Daniel’s Levada Directory
Levada das Hortas
Also known as Levada da Rateira
Archival documentation — not a current hiking recommendation. Source file on danishome.ch last modified: 31 May 2022
Area
Ponta do Sol
Length
1 km
Madrei
Ribeira da Ponta do Sol N 32° 41.190' W 17° 5.939' ca. 120 m a.s.l.
Course
From the rather inaccessible and overgrown Madre in the stream-control works of the Ribeira da Ponta do Sol, under the ER222 bridge, along the retaining wall of the ER222, then through the banana terraces above the roundabout as far as Sitio das Hortas.
End
Sitio das Hortas ca. 60 m a.s.l.
Function and use
Small levada for irrigating the banana terraces below the ER222 and in Sitio das Hortas
Access
Condition
Reaching the Madre is not possible; otherwise easy