Walking in Madeira and Porto Santo - 60 day walks

• Location
• Description
• Contents
• Introduction
• Sample Route
• Maps
• Updates

September 2011

Walk 16

Levada do Barreiro. Following a forest fire and storm damage, parts of this route are in a poor state. A closure notice has been erected at the bottom, but not at the top, where this walk starts.

August 2011

Walk 56

The bridge shown in the photo on pg 280 is no longer there. If you would like to complete this route, it now involves going through the waterfall.

April 2011

Walk 18

All the improvements that were made to the Levada do Curral when this guidebook was written, have since been seriously damaged by landslips and rockfall, and this route has become very dangerous. It might be best to avoid this route until the damage is repaired."

February 2011

Page 51 - Ribeiro de Abegoaria - The bridge has gone and the only way to follow this route at the moment is to walk along the levada parapet. This involves walking through a waterfall, which will result in a complete drenching unless full waterproofs are worn at that point. It is possible, coming in either direction, to leave the levada, descend using a track, link with the ER-102 road, then re-ascend along a track, to avoid the waterfall.

June 2009

Walks 56 and 57, maps pages 281 and 286

The colours are the wrong way round on the legends for these maps. Walk 56 is actually depicted in yellow and walk 57 in orange.

Section 3, Walk 23

The old route shown as a dotted line and marked 'closed' on the map on page 136, has now been restored and reopened. It is a little shorter and involves less climbing.