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Beaches & natural pools

Porto Moniz's lava-formed natural pools, Seixal's black-sand beach, and Porto Santo's nine-kilometre stretch of golden sand — the archipelago's only true sand beach. Machico and Calheta's beaches use imported sand, not natural.

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Beaches of Madeira: Imported Sand, Black Sand and Where to Actually Swim
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Beaches of Madeira: Imported Sand, Black Sand and Where to Actually Swim

Madeira's beaches explained: which are imported sand (Machico, Calheta), which are natural black sand or pebble, and where to swim instead.

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