Parque Florestal das Queimadas
Laurel-forest clearing with a thatched shelter house, pond, picnic spots and a classic levada trailhead.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Parque Florestal das Queimadas, high above Santana on Madeira's north coast, is about appetite: the hikers who set off from this clearing on one of the island's hardest-loved trails, and what the place has had to offer them when they come back. It follows the thatched shelter house from its long years as a roof in the forest to its twenty eighteen makeover. Best heard standing between the house and the pond.
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