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Daniel’s Levada Directory

25 June 2016 Levada da Roda

Also known as Tour 2016-06-25 2 Roda

Archival documentation — not a current hiking recommendation. Source file on danishome.ch last modified: 12 June 2020

Course

From the road junction by the 2 watermills (Moinho da Roda I and Moinho da Roda II) to the end of the inactive Levada da Roda, on it against the direction of flow as far as the intermediate Madre, back to the starting point

Distance: 2.5 Km, 10 m ascent, 10 m descent

Start: 13.55 Rego

End

15.05 Rego

Condition

Levada narrow, exposed right at the start, then wider, but increasingly overgrown. The water flows from a side stream into the levada; the way onward is impassable

Remarks

The aim was to check whether the levada exists and what condition it is in

Map

Photos

From the watermill to the intermediate Madre

From the intermediate Madre to the first watermill