the elder grows wild.
- Dykes — Site of double dykes.
- Sanguinho (Rhamnus glandulosa) — Limit of its range.
- Faial (stream) — Tributary of the Ribeira do Faial.
- Perado (Ilex perado) — One of the few places where the perado grows.
- Levadas — Site of a levada whose completion was ordered in 1839.
- São Roque do Faial (parish) — Locality recommended for its pleasant setting and striking panoramic views.