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PR 5

Vereda das Funduras

PR 5, Vereda das Funduras, is a classified walk on Madeira. IFCN publishes the distance as 8,7 km. The passing places on the IFCN list are Portela – Maroços. The list marks it open. visitmadeira lists the difficulty as Moderate and the duration as 3 hours. visitmadeira gives the start and end as Miradouro da Portela / Maroços. visitmadeira gives the maximum and minimum altitude as 624 m / 186 m. visitmadeira publishes the distance as 8.7 km.

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
Distance8,7 kmIFCN
Passing placesPortela – MaroçosIFCN
Managed byIFCNIFCN
DifficultyModeratevisitmadeira
Duration3 hoursvisitmadeira
Start / endMiradouro da Portela / Maroçosvisitmadeira
Altitude max / min624 m / 186 mvisitmadeira
visitmadeira distance8.7 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 2754584 measures 8.17 km. IFCN publishes 8,7 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 (Portela).

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