Places to visit in Santa Maria

A row of whitewashed houses flanking a long beach indented by low rocks jutting into the ocean.

The fort overlooks the port and still maintains its old cannons aimed toward the ocean. The chapel of Nossa Senhora da Conceição is located next to the fort’s gates.

A row of whitewashed houses flanking a long beach indented by low rocks jutting into the ocean.

A place where Christopher Columbus’ crew disembarked to fulfil a vow. A statute of Columbus and a lateral ogival door serve witness to those times.