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PR 10

Levada do Furado

PR 10, Levada do Furado, is a classified walk on Madeira. IFCN publishes the distance as 11 km. The passing places on the IFCN list are Ribeiro Frio – Portela. The list marks it open. visitmadeira lists the difficulty as Moderate and the duration as 5 hours. visitmadeira gives the start and end as ER 303 (Ribeiro Frio) / E.R. 102 (Portela). visitmadeira gives the maximum and minimum altitude as 880 m / 645 m. visitmadeira publishes the distance as 11 km. visitmadeira publishes a visitor fee for this walk. The figure is in the booking section.

Open

Automated from official data. IFCN list

Open.

IFCN, in Portuguese: ABERTO

IFCN list of 2 October 2026. Conditions change. Check before you go. IFCN.

visitmadeira’s badge on 30 October 2026: OPEN. If that disagrees with IFCN, IFCN is the status we lead with.

FactFigureSource
Distance11 kmIFCN
Passing placesRibeiro Frio – PortelaIFCN
Managed byIFCNIFCN
DifficultyModeratevisitmadeira
Duration5 hoursvisitmadeira
Start / endER 303 (Ribeiro Frio) / E.R. 102 (Portela)visitmadeira
Altitude max / min880 m / 645 mvisitmadeira
visitmadeira distance11 kmvisitmadeira

Booking

Payment for classified walks is on SIMplifica, the service named on the IFCN page. IFCN’s fee note exempts residents of the Autonomous Region of Madeira who can show it, children aged 12 or under, and people with a disability of 60% or more (and a tutor with them) when they show a document. IFCN fee FAQ.

Fee, where a page states one

Route

OpenStreetMap relation 2754660 measures 11.64 km. IFCN publishes 11 km. The name and the passing places matched the official trail, and the measured length is within a fifth of the IFCN figure where IFCN gives one. The line is © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. OpenFreeMap tiles load only after you open the map. A brown dot marks the start of the OSM line (Ribeiro Frio).

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