Levada do Pico das Eiroses

Madrei

Ribeira da Boaventura N 32°42.40 W 16°51.550 ca. 950 m a.s.l.

Course

The levada can be divided into 4 sections:

Section 1: Madre to the Lagoa das Aguas Mansas. A stream that flows into the source stream after the Madre is led into the Madre by a small levada.

Section 2: Lagoa das Aguas Mansas to Aguas Mansas

Section 3: Aguas Mansas to the Levada dos Tornos, west of the Pico das Eiroses

Section 4: Levada dos Tornos via Gaula to the end in Lajes, at first more or less along the ER-206 until the road turns away to the east, then vertically across Levadas and Fazenda. On the lower course one meets the restored Moinho do Frigideira

End

Lajes/Porto Novo (ca. 130 m a.s.l.)

Function and use

Part of the Santo da Serra water-supply system, together with the Levada da Serra do Faial; later an optional feeder to the Levada dos Tornos and, further down, irrigation along the ER-206 to the coast

Access

Section 1:

• Via the Levada da Serra do Faial

• From Aguas Mansas via the gravel track to the Lagoa das Aguas Mansas

Section 2:

• Aguas Mansas on the ER-102,

• Levada da Serra do Faial

• Direct access from the ER-102 is likely to be a bit tight...

Section 3:

• Aguas Mansas

• ER-206

• ER-206

• From the ER-206 to the crossing with the Levada dos Tornos

• Levada dos Tornos

Section 4:

• Levada dos Tornos

• Road from the ER-206 to Pico de Gaula

• ER-206

• Gaula

• Regional road in Levadas

• Fazenda

• Lajes

Condition

Section 1: no problem, largely a track beside the levada

Section 2: somewhat overgrown, but no problem

Section 3: somewhat hard to reach around the Pico das Eiroses

Section 4: no problem

Remarks

The Lagoa das Aguas Mansas (completed 2010) (215'000m3) is one of the 5 large reservoirs on Madeira, alongside those at Portela (100'000 m3), Santo Serra (800'000 m3), Ponta Pargo (100'000 m3) and Paul da Serra (500'000 m3).