Vereda do Burro
PR 3, Vereda do Burro, is a classified walk on Madeira. IFCN publishes the distance as 6,7 km. The passing places on the IFCN list are Pico do Areeiro – Ribeira das Cales. The list marks it open. visitmadeira lists the difficulty as Easy and the duration as 2:40 hours. visitmadeira gives the start and end as Pico do Areeiro / Ribeira das Cales - Funchal Ecological Park Welcome Centre. visitmadeira gives the maximum and minimum altitude as 1805 m / 1130 m. visitmadeira publishes the distance as 7.2 km.
OpenAutomated 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.
| Fact | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Distance | 6,7 km | IFCN |
| Passing places | Pico do Areeiro – Ribeira das Cales | IFCN |
| Managed by | Câmara Municipal do Funchal | IFCN |
| Difficulty | Easy | visitmadeira |
| Duration | 2:40 hours | visitmadeira |
| Start / end | Pico do Areeiro / Ribeira das Cales - Funchal Ecological Park Welcome Centre | visitmadeira |
| Altitude max / min | 1805 m / 1130 m | visitmadeira |
| visitmadeira distance | 7.2 km | visitmadeira |
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
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Route
OpenStreetMap relation 13562443 measures 7.12 km. IFCN publishes 6,7 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 (Pico do Areeiro).
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