Parts of Levada 25 Fontes Closed
Thanks to Oliver King for sending this information.
Morning Tobi.
Had an email this morning about partial closures on the Levada 25 Fontes.
Basically e...
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Mother and 8-year-old son fall 20 meters high in Levada do Caldeirão Verde
A woman in her 40s and an 8-year-old boy, mother and son and both tourists, recently fell around 2 pm on Monday - from a height of 20 meters as they walked alon...
Three New Born Dogs Found Dead in a Levada
Warning, below there are photos of the dead dogs, photos to shock and make people aware I hope.
The Association helps feed dogs(Associação Ajuda a Alimentar ...
FIREFIGHTERS FROM RIBEIRA BRAVA ON MISSION TO RESCUE A FOREIGN CITIZEN
The Volunteer Firefighters of Ribeira Brava and Ponta do Sol (BVRBPS) were only recently activated to give aid to a tourist, who suffered a fall in a levada nea...
Forest Path of Levada do Barqueiro
Work has already begun on the forest path of Levada do Barqueiro, in Tabua, an intervention that includes the construction of hydraulic passages, structures to ...
Tourist lost in a levada in Boaventura
A foreign tourist was lost this Friday night in the Levada dos Tornos on the site of the Lombo do Urzal, in Boaventura.
The alert for 112 occurred at 10:00 p...
Friday Foto
Thanks to Petri Tiaskorpi for thus great shot on a Levada.
Here is one photo which I took in year 2008. Morning mist was very nice in Galhano Levada da Ribe...
Tourist dies of possible heart attack on Levada dos Tornos
The German tourist who felt ill this afternoon, while traveling the Levada dos Tornos, ended up dying on the spot, a victim of sudden illness, probably a heart...
Two falls on the 25 Fontes today
Two people have fallen on the Levada 25 fontes today. Earlier a woman fell and fractured her arm, and news just coming in now of another fall where the victim h...
Another tourist falls on 25 Fontes
The Calheta Volunteer Firefighters have just been called to another victim of a fall in the Levada das 25 Fontes.
To what JM was able to ascertain, the woman...
A Notice to All Walkers
In a statement sent to the press, the Regional Government "regrets the accident, unfortunately fatal, that occurred yesterday on the Levada 25 Fontes in Rabaçal...
Tourist slipped at waterfall and fell into river
The tourist who on Thursday afternoon fell from a height of about 25 meters in Levada dos Tornos, on the site of Eira de Fora, in Camacha, slipped at a waterfal...
Government prepares alternative route on the levada of 25 Fontes
The president of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN) said yesterday in the program Public Interest of RTP-Madeira, that the institute is awa...
Two Tourists Fall on Levada
Two foreign tourists fell at around 14:00 hours on Thursday - in Levada da Boaventura. They both suffered injuries and were rescued by the Volunteer Fire-fighte...
Arsonist arrested in Câmara de Lobos
The Judicial Police and the PSP of Câmara de Lobos detained a man, 24, for the practice of a forest fire crime. The defendant used a lighter five times along a ...
Tourist falls on Levada do Norte
A 70-year-old tourist of French nationality fell this afternoon from a height of about three meters while hiking in Levada do Norte in Câmara de Lobos, along wi...
English woman falls on levada
Tony you spoke to soon.....
One tourist, of English nationality, fell this afternoon when she was on a pedestrian route at Levada do Alecrim, in Rabaçal.
The ...
Ponta do Sol Levada Suffers Fire
Thanks to Gary who has sent these images.
The popular lavada walk Moinho/Nova at Ponta do Sol is ablaze now, just come back from seeing this, this afternoon.
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Tourist Falls on Levada
A tourist, believed to be German, fell this afternoon on the Levada do Paul da Serra.
The lady fractured her foot and was rescued by rescue services from Ribei...
Another great walk of ours
This walk started off well, till someone decided we carry on round instead of walking back the same way....
Great, till we hit steps going up, and up and up, f...
Lagoon at 25 Fonts
A nice video taken by tourists from Czech Republic, who show us all the trout in the lagoon at the end of the 25 fonts levada walk.
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I use the words “idiot” and “levada” in yet another post.
This Swedish trail runner André Jonsson, who came fourth in the Ultra Sky Marathon Madeira last June has just released a video on You Tube today, running along ...
