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Viewpoints

Pico do Arieiro

Drive to 1818 m and look down on the weather

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Beaches

Seixal

Black sand, green cliffs, waterfalls into the sea

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Trails · PR6

Levada das 25 Fontes

The island’s most walked levada, for good reason

  • 8.6 kmthere and back
  • 3 hr
  • ↑ 150 m
  • Moderate
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Viewpoints

Fanal

Thousand-year laurel trees, best in fog

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Towns & villages

Funchal

The city that runs up the mountain

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Trails · PR8

Ponta de São Lourenço

The dry end of the island, with nowhere to hide

  • 8 kmthere and back
  • 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 300 m
  • Moderate
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Trails · PR1

Vereda do Areeiro

The ridge walk between the two highest peaks

  • 6.1 kmone way
  • 3 hr
  • ↑ 1,000 m
  • Moderate
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Viewpoints

Pico Ruivo

The summit — 1862 m, and no road to it

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Trails · PR9

Levada do Caldeirão Verde

Four unlit tunnels to a waterfall in a bowl

  • 17.4 kmthere and back
  • 6 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 250 m
  • Moderate
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Trails · PR11

Vereda dos Balcões

Twenty flat minutes to the best cheap view

  • 3 kmthere and back
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Easy
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Trails

Ribeiro Frio

Laurisilva, trout tanks, and the trailhead for two walks

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Viewpoints

Cabo Girão

Standing on glass, 580 m above the sea

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Beaches

Porto Moniz

Swimming pools carved by lava, filled by the Atlantic

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Towns & villages

Câmara de Lobos

A working fishing harbour that Churchill painted

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Towns & villages

Ponta do Sol

The sunniest corner, and the nomads found it

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Viewpoints

Pico das Torres

The knife-edge middle peak of PR1 — a lit tunnel, iron rungs, exposed rock.

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Achada do Teixeira

Park at 1600 m and reach Pico Ruivo's summit in under an hour and a half round trip.

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Ninho da Manta

A buzzard-nest cliff a few steps off Areeiro's car park, no full PR1 commitment needed.

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Viewpoints

Eira do Serrado

The postcard drop into Curral das Freiras' crater valley, steps from the car park.

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Viewpoints

Bica da Cana

The east edge of Paul da Serra, where cloud seas break against Pico Ruivo's silhouette.

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Viewpoints

Boca da Encumeada

The one road pass where you can see both coasts of Madeira at once.

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Viewpoints

Boca da Corrida

A quiet balcony over Curral das Freiras' valley, without the Eira do Serrado crowds.

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Towns & villages

Curral das Freiras

A village folded into a collapsed volcanic crater, chestnuts on every menu.

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Trails · PR1.3

PR1.3 - Vereda da Encumeada

An 11km ridge walk toward Encumeada — currently a there-and-back, not a through-hike.

  • 11.2 kmone way
  • 6 hr
  • ↑ 1,180 m
  • Moderate
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Places to eat

Taberna da Poncha

Hand-shaken poncha over a peanut-shell floor at the island's best-known tavern

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Places to eat

Restaurante Viola

Espetada on laurel skewers, grilled over open fire, in the dish's birthplace village

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Places to eat

Restaurante Santo António

Family-run since 1966, still built entirely around laurel-wood beef espetada

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Towns & villages

Fajã dos Padres

Cable car down a 300 m cliff to a Jesuit-planted vineyard and its own restaurant

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Places to eat

Blandy's Wine Lodge

Centuries-old cellars in central Funchal where Madeira wine ages slowly in oak

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Towns & villages

Mercado dos Lavradores

Funchal's 1940 Art Deco market, where flower sellers and the fish hall set the morning

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Places to eat

Vila do Peixe

Grilled scabbardfish weighed at your table, on a terrace above the fishing harbour

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Places to eat

Quinta do Furão Restaurant

Terrace tables over Madeira's wildest coastline, on a working Santana wine estate

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Places to eat

Abrigo do Pastor

A shepherds' shelter turned game house for wild boar, black pork, and roast rabbit

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Places to eat

Casa de Abrigo do Poiso

Wood-fire açorda and hand-shaken poncha at a mountain-pass chalet toward Arieiro

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Casa do Bolo do Caco

Garlic-butter bolo do caco griddled on hot basalt, a Funchal lunch-counter fixture

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Sabores do Curral

Chestnut soup to chestnut liqueur, a menu built entirely around the Nun's Valley harvest

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Casa de Chá O Fio

Sunset tea and herb-garden snacks on a clifftop terrace at the island's far west

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Places to eat

Casa de Chá do Faial

A 1945 English tea house turned poncha stop under Penha de Águia on the north coast

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Towns & villages

Zona Velha (Rua de Santa Maria)

200+ hand-painted doors turn a once-derelict lane into an open-air gallery.

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Viewpoints

Teleférico do Funchal (Monte)

15-minute gondola ride climbing 560m from the seafront to Monte's hilltop

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Trails

Carros de Cesto do Monte

Wicker sledges steered by two 'carreiros' coast 2km downhill from Monte

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Trails

Jardim Botânico da Madeira

2,000+ plant species terraced into a hillside, plus a parrot park and views

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Viewpoints

Cabo Girão (Skywalk)

Glass platform cantilevered 580m above the sea, Europe's highest sea cliff

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Viewpoints

Pico dos Barcelos

355m neighborhood viewpoint over Funchal's rooftops, harbor and Desertas islands

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Beaches

Praia Formosa

2km of Blue Flag sand-and-pebble beaches linking Funchal to Câmara de Lobos

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Beaches

Doca do Cavacas

Funchal's only natural volcanic-rock swimming pool, at the edge of Praia Formosa

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Beaches

Complexo Balnear da Barreirinha

Zona Velha's municipal lido, cut into the rocks right below the old town

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Viewpoints

Cristo Rei do Garajau

1927 Art Deco Christ statue on a 283m clifftop, four years before Rio's

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Beaches

Reserva Natural do Garajau

Portugal's first marine reserve (1986) — dusky groupers in 20m visibility

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Beaches

Caniço de Baixo

Quiet resort shelf below Caniço's hilltop village, built around rock pools and diving

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Places to eat

O Jango

Zona Velha espetada house on Rua de Santa Maria, open since 1992

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Towns & villages

Museu CR7

Cristiano Ronaldo's trophy room, steps from Funchal's marina promenade

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Trails · PR18

Levada do Rei (PR18)

A waterfall falls straight onto the trail near São Jorge — you walk right through it.

  • 10.6 kmthere and back
  • 3 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Moderate
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Trails · PR10

Levada do Furado (PR10)

Madeira's classic forest levada from Ribeiro Frio to Portela — verify it's open first.

  • 11 kmone way
  • 5 hr
  • ↑ 210 m
  • Moderate
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Trails · PR14

Levada dos Cedros (PR14)

One of Madeira's oldest levadas, laced through fogbound ancient forest near Fanal.

  • 7.2 kmone way
  • 3 hr
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
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Trails

Rota da Banana

A half-hour walk through Madeira's biggest banana plantation on tiny levadas.

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Viewpoints

Cascata do Aguage

A swimmable 20 m waterfall near Santana that most drivers have no idea exists.

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Towns & villages

Casas de Santana

Triangular thatched palheiros, painted red-white-blue, free entry by the town hall.

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Towns & villages

Faial

Quiet village below the 600 m Penha d'Águia rock, 5 km from Porto da Cruz.

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Viewpoints

Penha d'Águia

590 m volcanic monolith between Porto da Cruz and Faial; steep summit trail.

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Towns & villages

Porto da Cruz

Harbor village with black-sand surf beaches and a working 1927 steam rum mill.

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Places to eat

Engenhos do Norte

1927 rum mill still run on steam, one of Europe's last; free self-guided visit.

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Beaches

Praia da Maiata

Black-sand surf beach outside Porto da Cruz; no lifeguard, strong currents.

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Towns & villages

Machico

Madeira's 1419 founding town, with the island's longest sandy beach.

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Towns & villages

Caniçal

Former whaling village, now home to Madeira's Whale Museum.

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Beaches

Prainha

Madeira's only natural black-sand beach, in a cove near São Lourenço.

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Towns & villages

Santo António da Serra

670 m plateau town with a Robert Trent Jones golf course and a manor park.

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Viewpoints

Miradouro da Portela

590 m pass viewpoint framing Penha d'Águia, between Porto da Cruz and Machico.

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Trails

Vereda do Larano

Old coastal path from Porto da Cruz toward Machico; cliff edges, no guardrails.

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Viewpoints

Boca do Risco

356 m clifftop gap with views to São Lourenço, Penha d'Águia and Porto Santo.

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Pico do Facho

280 m roadside viewpoint over Machico bay and the Desertas Islands.

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Beaches

Poças das Lesmas (Piscinas Naturais do Seixal)

Tidal pools under a lava arch, one headland along from Seixal's black-sand beach.

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Beaches

Praia do Porto do Seixal

Black volcanic sand under green cliffs — Madeira's answer to a Hawaiian beach.

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Beaches

Calhau das Achadas da Cruz

A pebble fajã you reach by Europe's steepest cable car, or a punishing footpath.

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Teleférico das Achadas da Cruz

A 5-minute plunge, roughly 450 m down, on a cable car billed as Europe's steepest.

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Miradouro dos Ilhéus da Ribeira da Janela

Three sea-stacks off the cliff, one pierced clean through by a natural window.

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Miradouro do Véu da Noiva

A 30 m 'bridal veil' waterfall drops straight off the cliff into the Atlantic.

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Farol da Ponta do Pargo

Madeira's westernmost lighthouse, on a 290 m cliff, with the island's best sunsets.

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Towns & villages

Grutas e Centro de Vulcanismo de São Vicente

900,000-year-old lava tubes below the village — currently closed, check first.

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Towns & villages

Porto Moniz

The fishing village built around Madeira's most famous volcanic swimming pools.

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Seixal

A cliff-hugging village between two of the northwest's best natural pools.

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São Vicente

A 1692 parish church anchors this river-mouth valley town on the north coast.

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Ponta do Pargo

Madeira's westernmost parish, named for the fish once hauled from these cliffs.

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Ribeira da Janela

A river-mouth hamlet named for the sea-stack with a hole worn clean through it.

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Trails · PR6.2

Levada do Alecrim (PR6.2)

A quiet, easy levada at 1,300 m, far less crowded than the famous 25 Fontes.

  • 7 kmthere and back
  • 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Easy
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Trails

Levada da Ribeira da Janela

Thirteen kilometers of levada and pitch-black tunnels into a hidden valley.

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Trails

Chão da Ribeira

A hidden laurissilva valley above Seixal that locals call 'the sanctuary'.

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Places to eat

Restaurante Lavrador

Cook your own steak on a hot stone with a valley view down to São Vicente.

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Beaches

Praia da Calheta

One of Madeira's few sand beaches, with sand shipped in from North Africa.

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Viewpoints

Casa das Mudas

A black-basalt art museum cut into the clifftop, built to look like the mountain itself.

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Places to eat

Engenhos da Calheta

A working 1930s sugarcane mill that still crushes cane into rum and honey each spring.

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Places to eat

Sol Poente

Cliffside terrace on the Ponta do Sol pier, named for watching the sun go down.

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Viewpoints

Cascata dos Anjos

A waterfall that pours straight across the old coast road on the way to Madalena do Mar.

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Trails

Levada Nova / Levada do Moinho

A loop past old watermill ruins and a rock tunnel to a waterfall above Ponta do Sol.

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Beaches

Praia da Madalena do Mar

A pebble-and-black-sand bay below Madeira's biggest banana plantations.

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Places to eat

Restaurante A Poita

A family-run fish house in Madalena do Mar, working straight off the boats on ice.

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Towns & villages

Jardim do Mar

A cliffside village whose wave made it a 1990s big-wave surf legend.

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Towns & villages

Paul do Mar

Madeira's surf capital: a working harbor village under an 8-metre winter wave.

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Towns & villages

Prazeres

A clifftop farming village perched 600m above Jardim do Mar and Paul do Mar.

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Towns & villages

Estreito da Calheta

A hillside parish with a 1520 Manueline chapel hiding a rare Flemish altarpiece.

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Trails · PR6.1

Levada do Risco (PR6.1)

A short, easy walk from Rabaçal to a 100m waterfall dropping straight off the cliff.

  • 6 kmthere and back
  • 2 hr
  • ↑ 80 m
  • Easy
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Trails · PR19

Caminho Real do Paul do Mar (PR19)

A cobbled royal path plunging 500m in under 2km from Prazeres to the surf at Paul do Mar.

  • 1.8 kmone way
  • 1 hr, 20 min
  • ↑ 520 m
  • Moderate
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Viewpoints

Paul da Serra

Madeira's high, flat, wind-scoured plateau, where nearly all its wind power spins.

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Viewpoints

Miradouro da Raposeira

A viewpoint over a sheer 600m drop, framing Paul do Mar and Jardim do Mar below.

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Miradouro do Massapez

A picnic-table miradouro over Paul do Mar and Jardim do Mar, grill included.

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Places to eat

Poncha do Emanuel

A village bar in Arco da Calheta pouring seven versions of Madeira's poncha.

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Trails · PR1.2

PR1.2 - Vereda do Pico Ruivo

The short, cobbled, no-drama way to stand on the highest point in Madeira.

  • 5.6 kmthere and back
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 310 m
  • Moderate
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Trails · PR12

PR12 - Caminho Real da Encumeada

A cobbled royal road toward Pico Grande — but only the first 3.5km are open right now.

  • 12.5 kmone way
  • 6 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 730 m
  • Moderate
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Places to eat

Casa de Abrigo do Pico Ruivo

Poncha and honey cake at 1761 metres, a 15-minute walk from Madeira's summit.

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Trails

Monte Palace Tropical Garden

Azulejo tile panels, koi ponds and a volcanic-rock garden on a former quinta

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Towns & villages

Sé Catedral do Funchal

1517 Manueline cathedral with a cedar ceiling carved in Mudéjar style

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Monumento ao Trabalhador Madeirense

The levadas had builders, and this is the only place that says so

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Forte de São Tiago

1614 red fort guarding the old town seafront, grounds open to walk any time

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Trails

Levada dos Tornos

The levada walk you can start by cable car straight from old-town Funchal.

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Places to eat

Ribeiro Frio

1960s trout hatchery in the laurel forest; roadside restaurants serve fresh trout.

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Trails

Parque das Queimadas

883 m thatched forest park, gateway to the Caldeirão Verde waterfall levada.

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Beaches

Piscinas Naturais do Porto Moniz

Lava-rock pools where the open Atlantic refills the water with every set of waves.

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Places to eat

Restaurante Cachalote

Fresh fish built into the same rocks as the Porto Moniz natural pools since 1969.

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Places to eat

Obsidian 17

Specialty coffee and sunset drinks directly across from Seixal's black sand

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Trails

Caminho da Degolada

1.1 km

  • 1.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 290 m
  • Hard
Open on the island
Trails

Caminho dos Pessegueiros

VE2 to Paúl da Serra

  • 4.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 5 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 1,480 m
  • Hard
Open on the island
Trails

Caminho Real 24

The old footpath from Santana over the mountains down to Monte

  • 21.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 10 hr
  • ↑ 1,590 m
  • Hard
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Caminho Real 25

The old royal road across the island, São Vicente to Funchal

  • 38.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 15 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 2,030 m
  • Hard
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Trails

Caminho Real 27

Two days on the old road from Boaventura to Funchal via Curral

  • 34.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 16 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 2,270 m
  • Hard
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Caminho Real 28

From the quay at Ponta do Sol over the Paul da Serra to São Vicente

  • 24.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 11 hr
  • ↑ 1,590 m
  • Hard
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Caminho Real Boaventura

1.8 km

  • 1.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 200 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Caminho Real nº23 Achada do Gramacho

1.1 km

  • 1.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 230 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada da Negra

7.3 km, Poço da Neve to Curral Velho

  • 7.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 700 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada da Rocha Vermelha

Hand-cut tunnels and slippery stairs, for experienced walkers only

  • 9.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 200 m
  • Moderate
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Levada da Rocha Vermelha A

8.7 km, ER 211 to Rocha Vermelha

  • 8.7 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada da Serra do Faial

8.8 km

  • 8.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 170 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada das Faias

9.2 km

  • 9.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 100 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada das Rabaças

2.9 km

  • 2.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 0 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada de Santana

A nine-kilometre loop through the forest from Queimadas park

  • 9 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
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Levada do Blandy

1.5 km, ER 105 to Poço

  • 1.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 90 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
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Levada do Bom Sucesso

The stepped climb from Funchal's old town up to Monte

  • 3.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 160 m
  • Moderate
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Levada do Caniço

4.1 km

  • 4.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 50 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada do Castelejo

11.8 km

  • 11.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 20 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada do Curral

From Curral das Freiras past a village you can only reach on foot

  • 10.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 210 m
  • Moderate
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Levada do Moinho

4.0 km

  • 4 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
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Levada do Norte (Nord)

From the Encumeada pass along the channel, through a 500 m tunnel

  • 7.7 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 0 m
  • Moderate
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Levada do Norte (South)

Loops from Ribeira Brava on a channel high above the coast

  • 29.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 7 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Hard
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Levada do Paul 2

11.4 km

  • 11.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 160 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
Trails

Levada do Poço do Bezerro

A short channel on the PR 10 loop from Ribeiro Frio

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 170 m
  • Moderate
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Levada do Poiso - Levada do Pico Furão

Walking route

  • 2.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Easy
Open on the island
Trails

Levada dos Piornais

A levada walk without leaving Funchal

  • 9.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 20 m
  • Moderate
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Levada dos Pombais

A short, quiet levada in the hills above Porto Moniz

  • 2 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Easy
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Levada dos Tornos - Norte

Down the Boaventura valley to the coastal platform of Fajã do Penedo

  • 11.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Moderate
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Levada dos Tornos - Sul

Twenty-eight kilometres above Funchal, split over two days at Camacha

  • 27.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 7 hr
  • ↑ 90 m
  • Hard
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Levada Nova da Calheta

A long, flat walk from Calheta's power station west to Cabo

  • 39.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 10 hr
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Hard
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Levada Nova do Arco da Calheta

A one-way levada from Calheta's power station to Lombo de São João

  • 16.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 4 hr
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
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Levada Nova dos Canhas

3.3 km

  • 3.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Moderate
Open on the island
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Levada Nova Tabua

Tunnels and waterfalls in the Tábua valley above Ribeira Brava

  • 8.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Moderate
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Lombada da Ponta do Sol

A circular walk above Ponta do Sol that links two levadas

  • 8 kmloop
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 350 m
  • Moderate
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Machico - Ribeira do Natal

From Machico along the coast to the river mouth at Ribeira do Natal

  • 2.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 260 m
  • Moderate
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Passeio Marítimo (Lido - Doca do Cavacas)

The seafront promenade west from the Lido to Doca do Cavacas

  • 2.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 50 m
  • Easy
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Passeio Marítimo (Praia Formosa - Câmara de Lobos)

The seafront link from Praia Formosa to the bay at Câmara de Lobos

  • 2.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 20 m
  • Easy
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Passeio Público Marítimo

Funchal's seafront promenade, west towards Câmara de Lobos

  • 5.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 80 m
  • Easy
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Terra Chã

Across the Paul da Serra plateau from Chão da Ribeira towards Fanal

  • 7.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 5 hr
  • ↑ 1,200 m
  • Hard
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Vereda Achada do Teixeira - Arco de São Jorge

From 1,600 m at Achada do Teixeira down to Arco de São Jorge

  • 15.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 8 hr
  • ↑ 1,500 m
  • Hard
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Vereda Achada do Teixeira - Fajã do Penedo

From Achada do Teixeira all the way down to the north coast

  • 12.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 8 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 1,710 m
  • Hard
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Vereda Achada do Teixeira - Queimadas

From Achada do Teixeira down through the forest to Queimadas

  • 3.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 690 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda Boca do Risco

A climb from Machico to a gap in the cliffs over the north coast

  • 2.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 200 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda Boca do Risco - Caniçal

Cliff paths west from Caniçal to the Boca do Risco viewpoint

  • 3.7 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 400 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda da Atalaia

A steep path down from the hills to the road near Paul do Mar

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 530 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Boca dos Namorados

From a lookout above Curral das Freiras down to Corticeiras

  • 2.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 620 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Cavaca

A steep path between the hills of Seixal and the forest near Fanal

  • 3.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 800 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Eira do Mourão

A short climb from Fajã da Ribeira to the Eira do Mourão lookout

  • 1.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 360 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Fajã da Nogueira

7.1 km, Levada do Pico Ruivo to Fajã da Nogueira

  • 7.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 7 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 1,440 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Fajã do Barro

A short coastal path near Porto Moniz down to Fajã do Barro

  • 1.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 350 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda da Fajã Escura

From the high ground at Relvinha down to Fajã Escura

  • 3.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 650 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda da Fajã Grande

One of Calheta's walking routes, down to Fajã Grande

  • 1.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 370 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Ladeira

From the Pombais viewpoint down to the pebble beach at Achadas da Cruz

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 410 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda da Levada do Caniçal

12.0 km

  • 12 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 60 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda da Penha D'Aguia

Up the 600 m Eagle's Rock between Porto da Cruz and Faial

  • 1.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 330 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Penha D'Águia ao Faial

From the foot of Eagle's Rock to the village of Faial

  • 3.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 450 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Ribeira Funda

From the laurel forest of Fanal down to Ribeira Funda

  • 4.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 4 hr
  • ↑ 990 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Rocha do Navio

Stairs down a cliff to a farmed fajã and a booming shore

  • 1.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 310 m
  • Hard
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Vereda da Terra Baptista

3.6 km

  • 3.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 610 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda da Trompica

A three-hour loop through the high interior from Boca da Corrida

  • 8.6 kmloop
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 400 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda das Furnas

A short, steady climb from Meia Légua to Furnas

  • 1.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 340 m
  • Hard
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Vereda das Voltas

Down the old zigzag road from Eira do Serrado to Curral das Freiras

  • 2.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 420 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda do Calhau da Lapa

A steep path down from Campanário to a small pebble beach

  • 1 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 190 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda do Espigão

A climb to the Espigão lookout over the Serra de Água valley

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 560 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda do Galhano

5.5 km, ER 105 to PR 15 Levada da Ribeira da Janela

  • 5.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 880 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda do Lombo Barbinhas

6.5 km, Chão da Ribeira to Paúl da Serra

  • 6.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 4 hr
  • ↑ 960 m
  • Hard
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Vereda do Pesqueiro

From Lombadinha down to the sea and back up again

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 490 m
  • Moderate
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Vereda do Pico Grande

The path off PR 12 to the 1,654 m summit of Pico Grande

  • 1.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 360 m
  • Hard
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Vereda dos Zimbreiros

A short walk down to the fishing village of Paúl do Mar

  • 1.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 350 m
  • Hard
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