Category: Activities

 10.7 km – Point to point – Easy  3-4h  4.3 This levada, which begins in Ribeiro Frio, is one of the first acquired by the State to irrigate the farmlands of Porto da Cruz. The walk ends with a descent to the village of Portela. This trail begins at Ribeiro Frio in the municipality of Santana and follows the […]

 11.8 km – Round trip – Moderate  3-5h  4.7 Book this Levada. Check here Beginning in the Queimadas Forestry Park, this walk is ‘out-and-back’, and crosses some spectacularly steep slopes, but is one of the finest ways of penetrating the deep valley of the São Jorge brook on foot; you’ll need a torch on this walk, which passes through […]

 7.2 km – Round trip – Moderate  2-3h  4.6 Book this Vereda. Check here Visiting some of the finest cliff scenery on Madeira, this walk explores the long thin peninsula at the eastern end of the island. The paths are good, but undulating – whether you get close to the edges is up to you. The trail follows S. […]

 13.3 km – Round trip – Easy  3-5h  4.3 At the north-western end of the island, the Levada do Moinho once served several watermills, and was a ‘private’ levada for the use of those who paid to have it constructed. This trail begins at the E.R.101 regional road, by the Ribeira da Cruz River, which separates the Porto Moniz […]

 6.7 km – Circular – Hard  3-4h  4.6 Book this Vereda. Check here Beginning about 200 meters above Rabaçal´s shelter, the access path to the Lagoa da Água do Vento also designated as Lagoa do Vento, appears to your left, near the path connecting to the regional road (ER105).Along the path, the Erica arborea, the Erica scoparia ssp maderensis and […]