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A levada is an irrigation channel or aqueduct specific to the Portuguese Atlantic region of Madeira. Madeira island is wet in the northwest, but dry in the southeast. In the 16th century the Portuguese started building levadas (aqueducts) to carry water to the agricultural regions in the south. Madeira is mountainous, and building levadas was ...
Levada das 25 Fontes. The Levada das 25 Fontes is a levada that is located in Rabaçal, Paul da Serra, Madeira, Portugal . It is one of the most visited levadas on the island. Access is possible via the road ER110 in Paul da Serra. From there walking or taking a bus is possible to the start of the levada which is at the casa do Rabaçal, from ...
Levada do Curral, after 1930. Levada do Curral e Castelejo is a levada on the island of Madeira, which connects Curral das Freiras to Funchal and runs past an abandoned village called Fajã do Poio; this levada is the only access to the village. The levada was made to carry water from Curral das Freiras to irrigate the land in Santo António ...
The 25 Fontes ("25 Springs" in English) is a group of waterfalls located in Rabaçal, Paul da Serra on Madeira Island. Access is possible via the Levada das 25 Fontes. [1] The waterfall is 30m high, consisting of a group of different water streams coming vertically down the mountainside. At its foot there are rocks covered in small plants and a ...
Two of the most popular (and demanding) hiking levadas are Levada do Caldeirão Verde and Levada do Caldeirão do Inferno. Levada do Caniçal is a much easier walk, running 11.4 km (7.1 mi) from Maroços to the Caniçal Tunnel. It is known as the mimosa levada, because "mimosa" trees (the colloquial name for invasive acacia) are found along the ...
Ribeiro Frio. Coordinates: 32°44′03″N 16°53′12″W. The village of Ribeiro Frio ("Cold Stream" in English) is situated in the interior of the Portuguese island of Madeira. It belongs to the parish of São Roque do Faial, the municipality of Santana, and is located around 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Funchal. The little village is known ...
Ponta de São Lourenço. Ponta de São Lourenço (Portuguese for the "Point of Saint Lawrence") is the easternmost point of the island of Madeira. It is inside the town of Caniçal and forms a part of the municipality of Machico. Its terrain are made up of rocks and herbaceous vegetation. Since 1982, the headland is a nature reserve, where it ...
The Quinta da Boa Vista is a historic quinta ('estate') and orchid garden in the Santa Maria Maior parish of Funchal on the island of Madeira, overlooking the central and western parts of Funchal. It contains one of the last remaining walled stair terrace gardens of Funchal and continues to draw its water from the levada irrigation system. [1]
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