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Hiking in Madeira

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hikers on the Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m), view from Pico Arieiro over the central mountain range

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11/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island

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07/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island, the Ponta do Rosto cliffs seen from the Miradouro da Luna

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island, the Ponta do Rosto cliffs seen from the Miradouro da Luna

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island, Everlasting, plant endemic to Madeira

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island, kayak going away from the pebble beach

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island

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07/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island, small pebble beach of Cais da Sardinha

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07/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the Ponta de Sao Lourenço nature reserve in the far east of the island, common tern (Sterna hirundo)

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07/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike by the levada do Alecrim in the forest of Rabaçal, the laurisilva, the only vestige of the primary forest that covered southern Europe millions of years ago, below the wild valley of 18 km Ribeira da Janela which descends towards the sea

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09/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, rainbow trout were introduced in the levadas in the 1950s

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, one of the countless irrigation canals that guide the water from the highlands to the cultivated terraces in the south, the levadero Wilson Andrade curing the levada

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09/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, one of the countless irrigation canals that guide the water from the highlands to the cultivated terraces in the south

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike by the levada do Alecrim in the forest of Rabaçal, the laurisilva, the only vestige of the primary forest that covered southern Europe millions of years ago, the wild valley of 18 km Ribeira da Janela which descends towards the sea

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09/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, one of the countless irrigation canals that guide the water from the highlands to the cultivated terraces in the south

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, one of the many streams that feed the levada and the small Dona Beja cascade

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, one of the countless irrigation canals that guide the water from the highlands to the cultivated terraces in the south, tree heather

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, one of the countless irrigation canals that guide the water from the highlands to the cultivated terraces in the south, picnic break

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike by the levada do Alecrim in the forest of Rabaçal, the laurisilva, the only vestige of the primary forest that covered southern Europe millions of years ago

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09/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, the upper Lagoa do Vento waterfall

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09/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, 80 meter high Lagoa do Vento waterfall (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, 80 meter high Lagoa do Vento waterfall, lovers

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal by the levada do Alecrim, 80 meter high Lagoa do Vento waterfall (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike by the levada do Alecrim in the forest of Rabaçal, the laurisilva, the only vestige of the primary forest that covered southern Europe millions of years ago, the wild valley of 18 km Ribeira da Janela which descends towards the sea (aerial view)

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09/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal, connection tunnel to the Calheta valley via the Levada da Rocha Vermelha

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09/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike in the forest of Rabaçal, connection tunnel to the Calheta valley via the Levada da Rocha Vermelha

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, walk along the levada dos Maroços and Machico in the background

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, Lourenço Perestelo cuts the sugar cane in his small field along the levada dos Maroços

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, small mountain farm

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, at the Boca do Risco pass (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, at the Boca do Risco pass

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, at the Boca do Risco pass (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, path carved into the side of the wall of the cliff of Larano

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, path carved into the side of the wall crossing forests of myrtle acori

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, path carved into the side of the wall of the cliff of Larano

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, view of the bay of Porto da Cruz overlooked by the Eagle Rock (Penha d'Aguia)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, the bay of Porto da Cruz overlooked by the Eagle Rock (Penha d'Aguia) (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Porto da Cruz, Joaquina Freitas who manages the Jaca Hostel

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, hike from Machico to Porto da Cruz by the Vereda do Larano, the bay of Porto da Cruz and the cliff of Larano in the background

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m), the path that climbs from Achada do Teixeira, the Pico Das Torres on the left and the Pico Ruivo on the right (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m), heather forest burnt in 2010 on the the Pico Das Torres

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m), hikers crossing Pico Das Torres (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m), heather forest burnt in 2010 on the the Pico Das Torres

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m), Pico Das Torres and the Curral Das Freiras valley in the background (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Vereda do Areeiro hike between Pico Ruivo (1862m) and Pico Arieiro (1817m), the path that climbs from Achada do Teixeira

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Camara de Lobos, the Cap Girao belvedere, a glass platform overlooking the second highest cliff in the world at 589 meters high, cultivated fields at the foot of the cliff (aerial view)

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08/09/2021
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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Camara de Lobos, cliff of Cape Girao, the second highest in the world at 589 meters (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, the fishing village of Camara de Lobos (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, port of the fishing village of Camara de Lobos

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, Sé Boutique Hotel

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, cafe terrace on the seafront and the Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, Julio Pereira the chef of the restaurant Kampo Flavors

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, the Fortaleza and Palacio de Sao Lourenço, historic 15th century fortress, official residence of the Prime Minister and military museum

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral (aerial view)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, statue of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo native of the island

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal capital city seen from Ponta do Garajau

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, Madeira Wine Company, Madeira barrels (natural sweet wine) stored in the cellar of the Blandy's brand (founded in 1811)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, statue of the Captain of the Caravels Zarco who discovered the Island

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, the covered market Mercado dos Lavradores

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, the covered market Mercado dos Lavradores, black scabbardfish (Aphanopus carbo)

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, the covered market Mercado dos Lavradores, azulejo at the market entrance

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, Largo do Corpo Santo place

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, praca do municipio, Church of St. John the Evangelist (Igreja de Sao Joao Evangelista) or Church of the Jesuit College and tulip tree from Gabon

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, the cable car that connects the historic district in the lower town to the tropical garden in the heights

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, the Monte Palace tropical garden

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, the Monte Palace tropical garden

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, tourists descending from the tropical garden in traditional wicker basket on the road camino do Monte

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Funchal, Fort Sao Tiago which houses the Museum of Contemporary Art

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    • Portugal, Madeira Island, Madeira Cristiano-Ronaldo International Airport which has a 2781m runway extended over the sea thanks to pillars (aerial view)

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06/09/2021