Funchal - Quinta das Cruzes

Northwest of the Calçada de Santa Clara is the Quinta das Cruzes, set in beautiful gardens and said to have been where the Zarcos lived. The manor house (1745) is now a museum of the island's cultural history (furniture made from sugar crates, azulejos, silver from the Gulbenkian Foundation, and parts of a sunken Dutch sailing ship). The park contains carvings in stone ranging from the 15th to the 19th C. including the original town pillory (pelourinho).