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Where will you go first?

Find a trail, a quiet beach, or your next favourite stop.

A few places to begin with
Illustration inspired by Pico do ArieiroViewpointsAI illustration

Pico do Arieiro

Drive to 1818 m and look down on the weather

  • 1,818 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Parking 100 m
  • Café 90 m
  • Toilets 90 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by SeixalBeachesAI illustration

Seixal

Black sand, green cliffs, waterfalls into the sea

  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 400 m away
  • Toilets 380 m
  • Café 390 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada das 25 FontesTrails · PR6AI illustration

Levada das 25 Fontes

The island’s most walked levada, for good reason

  • 8.6 kmthere and back
  • 3 hr
  • ↑ 150 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,283 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 140 m away
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by FanalViewpointsAI illustration

Fanal

Thousand-year laurel trees, best in fog

  • ≈ 1 hr, 15 min from Funchal
  • Parking 220 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by FunchalTowns & villagesAI illustration

Funchal

The city that runs up the mountain

About this place
Illustration inspired by Ponta de São LourençoTrails · PR8AI illustration

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
  • 74 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 130 m away
  • Parking 130 m
  • Toilets 160 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda do AreeiroTrails · PR1AI illustration

Vereda do Areeiro

The ridge walk between the two highest peaks

  • 6.1 kmone way
  • 3 hr
  • ↑ 1,000 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,818 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Parking
  • Café 40 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Pico RuivoViewpointsAI illustration

Pico Ruivo

The summit — 1862 m, and no road to it

  • 1,862 m
  • Café 240 m
  • Toilets 220 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Caldeirão VerdeTrails · PR9AI illustration

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
  • 880 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Parking 140 m
  • Café 80 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda dos BalcõesTrails · PR11AI illustration

Vereda dos Balcões

Twenty flat minutes to the best cheap view

  • 3 kmthere and back
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Easy
  • 888 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 250 m away
  • Parking 240 m
  • Café 240 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Ribeiro FrioTrailsAI illustration

Ribeiro Frio

Laurisilva, trout tanks, and the trailhead for two walks

  • 880 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 10 m away
  • Parking 40 m
  • Café 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Cabo GirãoViewpointsAI illustration

Cabo Girão

Standing on glass, 580 m above the sea

  • 580 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Parking 120 m
  • Café 80 m
  • Toilets 80 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Porto MonizBeachesAI illustration

Porto Moniz

Swimming pools carved by lava, filled by the Atlantic

  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Bus stop 170 m away
  • Toilets 40 m
  • Café 40 m
  • Parking 50 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Câmara de LobosTowns & villagesAI illustration

Câmara de Lobos

A working fishing harbour that Churchill painted

  • 17 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Ponta do SolTowns & villagesAI illustration

Ponta do Sol

The sunniest corner, and the nomads found it

  • 34 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Pico das TorresViewpointsAI illustration

Pico das Torres

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

  • 1,851 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Achada do TeixeiraViewpointsAI illustration

Achada do Teixeira

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

  • 1,600 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Parking 160 m
  • Café 260 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Ninho da MantaViewpointsAI illustration

Ninho da Manta

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

  • 1,674 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Eira do SerradoViewpointsAI illustration

Eira do Serrado

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

  • 1,050 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 350 m away
  • Parking 290 m
  • Café 260 m
  • Toilets 270 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Bica da CanaViewpointsAI illustration

Bica da Cana

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

  • 1,580 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 10 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Boca da EncumeadaViewpointsAI illustration

Boca da Encumeada

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

  • 1,007 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 80 m away
  • Parking
  • Café 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Boca da CorridaViewpointsAI illustration

Boca da Corrida

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

  • 1,219 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1 km away
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Curral das FreirasTowns & villagesAI illustration

Curral das Freiras

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

  • 461 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by PR1.3 - Vereda da EncumeadaTrails · PR1.3AI illustration

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
  • Partly open
  • 1,761 m
  • Café
  • Toilets
About this place
Illustration inspired by Taberna da PonchaPlaces to eatAI illustration

Taberna da Poncha

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

  • 228 m
  • ≈ 25 min from Funchal
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Restaurante ViolaPlaces to eatAI illustration

Restaurante Viola

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

  • 366 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Restaurante Santo AntónioPlaces to eatAI illustration

Restaurante Santo António

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

  • 432 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Parking 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Fajã dos PadresTowns & villagesAI illustration

Fajã dos Padres

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

  • 9 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Blandy's Wine LodgePlaces to eatAI illustration

Blandy's Wine Lodge

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

  • 13 m
  • Parking 110 m
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Illustration inspired by Mercado dos LavradoresTowns & villagesAI illustration

Mercado dos Lavradores

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

  • 11 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vila do PeixePlaces to eatAI illustration

Vila do Peixe

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

  • 16 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Quinta do Furão RestaurantPlaces to eatAI illustration

Quinta do Furão Restaurant

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

  • 260 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Parking 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Abrigo do PastorPlaces to eatAI illustration

Abrigo do Pastor

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

  • 1,111 m
  • ≈ 25 min from Funchal
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Casa de Abrigo do PoisoPlaces to eatAI illustration

Casa de Abrigo do Poiso

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

  • 1,400 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Parking 40 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Casa do Bolo do CacoPlaces to eatAI illustration

Casa do Bolo do Caco

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

  • 12 m
  • Parking 100 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Sabores do CurralPlaces to eatAI illustration

Sabores do Curral

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

  • 628 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Parking 150 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Casa de Chá O FioPlaces to eatAI illustration

Casa de Chá O Fio

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

  • 369 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Casa de Chá do FaialPlaces to eatAI illustration

Casa de Chá do Faial

A 1945 English-style tea house, now a regional kitchen facing Penha d'Águia

  • 230 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Zona Velha (Rua de Santa Maria)Towns & villagesAI illustration

Zona Velha (Rua de Santa Maria)

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

  • 3 m
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Illustration inspired by Teleférico do Funchal (Monte)ViewpointsAI illustration

Teleférico do Funchal (Monte)

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

  • 551 m
  • ≈ 10 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop away
  • Parking 90 m
  • Café 90 m
  • Toilets 110 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Carros de Cesto do MonteTrailsAI illustration

Carros de Cesto do Monte

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

  • 585 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Parking 100 m
  • Café 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Jardim Botânico da MadeiraTrailsAI illustration

Jardim Botânico da Madeira

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

  • 200 m
  • ≈ 10 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Parking 120 m
  • Café 50 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Cabo Girão (Skywalk)ViewpointsAI illustration

Cabo Girão (Skywalk)

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

  • 580 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Parking 120 m
  • Café 80 m
  • Toilets 80 m
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Illustration inspired by Pico dos BarcelosViewpointsAI illustration

Pico dos Barcelos

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

  • 355 m
  • ≈ 10 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 150 m away
  • Parking 80 m
  • Café 40 m
  • Toilets
About this place
Illustration inspired by Praia FormosaBeachesAI illustration

Praia Formosa

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

  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 220 m away
  • Toilets 100 m
  • Café 40 m
  • Parking 100 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Doca do CavacasBeachesAI illustration

Doca do Cavacas

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

  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Toilets 130 m
  • Café 30 m
  • Parking 100 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Complexo Balnear da BarreirinhaBeachesAI illustration

Complexo Balnear da Barreirinha

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

  • Bus stop 130 m away
  • Toilets 170 m
  • Café
  • Parking 40 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Cristo Rei do GarajauViewpointsAI illustration

Cristo Rei do Garajau

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

  • 172 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1 km away
  • Parking 110 m
  • Café 170 m
  • Toilets 170 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Reserva Natural do GarajauBeachesAI illustration

Reserva Natural do Garajau

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

  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 880 m away
  • Toilets
  • Café 40 m
  • Parking 80 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caniço de BaixoBeachesAI illustration

Caniço de Baixo

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

  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 70 m away
  • Café 100 m
  • Parking 30 m
  • Water 90 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Museu CR7Towns & villagesAI illustration

Museu CR7

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

  • 6 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Rei (PR18)Trails · PR18AI illustration

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
  • 525 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Bus stop 800 m away
  • Parking 40 m
  • Café 90 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Furado (PR10)Trails · PR10AI illustration

Levada do Furado (PR10)

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

  • 11 kmone way
  • 5 hr
  • Moderate
  • Closed
  • 831 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 60 m away
  • Parking 40 m
  • Café 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada dos Cedros (PR14)Trails · PR14AI illustration

Levada dos Cedros (PR14)

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

  • 7.2 kmone way
  • 3 hr
  • Moderate
  • 1,124 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 15 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Rota da BananaTrailsAI illustration

Rota da Banana

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

  • 12 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 150 m away
  • Parking 120 m
  • Café 130 m
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Illustration inspired by Cascata do AguageViewpointsAI illustration

Cascata do Aguage

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

  • 440 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 140 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Casas de SantanaTowns & villagesAI illustration

Casas de Santana

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

  • 422 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by FaialTowns & villagesAI illustration

Faial

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

  • 106 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Penha d'ÁguiaViewpointsAI illustration

Penha d'Águia

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

  • 590 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 490 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Porto da CruzTowns & villagesAI illustration

Porto da Cruz

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

  • 22 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Engenhos do NortePlaces to eatAI illustration

Engenhos do Norte

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

  • 11 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Praia da MaiataBeachesAI illustration

Praia da Maiata

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

  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by MachicoTowns & villagesAI illustration

Machico

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

  • 3 m
  • ≈ 25 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by CaniçalTowns & villagesAI illustration

Caniçal

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

  • 20 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by PrainhaBeachesAI illustration

Prainha

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

  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 130 m away
  • Toilets 80 m
  • Café 80 m
  • Parking 80 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Santo António da SerraTowns & villagesAI illustration

Santo António da Serra

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

  • 670 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Miradouro da PortelaViewpointsAI illustration

Miradouro da Portela

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

  • 590 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 100 m away
  • Parking 90 m
  • Café 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda do LaranoTrailsAI illustration

Vereda do Larano

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

  • 248 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Boca do RiscoViewpointsAI illustration

Boca do Risco

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

  • 356 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
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Illustration inspired by Pico do FachoViewpointsAI illustration

Pico do Facho

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

  • 280 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1 km away
  • Toilets
About this place
Illustration inspired by Poças das Lesmas (Piscinas Naturais do Seixal)BeachesAI illustration

Poças das Lesmas (Piscinas Naturais do Seixal)

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

  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Toilets 70 m
  • Café 60 m
  • Parking 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Praia do Porto do SeixalBeachesAI illustration

Praia do Porto do Seixal

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

  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 720 m away
  • Toilets 90 m
  • Café 120 m
  • Parking 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Calhau das Achadas da CruzBeachesAI illustration

Calhau das Achadas da Cruz

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

  • ≈ 1 hr, 20 min from Funchal
  • Toilets 180 m
  • Café 120 m
  • Water 160 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Teleférico das Achadas da CruzViewpointsAI illustration

Teleférico das Achadas da Cruz

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

  • 459 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 20 min from Funchal
  • Parking 30 m
  • Café 40 m
  • Toilets
About this place
Illustration inspired by Miradouro dos Ilhéus da Ribeira da JanelaViewpointsAI illustration

Miradouro dos Ilhéus da Ribeira da Janela

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

  • 25 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Parking 80 m
  • Café 180 m
  • Toilets 90 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Miradouro do Véu da NoivaViewpointsAI illustration

Miradouro do Véu da Noiva

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

  • 75 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
  • Café 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Farol da Ponta do PargoViewpointsAI illustration

Farol da Ponta do Pargo

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

  • 290 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Parking 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Grutas e Centro de Vulcanismo de São VicenteTowns & villagesAI illustration

Grutas e Centro de Vulcanismo de São Vicente

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

  • 69 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Porto MonizTowns & villagesAI illustration

Porto Moniz

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

  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by SeixalTowns & villagesAI illustration

Seixal

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

  • 64 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by São VicenteTowns & villagesAI illustration

São Vicente

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

  • 25 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Ponta do PargoTowns & villagesAI illustration

Ponta do Pargo

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

  • 452 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
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Illustration inspired by Ribeira da JanelaTowns & villagesAI illustration

Ribeira da Janela

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

  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Alecrim (PR6.2)Trails · PR6.2AI illustration

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
  • Easy
  • 1,300 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 10 m away
  • Café 40 m
  • Toilets 40 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada da Ribeira da JanelaTrailsAI illustration

Levada da Ribeira da Janela

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

  • 407 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 10 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Parking 130 m
  • Toilets 130 m
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Illustration inspired by Chão da RibeiraTrailsAI illustration

Chão da Ribeira

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

  • 425 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Parking
  • Café
About this place
Illustration inspired by Restaurante O LavradorPlaces to eatAI illustration

Restaurante O Lavrador

Tuna or steak cooked on a hot stone at your table, above the São Vicente valley

  • 202 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Parking 80 m
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Illustration inspired by Praia da CalhetaBeachesAI illustration

Praia da Calheta

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

  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 80 m away
  • Toilets 90 m
  • Café 70 m
  • Parking 80 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Casa das MudasViewpointsAI illustration

Casa das Mudas

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

  • 153 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 140 m away
  • Parking 200 m
  • Café 50 m
  • Toilets 380 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Engenhos da CalhetaPlaces to eatAI illustration

Engenhos da Calheta

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

  • 49 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Parking 30 m
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Illustration inspired by Sol PoentePlaces to eatAI illustration

Sol Poente

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

  • 12 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Parking 70 m
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Illustration inspired by Cascata dos AnjosViewpointsAI illustration

Cascata dos Anjos

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

  • 90 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1.2 km away
  • Parking 220 m
  • Café 290 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada Nova / Levada do MoinhoTrailsAI illustration

Levada Nova / Levada do Moinho

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

  • 310 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 210 m away
  • Parking 30 m
  • Café
About this place
Illustration inspired by Praia da Madalena do MarBeachesAI illustration

Praia da Madalena do Mar

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

  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 660 m away
  • Café
About this place
Illustration inspired by Restaurante A PoitaPlaces to eatAI illustration

Restaurante A Poita

Choose the day's fish from the cabinet at a Madalena do Mar seafood house

  • 42 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Jardim do MarTowns & villagesAI illustration

Jardim do Mar

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

  • 50 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Paul do MarTowns & villagesAI illustration

Paul do Mar

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

  • 16 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by PrazeresTowns & villagesAI illustration

Prazeres

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

  • 635 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Estreito da CalhetaTowns & villagesAI illustration

Estreito da Calheta

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

  • 330 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Risco (PR6.1)Trails · PR6.1AI illustration

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
  • 1,000 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1.1 km away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho Real do Paul do Mar (PR19)Trails · PR19AI illustration

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
  • 535 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 770 m away
  • Parking 30 m
  • Café 210 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Paul da SerraViewpointsAI illustration

Paul da Serra

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

  • 1,400 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Miradouro da RaposeiraViewpointsAI illustration

Miradouro da Raposeira

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

  • 600 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 940 m away
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Miradouro do MassapezViewpointsAI illustration

Miradouro do Massapez

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

  • 293 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 570 m away
  • Parking
  • Café 330 m
  • Toilets
About this place
Illustration inspired by Poncha do EmanuelPlaces to eatAI illustration

Poncha do Emanuel

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

  • 657 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by PR1.2 - Vereda do Pico RuivoTrails · PR1.2AI illustration

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
  • 1,600 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Parking 110 m
  • Café 200 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by PR12 - Caminho Real da EncumeadaTrails · PR12AI illustration

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
  • Partly open
  • 1,219 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1 km away
  • Parking 110 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Casa de Abrigo do Pico RuivoPlaces to eatAI illustration

Casa de Abrigo do Pico Ruivo

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

  • 1,761 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Monte Palace Tropical GardenTrailsAI illustration

Monte Palace Tropical Garden

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

  • 517 m
  • ≈ 10 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 100 m away
  • Parking 60 m
  • Café 120 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Sé Catedral do FunchalTowns & villagesAI illustration

Sé Catedral do Funchal

1517 Manueline cathedral with a cedar ceiling carved in Mudéjar style

  • 10 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Monumento ao Trabalhador MadeirenseTowns & villagesAI illustration

Monumento ao Trabalhador Madeirense

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

  • 11 m
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Illustration inspired by Forte de São TiagoTowns & villagesAI illustration

Forte de São Tiago

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

  • 5 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada dos TornosTrailsAI illustration

Levada dos Tornos

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

  • 544 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 30 m away
  • Parking 180 m
  • Café 60 m
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Illustration inspired by Ribeiro FrioPlaces to eatAI illustration

Ribeiro Frio

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

  • 880 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Parking 40 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Parque das QueimadasTrailsAI illustration

Parque das Queimadas

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

  • 883 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Parking 60 m
  • Café
About this place
Illustration inspired by Piscinas Naturais do Porto MonizBeachesAI illustration

Piscinas Naturais do Porto Moniz

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

  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Bus stop 140 m away
  • Toilets 60 m
  • Café 70 m
  • Parking 60 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Restaurante CachalotePlaces to eatAI illustration

Restaurante Cachalote

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

  • 4 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Parking 70 m
About this place
Places to eat

Obsidian 17

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

  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho da DegoladaTrailsAI illustration

Caminho da Degolada

Steps from the Funduras forest down to the Larano cliff road

  • 1.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 290 m
  • Hard
  • 595 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho dos PessegueirosTrailsAI illustration

Caminho dos Pessegueiros

A steep old path from the north coast up to Paul da Serra

  • 4.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 5 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 1,480 m
  • Hard
  • 1,551 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho Real 24TrailsAI illustration

Caminho Real 24

The old footpath from Santana over the mountains down to Monte

  • 21.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 10 hr
  • ↑ 1,590 m
  • Hard
  • 1,376 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 30 m away
  • Parking 130 m
  • Café 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho Real 25TrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,316 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 140 m away
  • Parking 160 m
  • Café 150 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho Real 27TrailsAI illustration

Caminho Real 27

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

  • 34.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 16 hr
  • ↑ 2,270 m
  • Hard
  • 1,454 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Parking 110 m
  • Café 130 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho Real 28TrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,578 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 270 m away
  • Parking 120 m
  • Café 60 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho Real BoaventuraTrailsAI illustration

Caminho Real Boaventura

The old royal road from Arco de São Jorge to São Cristóvão

  • 1.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 200 m
  • Moderate
  • 207 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 180 m away
  • Café
  • Toilets 250 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Caminho Real nº23 Achada do GramachoTrailsAI illustration

Caminho Real nº23 Achada do Gramacho

Cobbled royal road from Calhau de São Jorge to Achada do Gramacho

  • 1.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 230 m
  • Moderate
  • 244 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 500 m away
  • Parking 90 m
  • Café 40 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada da NegraTrailsAI illustration

Levada da Negra

From the Poço da Neve snow house down the levada to Curral Velho

  • 7.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 700 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,536 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada da Rocha Vermelha (PR28)Trails · PR28AI illustration

Levada da Rocha Vermelha (PR28)

Past the levada's rapids and through tunnels to the Calheta valley

  • 10.8 kmone way
  • 4 hr
  • Hard
  • Closed
  • 1,297 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada da Rocha Vermelha ATrailsAI illustration

Levada da Rocha Vermelha A

Through a long tunnel to the levada above the Rabaçal valley

  • 8.7 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
  • 842 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Parking
  • Toilets 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada da Serra do FaialTrailsAI illustration

Levada da Serra do Faial

A long, level levada from Camacha to Choupana above Funchal

  • 8.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 170 m
  • Moderate
  • 788 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 20 m away
  • Café 60 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada das FaiasTrailsAI illustration

Levada das Faias

A north-coast levada past the waterfalls of Boaventura

  • 9.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 100 m
  • Moderate
  • 370 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada das RabaçasTrailsAI illustration

Levada das Rabaças

A narrow levada wall west of the Encumeada pass

  • 2.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 0 m
  • Moderate
  • 993 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 410 m away
  • Café 390 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada de SantanaTrailsAI illustration

Levada de Santana

A nine-kilometre loop through the forest from Queimadas park

  • 9 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
  • 604 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 20 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do BlandyTrailsAI illustration

Levada do Blandy

A short high levada from the Arieiro road down to Poiso

  • 1.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 90 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,401 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Bom SucessoTrailsAI illustration

Levada do Bom Sucesso

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

  • 3.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 160 m
  • Moderate
  • 343 m
  • ≈ 10 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 160 m away
  • Parking 190 m
  • Café 120 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do CaniçoTrailsAI illustration

Levada do Caniço

From the source of the Caniço levada down to Assomada

  • 4.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 50 m
  • Moderate
  • 380 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 730 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do CastelejoTrailsAI illustration

Levada do Castelejo

A long, level levada through the valleys west of Porto da Cruz

  • 11.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 20 m
  • Moderate
  • 288 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do CurralTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 471 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 30 m away
  • Café 330 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do MoinhoTrailsAI illustration

Levada do Moinho

From Lombada church into a gorge of waterfalls

  • 4 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 30 m
  • Moderate
  • 333 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 190 m away
  • Parking
  • Café 40 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Norte (Nord)TrailsAI illustration

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
  • 993 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 20 m away
  • Parking
  • Café 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Norte (South)TrailsAI illustration

Levada do Norte (South)

Loops from Boa Morte on a channel high above the coast

  • 29.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 7 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Hard
  • 539 m
  • ≈ 25 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 820 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Paul 2TrailsAI illustration

Levada do Paul 2

Along the southern rim of Paul da Serra to Bica da Cana

  • 11.4 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 160 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,447 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 930 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Poço do BezerroTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,018 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada do Poiso - Levada do Pico FurãoTrailsAI illustration

Levada do Poiso - Levada do Pico Furão

A level levada stroll above Curral das Freiras

  • 2.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Easy
  • 799 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 720 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada dos PiornaisTrailsAI illustration

Levada dos Piornais

A levada walk without leaving Funchal

  • 9.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 20 m
  • Moderate
  • 134 m
  • ≈ 10 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 190 m away
  • Parking 120 m
  • Café 170 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada dos PombaisTrailsAI illustration

Levada dos Pombais

A short, quiet levada in the hills above Porto Moniz

  • 2 kmone way
  • ≈ 30 min
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Easy
  • 448 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 10 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada dos Tornos - NorteTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 619 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada dos Tornos - SulTrailsAI illustration

Levada dos Tornos - Sul

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

  • 27.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 7 hr
  • ↑ 90 m
  • Hard
  • 596 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 600 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada Nova da CalhetaTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 644 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada Nova do Arco da CalhetaTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 644 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Parking
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada Nova dos CanhasTrailsAI illustration

Levada Nova dos Canhas

The higher levada of the Lombada loop, with tunnels and drops

  • 3.3 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Moderate
  • 397 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 10 m away
  • Café 280 m
  • Toilets 390 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Levada Nova TabuaTrailsAI illustration

Levada Nova Tabua

Tunnels and waterfalls in the Tábua valley above Ribeira Brava

  • 8.2 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 10 m
  • Moderate
  • 400 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 780 m away
  • Café 200 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Lombada da Ponta do SolTrailsAI illustration

Lombada da Ponta do Sol

A circular walk above Ponta do Sol that links two levadas

  • 8 kmloop
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 350 m
  • Moderate
  • 569 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 250 m away
  • Parking 200 m
  • Café 100 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Machico - Ribeira do NatalTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 275 m
  • ≈ 25 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 500 m away
  • Parking
  • Café 290 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Passeio Marítimo (Lido - Doca do Cavacas)TrailsAI illustration

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
  • 37 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Parking 120 m
  • Café 110 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Passeio Marítimo (Praia Formosa - Câmara de Lobos)TrailsAI illustration

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
  • 23 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 260 m away
  • Parking 70 m
  • Café 70 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Passeio Público MarítimoTrailsAI illustration

Passeio Público Marítimo

Funchal's seafront promenade, west towards Câmara de Lobos

  • 5.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 80 m
  • Easy
  • 37 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 110 m away
  • Parking 50 m
  • Café
About this place
Illustration inspired by Terra ChãTrailsAI illustration

Terra Chã

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

  • 7.8 kmone way
  • ≈ 5 hr
  • ↑ 1,200 m
  • Hard
  • 1,463 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda Achada do Teixeira - Arco de São JorgeTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,794 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Parking
  • Café 120 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda Achada do Teixeira - Fajã do PenedoTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,794 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda Achada do Teixeira - QueimadasTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,585 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Parking
  • Café 120 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda Boca do RiscoTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 348 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Parking 90 m
  • Café 30 m
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda Boca do Risco - CaniçalTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 518 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda da AtalaiaTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 607 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1.2 km away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda da Boca dos NamoradosTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,041 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 80 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda da CavacaTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,146 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda da Eira do MourãoTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 503 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 640 m away
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda da Fajã da NogueiraTrailsAI illustration

Vereda da Fajã da Nogueira

From the Fajã da Nogueira power station up to a levada of tunnels

  • 7.1 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 510 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,074 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 15 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
About this place
Illustration inspired by Vereda da Fajã do BarroTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 381 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Water
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Illustration inspired by Vereda da Fajã EscuraTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,296 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
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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
  • 367 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1.1 km away
  • Parking
  • Café
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Illustration inspired by Vereda da LadeiraTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 403 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 10 min from Funchal
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Vereda da Levada do Caniçal

A long, nearly level levada from Caniçal to Maroços

  • 12 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 60 m
  • Moderate
  • 256 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 30 m away
  • Parking 190 m
  • Café 170 m
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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
  • 539 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 240 m away
  • Café
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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
  • 586 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 460 m away
  • Café 100 m
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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
  • 1,145 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 15 min from Funchal
  • Parking 70 m
  • Toilets 270 m
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Illustration inspired by Vereda da Rocha do NavioTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 313 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 760 m away
  • Parking 40 m
  • Toilets
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Vereda da Terra Baptista

A steep climb from Porto da Cruz to the ridge below Pedreiro

  • 3.6 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 610 m
  • Moderate
  • 859 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
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Illustration inspired by Vereda da TrompicaTrailsAI illustration

Vereda da Trompica

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

  • 8.6 kmloop
  • ≈ 3 hr
  • ↑ 400 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,435 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1 km away
  • Parking 50 m
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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
  • 453 m
  • ≈ 25 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 200 m away
  • Café 400 m
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Illustration inspired by Vereda das VoltasTrailsAI illustration

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
  • 1,022 m
  • ≈ 30 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 20 m away
  • Parking
  • Café 80 m
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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
  • 193 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 1.1 km away
  • Café 380 m
  • Toilets 60 m
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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
  • 686 m
  • ≈ 25 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 110 m away
  • Café 270 m
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Illustration inspired by Vereda do GalhanoTrailsAI illustration

Vereda do Galhano

From Paul da Serra's western rim down to the Ribeira da Janela levada

  • 5.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 3 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 880 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,241 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
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Illustration inspired by Vereda do Lombo BarbinhasTrailsAI illustration

Vereda do Lombo Barbinhas

From Paul da Serra down a steep ridge to Chão da Ribeira

  • 6.5 kmone way
  • ≈ 4 hr
  • ↑ 960 m
  • Hard
  • 1,426 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
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Illustration inspired by Vereda do PesqueiroTrailsAI illustration

Vereda do Pesqueiro

From Lombadinha down to the sea and back up again

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • ≈ 2 hr
  • ↑ 490 m
  • Moderate
  • 488 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 710 m away
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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
  • 1,651 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
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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
  • 373 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 400 m away
  • Parking 100 m
  • Café 130 m
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Vereda da Ilha (PR1.1)

Down 1,274 m from the Pico Ruivo shelter to the village of Ilha

  • 8.2 kmone way
  • 3 hr
  • ↑ 1,300 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,764 m
  • Café 60 m
  • Toilets 60 m
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Illustration inspired by Vereda do Túnel do Cavalo (PR6.6)Trails · PR6.6AI illustration

Vereda do Túnel do Cavalo (PR6.6)

Through the 800 m Túnel do Cavalo to the levada of 25 Fontes

  • 2.3 kmone way
  • 45 min
  • ↑ 100 m
  • Easy
  • 1,055 m
  • ≈ 50 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Parking
  • Toilets 30 m
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Levada Fajã do Rodrigues (PR16)

Tunnels and waterfalls from Ginjas into the Ribeira do Inferno

  • 7.8 kmthere and back
  • 3 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 40 m
  • Moderate
  • Closed
  • 630 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 590 m away
  • Parking 140 m
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Vereda do Chão dos Louros (PR22)

A 45-minute loop through the laurel wood of Chão dos Louros

  • 1.9 kmloop
  • 45 min
  • ↑ 80 m
  • Easy
  • 890 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 460 m away
  • Parking 30 m
  • Toilets 260 m
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Glaciar de Planalto (PR27)

Traces of an Ice Age glacier on the Paul da Serra plateau

  • 4.6 kmone way
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 180 m
  • Easy
  • Closed
  • 1,588 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Parking
  • Toilets 170 m
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Trails · PR2

Vereda do Urzal (PR2)

An old path over the mountains from Curral das Freiras to Boaventura

  • 10.3 kmone way
  • 4 hr, 30 min
  • Moderate
  • 678 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 130 m away
  • Café 130 m
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Trails · PR3

Vereda do Burro (PR3)

Almost all downhill from Pico do Areeiro to Funchal's Ecological Park

  • 7.2 kmone way
  • 2 hr, 40 min
  • ↑ 730 m
  • Easy
  • 1,805 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Parking
  • Café
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Trails · PR3.1

Caminho Real do Monte (PR3.1)

Down the old royal road to Monte, past the Pico Alto viewpoint

  • 4.2 kmone way
  • 2 hr
  • ↑ 590 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,130 m
  • ≈ 20 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 100 m away
  • Parking 40 m
  • Café 160 m
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Trails · PR4

Levada do Barreiro (PR4)

From the 1813 ice house to a levada with views over Funchal

  • 5.2 kmone way
  • 2 hr, 10 min
  • Easy
  • Partly open
  • 1,650 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
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Trails · PR5

Vereda das Funduras (PR5)

The south slope's best laurissilva, from Portela down to Maroços

  • 8.7 kmone way
  • 3 hr
  • ↑ 520 m
  • Moderate
  • 624 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 120 m away
  • Parking 110 m
  • Café 90 m
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Trails · PR6.3

Vereda da Lagoa do Vento (PR6.3)

From Rabaçal to the waterfall pool of Lagoa do Vento and back

  • 3.6 kmthere and back
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • Easy
  • 1,112 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 110 m away
  • Café 140 m
  • Toilets 130 m
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Trails · PR6.4

Levada Velha do Rabaçal (PR6.4)

An old levada, now usually dry, from Pico Gordo to Casa do Rabaçal

  • 5 kmone way
  • 2 hr
  • ↑ 166 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,190 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Parking
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Trails · PR6.5

Vereda do Pico Fernandes (PR6.5)

Down from the Paul da Serra heath by Pico Fernandes to 25 Fontes

  • 3.8 kmone way
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 466 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,422 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Parking 30 m
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Trails · PR6.7

Vereda da Câmara de Carga do Rabaçal (PR6.7)

Steep zigzags from Rabaçal's loading chamber to the Túnel do Cavalo

  • 1.8 kmone way
  • 1 hr, 15 min
  • ↑ 326 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,284 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 130 m away
  • Parking
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Trails · PR9.1

Levada do Caldeirão Verde – Um Caminho para Todos (PR9.1)

A path for everyone beside the Caldeirão Verde levada from Queimadas

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • 45 min
  • ↑ 12 m
  • Easy
  • 890 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
  • Café 40 m
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Trails · PR13

Vereda do Fanal (PR13)

From the Paul da Serra to the centuries-old til trees of Fanal

  • 10.8 kmone way
  • 4 hr
  • ↑ 545 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,420 m
  • ≈ 1 hr from Funchal
  • Parking 30 m
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Trails · PR13.1

Vereda da Palha Carga (PR13.1)

A path named for an endemic grass, down to the 25 Fontes lagoon

  • 1.8 kmone way
  • 45 min
  • ↑ 358 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,328 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 5 min from Funchal
  • Water 40 m
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Trails · PR15

Vereda da Ribeira da Janela (PR15)

Down the villagers' old wood and wine path to Ribeira da Janela

  • 2.7 kmone way
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • Moderate
  • 820 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 10 min from Funchal
  • Parking 50 m
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Trails · PR17

Caminho do Pináculo e Folhadal (PR17)

Levada do Norte tunnels and waterfalls from Encumeada to Bica da Cana

  • 15 kmone way
  • 6 hr, 30 min
  • Hard
  • 995 m
  • ≈ 35 min from Funchal
  • Tunnel: bring a torch
  • Bus stop 30 m away
  • Parking
  • Café
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Trails · PR20

Vereda do Jardim do Mar (PR20)

About 500 m down from Prazeres to the coast at Jardim do Mar

  • 1.9 kmone way
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 520 m
  • Easy
  • Closed
  • 530 m
  • ≈ 45 min from Funchal
  • Water 250 m
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Trails · PR21

Caminho do Norte (PR21)

The old path of traders and pilgrims from Encumeada to Ribeira Grande

  • 3.2 kmone way
  • 1 hr, 30 min
  • ↑ 690 m
  • Moderate
  • 1,000 m
  • ≈ 40 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 80 m away
  • Parking 70 m
  • Café 60 m
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Trails · PR23

Levada da Azenha (PR23)

A 20-minute levada walk past washhouses and a ruined mill in Caniço

  • 1.3 kmone way
  • 20 min
  • Moderate
  • 271 m
  • ≈ 15 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 140 m away
  • Parking 100 m
  • Café 110 m
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Trails · PR7

Levada do Moinho (PR7)

Past old mill ruins on the north-west levada from Ribeira da Cruz

  • 10.5 kmone way
  • 3 hr, 30 min
  • Moderate
  • Closed
  • 776 m
  • ≈ 1 hr, 10 min from Funchal
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Trails · PR6.8

Levada do Paul II – Um Caminho para Todos (PR6.8)

A level 1.2 km levada path at 1,280 m, built for everyone

  • 1.2 kmone way
  • 30 min
  • ↑ 0 m
  • Easy
  • 1,280 m
  • ≈ 55 min from Funchal
  • Bus stop 40 m away
  • Parking 110 m
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