Dating by city / Portugal / Madeira / Santa Cruz
Members from Santa Cruz and towns within 50 km who make their profile public will appear here.
From Santa Cruz it is perfectly normal to suggest meeting in a bigger town nearby. People here do it all the time, and neither of you has to worry about running into the neighbours.
Within 50 km of Santa Cruz there are 12 towns and cities — Funchal, Câmara de Lobos and Caniço among them — with more than 230,000 residents in all. You set the distance yourself in the filters, from 10 km up to 500 km — or choose “Any distance”.
Yes. YADate is a free online dating site, in Santa Cruz and everywhere else: profiles, search filters, likes, messages, voice messages and gifts cost nothing, and there is no premium plan. The only limits are daily caps against spam, such as 40 new conversations a day.
There are no fake profiles here: YADate doesn't create them or chat on anyone's behalf. Photos go live only after a moderator approves them, every account confirms an email address, and reports are reviewed by people. Anyone who asks for money or pushes you to move to another app straight away is worth reporting.
Yes. In the filters you can search around any other city, in Portugal or abroad.
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