PR 4 · Madeira

Levada do Barreiro

Partly open IFCN notice of 21 September 2026

Only part of the trail is passable; the IFCN publishes a map.

No licence needed for this trail.

A high levada from Poço da Neve, near the Areeiro road, down to the Casa do Barreiro. Partly passable at the moment; check the IFCN.

Distance 6.7 km
Difficulty Easy
Route One way

Official figures. Walking times are moving times: they assume you never stop.

The route

The whole trail, with you on it The full line, where you are on it and the way back, in the app. It keeps working with no signal.

Open it in the app

Start Line © OpenStreetMap contributors, for orientation, not navigation

1,000 m 1,200 m 1,400 m 1,600 m

The profile shows the shape of the walk; the figures above are the official ones.

One way. The trail ends somewhere else from where it starts, so plan how you get back before you set off.

Before you go

When to go

Read the IFCN note before going: only a section is open.

In the app

Everything for the day you walk PR 4

You, on the line The whole trail on the map with your position on it, from the car park to the end.
No signal needed Kept on your phone for the valleys and tunnels where the network goes.
A timer for the walk Private, it counts from the trailhead and stops by itself at the end.
To do, and done Mark the walks you want to do and the ones you have walked.
Open or closed, every morning The IFCN status on every trail, read again each day.

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Questions people ask

Is PR 4 open today?

Partly. The IFCN lists PR 4 (Levada do Barreiro) as partly open. Only part of the trail is passable; the IFCN publishes a map.

Checked against

IFCN, classified trails table (distance, status)
OpenStreetMap contributors (path)

Status as the IFCN publishes it. This page was last rebuilt on 15 October at 07:00, Madeira time. Trails close without warning after storms: check again on the morning you walk.