Ponta do Sol is, as its name suggests ("Sun Point"), the sunniest place on the island of Madeira over the year. The area offers to its visitor extended forests and also a high plateau of Paúl da Serra.
The beaches of Ponta do Sol are not very sandy, but more pebbled ones. Despite this "inconvenient", the visitors of Ponta do Sol can enjoy swimming in a warm seawater and having great sunbaths.