Daniel’s Levada Directory
Levada do Pau Formoso
Archival documentation — not a current hiking recommendation. Source file on danishome.ch last modified: 12 June 2020
Area
Curral das Freiras
Length
1,2 Km
Madrei
Ribeira do Curral das Freiras ou dos Socorridos N 32°44.811 W 16°57.428 ca. 825 m a.s.l.
Course
The Madre lies a little downstream of the Madre of the Levada do Pico Furao, below the bridge that carries the path to the fields and on to the high path from the Torrinhas pass to the Pico Ruivo (Cardos ascent: Walk 2013). It runs on the left-hand side of the valley and follows the slope of the Pico da Geada. It ends in the valley of the Corgo da Ribeira de Arreis, above the land at Sitio do Pau Formoso and Faja dos Cardos that is still being worked.
End
Corgo da Ribeira de Arreis ca. 720 m a.s.l.
Function and use
Irrigation of the area around Sitio do Pau Formosa and Faja dos Cardos
Access
By the road from Curral das Freiras to Faja dos Cardos. Various ways up.
Condition
Not built as a walking route, but not dangerous
Remarks
The levada is partly piped and seems to be in use above all in summer. In the inner Curral valley it is possible to make a fine circular walk over the three small levadas (see also the Madeira blog by Issi Fritsch-Hamann).