Daniel’s Levada Directory
Levada do Lugar da Serra
Archival documentation — not a current hiking recommendation. Source file on danishome.ch last modified: 2 April 2022
Area
Tabua Lombo dos Zimbreiros
Length
3,6 km
Madrei
Water tunnel and spring intake N 32°42.422 W 17°04.162 ca. 726 m a.s.l.
Course
Intake in a water tunnel on the Lombo dos Zimbreiros. Course on the eastern slope of the Lombo dos Zimbreiros
First water tank at the upper end of the Caminho Lugar da Serra; continuation along the Caminho Lugar da Serra; remains of an old water mill (Moinho de Caminho Lugar da Serra)
Crossing with the Levada Nova da Ponta do Sol
On along the Caminho do Lugar da Serra to the 2nd water tank.
From here along the Caminho dos Zimbreiros to the ER-222; from here surplus water is led over a waterfall into the sea, visible below from the VE3.
End
Function and use
Levada supplying the area on the Lombo dos Zimbreiros
Access
ER-222, Caminho do Lugar da Serra, Levada Nova da Ponta do Sol
Condition
From the first water tank to the Madre, a natural path; from the first tank downwards, a road
Remarks
An interesting water intake in tunnels