Levadas & Trails
The irrigation channels turned hiking network that defines the island.
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Levadas & Trails
Levadas
Madeira’s levadas are centuries-old irrigation channels that carry water from the wet north to the cultivated south across cliffs and through tunnels — and whose maintenance paths form one of the world’s great hiking networks.
Levadas & TrailsThe Best Hikes
From the airy ridge between Madeira’s highest peaks to waterfall levadas deep in the laurel forest and the bare eastern peninsula, a guide to the island’s signature walks and how to do them safely.