Beyond the Portela pass the main road descends the Machico valley to the coast and Machico itself (pop. 13,000), an important fishing port (boatyard) at the mouth of the Rio Machico, with a government school for Madeira embroidery. This was the landing place of the first settlers.

The town is said to be named after an Englishman called Machin
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