Levada do Poco do Bezerro

Madrei

Madre 1, Ribeira do Poco do Bezerro ca. 1094 m a.s.l.; Madre 2, Ribeira do Poco do Bezerro ca. 890 m a.s.l.

Course

There are really two levadas, but they form one working unit:

Levada 1 is taken in high in the stream and runs along the footpath from the Levada do Furado to Chao dos Feiteiras, but after about 700 metres it is broken by a landslide. The water runs back into the stream. The levada remains continue dry to the levada bridge of the Levada do Furado over the Ribeira do Pozo do Bezerro

Levada 2 rises about 90 metres before the levada bridge, joins the dry remains of Levada 1 and leads the water into the Levada do Furado.

Keeping Levada 1 up, then, seems to make sense mainly for visitors.

End

Bridge of the Levada do Furado over the Ribeira do Poco do Bezerro ca. 880 m a.s.l.

Function and use

A mini-levada feeding the Levada do Furado

Access

• Levada do Furado, from the levada bridge

• Chao das Feiteiras (descent to the Madre)

Condition

Levada 1: a well maintained path, in places a little slippery

Levada 2: narrow, and a little exposed at the Madre; a fine pool