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Porto Santo, the Golden Island

by -deja.Ismael - last update: Jan 8, 2004

Porto Santo is known as "the Golden Island". There are two possible explanations.

<p>1. Comparing with the neighboring island of Madeira, the climate is much drier, so its landscape looks less green and more "golden".

<p>2. Another difference with Madeira is that this island has sand (golden) beaches.

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Pros:"blue skies and sand beaches"
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