Madeira Ativa › Levada trails › PR 5
Vereda das Funduras (PR 5) is a moderate 8.7 km walking trail on Madeira, running from Portela to Maroços. It climbs about 277 m and descends about 682 m along the way. That averages a gentle but steady gradient, about 32 m of climb per kilometre. The route loses far more height than it gains (682 m down against 277 m up), so walked in this direction it is mostly descent — hard on the knees rather than the lungs. It runs between 181 m and 623 m above sea level. It is a point-to-point route. The official walking time is 3 h. Access status is currently open. The trail is waymarked in yellow.
Official walking time and difficulty from Visit Madeira, as on the trailhead board.
Narrow sections are limited (0% of the surveyed route), and 2% is without a railing. These figures come from OpenStreetMap surveys covering 71% of the route, so the unsurveyed remainder may differ.
OpenStreetMap, where surveyed; mapped on 71% of the route.
Only one end is served by a bus (53); the other needs a car, a taxi or a lift. 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. A car park is mapped at one end only.
Official route page (visitmadeira.com) ↗
The official walking time for PR 5 is 3 h over 8.7 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.
Partly. Line 53 reach one end only; the other needs a car, a taxi or a lift.
It runs between 181 m and 623 m above sea level.
The last published status is open. Closures on Madeira follow storms and landslides and change without much warning, so check the official status on the day.