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Levada dos Piornais Through Banana Plantations

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Levada dos Piornais Through Banana Plantations

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3. Doca do Cavacas Tunnel – Lido Promenade, Funchal loop from Ilhéus

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🇺🇦Uwe 🏃‍♂️1098🏍

November 30, 2023

The Levada dos Piornais extends surprisingly far into the city of Funchal. Since this tour is probably intended for those who are not going on the Levada for a cozy city tour, but rather are looking for "airy" passages with a lot of depth, you should, if possible, get on the Levada on the outskirts of the city, in the Quebradas district. We take bus number 24 and get off where the road passes under the motorway. Following the black signs with “Levada” written on them, we turn left, facing north, parallel to the highway. Where the road curves to the right down into the valley, we can enter the levada on the right.

For the first few kilometers the levada is covered with concrete and annoyingly clattering metal plates. Its course takes us through numerous banana plantations. Finally we reach the outskirts of the city, where the levada finally continues openly and we have to walk on the pleasantly wide boundary wall. This first section is still officially marked as a tourist walkway. However, she is already surprisingly exposed to this very quickly. Most of these exposed sections are well secured with railings. The most enjoyable part of the tour soon follows: The Levada crosses a vertical rock face, for which several tunnels and bridges were created. In the tunnels and also along the rock face you often have to bend down or move to the other side of the levada.

Further into the valley there are increasingly exposed areas where there are no longer any railings. Since the levada wall is still pleasantly wide, passing it is not difficult for those without heights and is associated with a pleasant adrenaline rush.

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norbert

October 1, 2024

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Marchello

January 28, 2025

The trail is mostly flat, you will pass beautiful banana plants along your way

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Location: São Martinho

Levada dos Piornais Through Banana Plantations

1. Levada do Curral – Levada Tunnel Passage loop from Lido

2. Câmara de Lobos Harbor – View of Câmara de Lobos Harbor loop from Câmara de Lobos

3. Doca do Cavacas Tunnel – Lido Promenade, Funchal loop from Ilhéus

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