Portugal’s Traditional Santana Houses

Santana is famous for its traditional homes with bungalow rooftops that are made out of straw that extend down to the ground, making them triangular in shape. Santana is a municipality along the northern coast of the archipelago of Madeira, and is one of this Portuguese island’s most important tourist destinations, mainly because of the traditional palheiros. Most of these houses are tourist attractions. The straw roofs are renovated every four to five years. They are mainly rural houses, used by farmers in the past. These houses have white walls with red doors and windows and blue trim. [Source]