Gondola · Santana, Portugal
Teleférico da Rocha do Navio
Teleférico da Rocha do Navio is a gondola near Santana, Portugal. It climbs 298 m over 700 m, from 12 m to 310 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 157 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Teleférico da Rocha do Navio is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 11 in Portugal.
- Highest above the ground: about 157 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 420 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 644 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 540 m of the 700 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico da Rocha do Navio is near Santana, Portugal, at 12 m above sea level (32.81185° N, 16.86982° W). From there it runs 700 m up to the top station at 310 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico do Larano gondola · 8.4 km away · rises 209 m
- Teleférico do Jardim Botânico gondola · 16.0 km away · rises 224 m
- Teleférico do Funchal gondola · 17.1 km away · rises 548 m
- Training cable car · 18.7 km away · rises 30 m
- Teleférico do Garajau gondola · 19.4 km away · rises 130 m
- Teleférico do Rancho gondola · 21.2 km away · rises 155 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.