The fajã's fertility and favorable microclimate allowed cultivation of wine grapes, potatoes, corn, fruit, and taro in small garden plots.

The fajã is visible from the edge of the northern area of the Rosais clifftop, and dotted by a few homes interspersed within thick vegetation.

In the bay that formed from the fajã, alongside the Ponta dos Rosais, is a large volcanic stack called the Torrão de Açúcar (Tower of Sugar).

Its name derives from the stack's geological composition, which includes a basalt base surmounted by softer reddish deposits of consolidated pyroclasts.

After the earthquake access to the fajã was restricted due to its instability, resulting in the temporary closure of the lighthouse of Ponta dos Rosais.