{"id":21028,"date":"2025-09-14T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T13:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/?post_type=destination&#038;p=21028"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:39:12","slug":"porto-santo-island","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/destination\/porto-santo-island\/","title":{"rendered":"L'\u00eele de Porto Santo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Porto Santo est la deuxi\u00e8me \u00eele habit\u00e9e (apr\u00e8s l'\u00eele de Mad\u00e8re) de l'archipel portugais de Mad\u00e8re, situ\u00e9 dans l'oc\u00e9an Atlantique Nord, \u00e0 l'ouest de l'Europe du Sud et de l'Afrique du Nord. Cette petite \u00eele de 6 km sur 11 km et sa seule ville, Vila Baleira, se trouvent \u00e0 43 km au nord-est de l'\u00eele de Mad\u00e8re. Contrairement \u00e0 Mad\u00e8re, elle poss\u00e8de une longue et magnifique plage de sable, des stations baln\u00e9aires et toutes les infrastructures n\u00e9cessaires pour passer de superbes vacances d'\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 la plage.<br \/>\nThe island\u2019s western and northern regions are mountainous and hilly with ~500 meters high mountain peaks, rocky cliffs falling to the ocean, and magnificent landscapes of mountains, rugged coastline, and surrounding islets. The eastern coastal region is blessed with beautiful 9 km long sandy beach, the city of <strong>Vila Baleira<\/strong>, and the municipality of Porto Santo.<\/p>\n<p>Porto Santo is a small island, enabling traveling the island with rented car or bicycles.<br \/>\nTo reach the island there are regular 1.5 hours flights from Lisbon and 0.5 hours flights from the island of Madeira.<br \/>\nFerry service from the island of Madeira, a 2.5 hour sail carrying passengers and vehicles is also available.<br \/>\nPorto Santo has mild winters and warm to hot summers, with rain usually only in the winter.<\/p>\n<p>TheTjoy.com suggest to combine a visit in both Islands of Madeira and Porto Santo during your vacation.<br \/>\nSpend 2-3 days traveling and enjoying the Island of Madeira combined with few days of beach vacation in Porto Santo.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porto Santo est la deuxi\u00e8me \u00eele habit\u00e9e (apr\u00e8s l'\u00eele de Mad\u00e8re) de l'archipel portugais de Mad\u00e8re, situ\u00e9 dans l'oc\u00e9an Atlantique Nord, \u00e0 l'ouest de l'Europe du Sud et de l'Afrique du Nord. Cette petite \u00eele de 6 km sur 11 km et sa seule ville, Vila Baleira, se trouvent \u00e0 43 km au nord-est de l'\u00eele de Mad\u00e8re. Contrairement \u00e0 Mad\u00e8re, elle poss\u00e8de une longue et magnifique plage de sable, des stations baln\u00e9aires et toutes les infrastructures n\u00e9cessaires pour passer de superbes vacances d'\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 la plage.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-21028","destination","type-destination","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Porto Santo Island Guide | Travel with Joy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover Porto Santo Island with golden sandy beaches, crystal-clear waters, scenic viewpoints, hiking trails and relaxing seaside escapes near Madeira.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thetjoy.com\/fr\/destination\/porto-santo-island\/\" \/>\n<meta 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