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Levada dos Piornais – Levada Tunnel Passage loop from Funchal

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Levada dos Piornais – Levada Tunnel Passage loop from Funchal

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Levada dos Piornais – Levada Tunnel Passage loop from Funchal

03:51

13.4km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 12, 2026

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5.83 km

Levada dos Piornais

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Very beautiful, spectacular hiking trail along the Leveda-dos-Piornais You should be sure-footed and free from giddiness 😉 Steep chasms on a narrow path.

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6.04 km

Levada Tunnel Passage

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You have to bend your knees here 😉🤣

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7.58 km

Levada dos Piornais Through Banana Plantations

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The Levada dos Piornais extends surprisingly far into the city of Funchal. Since this tour is probably intended for those who are not going on the Levada for a cozy city tour, but rather are looking for "airy" passages with a lot of depth, you should, if possible, get on the Levada on the outskirts of the city, in the Quebradas district. We take bus number 24 and get off where the road passes under the motorway. Following the black signs with “Levada” written on them, we turn left, facing north, parallel to the highway. Where the road curves to the right down into the valley, we can enter the levada on the right.

For the first few kilometers the levada is covered with concrete and annoyingly clattering metal plates. Its course takes us through numerous banana plantations. Finally we reach the outskirts of the city, where the levada finally continues openly and we have to walk on the pleasantly wide boundary wall. This first section is still officially marked as a tourist walkway. However, she is already surprisingly exposed to this very quickly. Most of these exposed sections are well secured with railings. The most enjoyable part of the tour soon follows: The Levada crosses a vertical rock face, for which several tunnels and bridges were created. In the tunnels and also along the rock face you often have to bend down or move to the other side of the levada.

Further into the valley there are increasingly exposed areas where there are no longer any railings. Since the levada wall is still pleasantly wide, passing it is not difficult for those without heights and is associated with a pleasant adrenaline rush.
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9.00 km

Levada Through Banana Plantations

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Something else - in the midst of banana cultures on a Levada run, that is the levada is covered with large plates :-)

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9.95 km

Banana Plantations of Funchal

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Watch out. When turning into the valley, the path seems to have disappeared: there is a house under construction. But you can go right past the house over a very small path and overgrown levada

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10.3 km

Banana Plantations and Levada Walk in Funchal

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Great view over Sao Martinho

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11.0 km

View of Funchal from Levada dos Piornais

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Along this way you always have beautiful views of the sea.

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12.2 km

Levada dos Piornais with a View of Funchal

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Always beautiful vantage point 🤩on Funchal and the sea🤩

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13.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.70 km

3.63 km

3.41 km

1.94 km

709 m

Surfaces

8.28 km

2.92 km

1.77 km

409 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Thursday 2 July

28°C

19°C

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Comments

October 31, 2022,Levada dos Piornais – Inmitten von Bananen Runde von Lazareto

Cool Hike, CA 1/3 of the way uphill from the stadium, goes through different neighborhoods, asphalt and only a few real hiking trails. From the descent it gets exciting, then along the levadas with great views along the coast over the sea

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September 26, 2025,Levada do Curral – Levada-Tunneldurchgang Runde von Lido

Great circular hike with spectacular sections .....

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November 24, 2021,Madeira - Inmitten von Bananen; Blick über Funchal

The plan was actually to look for bus connections to the hinterland after a look at the weather forecast and perhaps visit a museum or another cultural institution. But then everything turned out differently.
The sun showed its best side even in the mountains, and we soon turned left – uphill. Chance led us to a hiking trail, which we …

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June 10, 2025,Levada do Curral – Inmitten von Bananen

Today's weather forecast wasn't particularly good, so we chose a tour that could have been shortened or completed by bus.
But it turned out to be very sunny. We mostly cycled along the city's levadas. It was often very quiet and relaxed. Once you'd completed the first 4 kilometers (uphill), the rest of the route was a leisurely, slow descent.

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April 11, 2022,AIDA 22: Madeira Funchal

Tour1 of the Aida Canary Islands Tour. Madeira with the levadas. So beautiful and exciting...

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May 11, 2023,Levada dos Piornais – Inmitten von Bananen Runde von São Martinho

A spectacular levada hike in parts that was worth it. Especially the section along the tunnel gallery.

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July 17, 2024,Levada do Curral – Inmitten von Bananen Runde von Lido

Extremely cool tour, where we started in the middle. A slight head for heights is extremely helpful and the tour is not recommended for small children or those with no experience at all. Sturdy shoes are a must, as always on hikes.

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September 28, 2021,Tour

I can recommend a really nice hike with wonderful weather and a spectacular view without crowds to every hiker with a little experience

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Levada dos Piornais – Levada Tunnel Passage loop from Funchal

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