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PR 4

Levada do Barreiro

PR 4, Levada do Barreiro, is a classified walk on Madeira. IFCN publishes the distance as 6,7 km. The passing places on the IFCN list are Poço da Neve – Casa do Barreiro. The list marks it partly open. visitmadeira lists the difficulty as Easy and the duration as 2:10 hours. visitmadeira gives the start and end as Poço da Neve / Casa do Barreiro. visitmadeira gives the maximum and minimum altitude as 1650 m / 975 m. visitmadeira publishes the distance as 5.2 km.

Partly open

Automated from official data. IFCN list

Partly open.

IFCN, in Portuguese: PARCIALMENTE TRANSITÁVEL MAPA

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

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

FactFigureSource
Distance6,7 kmIFCN
Passing placesPoço da Neve – Casa do BarreiroIFCN
Managed byCâmara Municipal do FunchalIFCN
DifficultyEasyvisitmadeira
Duration2:10 hoursvisitmadeira
Start / endPoço da Neve / Casa do Barreirovisitmadeira
Altitude max / min1650 m / 975 mvisitmadeira
visitmadeira distance5.2 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

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Route

Relation 13562619 measures 4.89 km. IFCN publishes 6,7 km. The difference is more than a fifth, so the line is not shown. 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.

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