Daniel’s Levada Directory
Levada do Poio
Archival documentation — not a current hiking recommendation. Source file on danishome.ch last modified: 18 July 2022
Area
Rosario/Sao Vicente
Length
ca. 3.2 km
Madrei
Ribeira da Vargem N 32°46.398 W 17°01.835 ca. 354 m a.s.l.
Course
The Madre in the Ribeira da Vargem is hard to reach. It is a weir that leads the water into the western retaining wall and along it to the crossing with the VE4, a short way along that on the left-hand side of the road, and then piped under the side road that joins it, into the first vineyards.
Then comes a pipe bridge over the stream, and from here the levada runs above the VE4. Here the water is first collected in a basin and then runs through the gorge of the Ribeira dos Agrioes ou Seca as far as Feiteiras. From here, above the new church of Feiteiras, to the end of the cultivated fields.
End
Feiteiras ca. 250 m a.s.l.
Function and use
Local irrigation around Feiteiras
Access
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VE4 below the Madre
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Path from the ER208 to Ginjas
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Roads and lanes in Feiteiras
Condition
The levada is relatively easy to walk. In the gorge you should have a head for heights.
Remarks
The levada can be walked as part of a circular route, as an alternative to stretches of road