PR11 Levada dos Balcões
Easy levada path through laurel forest ending at a balcony viewpoint over deep green mountain valleys.
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About this audio guide
This guide to PR11 Levada dos Balcões, the short forest walk from Ribeiro Frio on Madeira, starts with something at your feet: a laurel leaf drifting in an old irrigation channel. It follows the island's centuries-old struggle to move water from the rainy north to the dry south, the convicts who cut the channels, and a mid-century engineering project in the valley below. Listen at the railing of the viewpoint, where the island's chaffinches come to meet you.
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