Madeira's irrigation channels — levadas — come with flat maintenance paths that thread through cloud forest, past waterfalls and along ridgelines that would otherwise demand mountaineering. The 25 Fontes route is the classic: rainforest, a fern-ringed lagoon and drama entirely disproportionate to the effort. Year-round springtime weather seals it. Bring a head torch for the tunnels.
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