Madeira Ativa › Levada trails › PR 20
Vereda do Jardim do Mar (PR 20) is a easy 1.9 km walking trail on Madeira, running from Prazeres to Jardim do Mar. It climbs about 0 m and descends about 523 m along the way. That is close to level walking for most of the way, about 0 m of climb per kilometre. The route loses far more height than it gains (523 m down against 0 m up), so walked in this direction it is mostly descent — hard on the knees rather than the lungs. It runs between 40 m and 563 m above sea level. It is a point-to-point route. The official walking time is 1 h 30. Access status is currently closed. The trail is waymarked in yellow.
Official walking time and difficulty from Visit Madeira, as on the trailhead board.
OpenStreetMap, where surveyed; mapped on 61% of the route.
No bus route is mapped near either end, so this one effectively needs a car or a transfer. It is point-to-point, not a loop, so a car left at the start is a car you have to walk back to — most people arrange a drop-off, a taxi, or the bus.
Official route page (visitmadeira.com) ↗
The official walking time for PR 20 is 1 h 30 over 1.9 km. That is the signed estimate at the trailhead, walking steadily and without long stops.
No. This trail is free to walk; some other marked trails on Madeira are not.
Not directly — no bus route is mapped near either end.
It runs between 40 m and 563 m above sea level.
The last published status is closed. Closures on Madeira follow storms and landslides and change without much warning, so check the official status on the day.