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Madeira - Levadas walks.

Madeira is famous as a walkers paradise, for a variety of reasons:
• Temperate climate due to its geographical position and terrain.
• Dramatic landscapes, product of its volcanic origins.
• Lush Subtropical vegetation and Europe's oldest Laurel Forests.
These types of landscapes are usually inaccessible to most walkers due to rough terrain and dense vegetation. Madeira however has an irrigation system, the 'levadas' which criss cross the island taking water to where it is most needed. The footpaths that follow the 'levadas' provides a superb walking environment, as you follow the water around the island through laurel forest, over peaks and mountains through tunnels and under waterfalls.

Levadas são canais de irrigação cuja origem se deveu á necessidade de trazer grandes quantidades de água de Norte, onde abunda, para Sul da Madeira, de mais fácil habitação e onde se situaram desde sempre a maioria das plantações, nomeadamente de cana de açúcar. As levadas começaram a ser construídas no século XVI, e as mais recentes datam da década de 1940, fornecendo água para centrais hidroeléctricas e também para fins de irrigação. Estes canais têm, na Madeira, uma extensão superior a 1.400 quilómetros e são susceptíveis de ser percorridos a pé, sendo uma forma muito procurada de visitar locais da ilha, de grande beleza paisagística.


Porto da Cruz
Porto da Cruz
a levada canal.
a levada canal.
g6/48/614948/3/82563693.ykuJ7NjP.jpg the path along the canal.
the path along the canal.
giant ferns.
giant ferns.
g6/48/614948/3/82567853.XcSHgeId.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82568551.Bd4r5N8t.jpg tropical foxgloves.
tropical foxgloves.
fougères arborescentes.
fougères arborescentes.
fougère arborescente.
fougère arborescente.
a fern tree.
a fern tree.
Porto da Cruz -2
Porto da Cruz -2
g6/48/614948/3/82612736.KcAc0gMO.jpg wild orchids
wild orchids
Porto da Cruz -3
Porto da Cruz -3
g6/48/614948/3/82641136.fc5o5MUS.jpg
g6/48/614948/3/82645324.286rRBcb.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82647690.6eCnb1XX.jpg Porto da Cruz -4
Porto da Cruz -4
g6/48/614948/3/82648580.foFWgMEl.jpg
the levada canal.
the levada canal.
g6/48/614948/3/82650013.9iLJIgUR.jpg the path.
the path.
the deep laurel forest.
the deep laurel forest.
g6/48/614948/3/82707934.zL7efl21.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82710375.PGUAOAjc.jpg un pinson de Madeire.
un pinson de Madeire.
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levadas reflections.
levadas reflections.
g6/48/614948/3/82779777.iDI58gKW.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82781946.mp2B3iHm.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82783016.LUREIZyr.jpg
g6/48/614948/3/82805112.JwXpIHxL.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82823481.nOU4UinA.jpg a grande vaga.
a grande vaga.
g6/48/614948/3/82827706.v6RJvJGe.jpg
g6/48/614948/3/82827708.i3buN4hT.jpg um tronco tortuoso .
um tronco tortuoso .
digitalis
digitalis
Curral das Freiras
Curral das Freiras
árvore de cereja.
árvore de cereja.
chataignier -chestnut tree.
chataignier -chestnut tree.
terrace cultivation.
terrace cultivation.
g6/48/614948/3/82912564.SIQmEVya.jpg
g6/48/614948/3/82913104.CaKa13M5.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82939504.11TpS644.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82948409.Wh00yfCC.jpg la vigne.
la vigne.
Curral das Freiras
Curral das Freiras
Curral das Freiras
Curral das Freiras
g6/48/614948/3/82961444.QK3Jd0RQ.jpg g6/48/614948/3/82962119.DMT8fXB3.jpg
prèle
prèle
g6/48/614948/3/82966864.oCZPuk7V.jpg g6/48/614948/3/83017715.msKetPqh.jpg tropical reflections.
tropical reflections.
tropical reflections. 3
tropical reflections. 3
g6/48/614948/3/83017718.nZ1MNJud.jpg g6/48/614948/3/83169522.hNqbooCp.jpg g6/48/614948/3/83288749.AXRxdatB.jpg
g6/48/614948/3/83523567.zuqTTnl8.jpg