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South west coast, Porto Santo Island (Portugal)

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Jan DK
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Trail stats

Distance
9.67 mi
Elevation gain
794 ft
Technical difficulty
Difficult
Elevation loss
804 ft
Max elevation
590 ft
TrailRank 
49
Min elevation
15 ft
Trail type
One Way
Coordinates
375
Uploaded
January 25, 2011
Recorded
January 2011
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near Vila de Porto Santo, Madeira (Portugal)

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Itinerary description

Start from Hotel Torre Praia, hike along the coast, further passing the harbour, through a small tunnel, up hills and down to the Porto Santo ferry to Funchal, departure 18:00.
BE EXTRA CAREFULL, THERE IS A STRETCH APPROX. 800M, WHERE THERE ARE LANDSLIDE, FROM THE STORM BACK IN FEBRUAR 2010. Look at my waypoints.
27-DEC-10
Approx. 15,5km

Waypoints

PictographWaypoint Altitude 85 ft
Photo ofPorous cliffs

Porous cliffs

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 532 ft

Bar 48-3Xl

Closed bar, winterseason. 27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 118 ft
Photo ofBe CAREFULL here

Be CAREFULL here

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 44 ft
Photo ofDestroyed bridge

Destroyed bridge

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 86 ft

Ferry office in Vila Baleira

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 26 ft
Photo ofOld jetty

Old jetty

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 27 ft
Photo ofSailor painting in harbour

Sailor painting in harbour

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 0 ft
Photo ofNice view over the harbour

Nice view over the harbour

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 419 ft
Photo ofGravel pit

Gravel pit

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 570 ft
Photo ofHeight marker 174m Photo ofHeight marker 174m

Height marker 174m

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 56 ft
Photo ofHotel Torre Praia

Hotel Torre Praia

Superb hotel, I can recommend it. www.portosantohotels.com 27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 0 ft

You can't go down here

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 83 ft
Photo ofBe careful, landslide

Be careful, landslide

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 45 ft
Photo ofSportsclub

Sportsclub

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 578 ft
Photo of3 mills

3 mills

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 56 ft
Photo ofPorto Santo ferry

Porto Santo ferry

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 77 ft
Photo ofBar and beer Photo ofBar and beer

Bar and beer

Here there is a open bar in the wintertime, superb. And it is very peacefully, be sure of that. 27-DEC-10 12:11:51

PictographWaypoint Altitude 0 ft
Photo ofLandslide down over the road

Landslide down over the road

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 69 ft
Photo ofWARNING, be careful

WARNING, be careful

From here to tunnel approx. 800m, a lot of landslide 27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 219 ft
Photo ofOld house

Old house

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 75 ft
Photo ofRestaurant with good tuna fish

Restaurant with good tuna fish

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PictographWaypoint Altitude 79 ft
Photo ofTunnel 75m

Tunnel 75m

27-DEC-10

PictographWaypoint Altitude 86 ft
Photo ofThe other side of the tunnel

The other side of the tunnel

27-DEC-10

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