PR 7 · Madeira
Levada do Moinho
Closed. Reported shut since 2024, with no reopening date published.
A long levada in the far north-west, from Ribeira da Cruz down towards Junqueira. Closed.
- Distance 10.3 km
- Walking time 3 h 30
- Highest point 940 m
- Difficulty Moderate
- Route One way
Official figures. Walking times are moving times: they assume you never stop.
The route
One way. The trail ends somewhere else from where it starts, so plan how you get back before you set off.
The walk
Ten and a half kilometres of levada path in the north-west corner, from the ER 101 at Ribeira da Cruz down to around 500 m.
It has been closed for a long time — reports put it since 2024 — and no reopening date has been published. The official sources list it as shut and the fee page still carries it.
We have left this page short. Writing up a walk nobody can take, from other people's descriptions, is not something we are prepared to do.
In the app
Everything for the day you walk PR 7
- 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.
Questions people ask
Is PR 7 open today?
No. The IFCN lists PR 7 (Levada do Moinho) as closed. Closed. Reported shut since 2024, with no reopening date published.
How long does PR 7 take?
The official walking time is 3 h 30 for 10.3 km, one way. It is a moving time that assumes you never stop, so allow more for photographs, food and rests.
Checked against
- Visit Madeira, official trail sheet PR 7 (10.5 km, 3:30, moderate, 504–940 m) and open/closed list: closed
- End point given as Junqueira (Tornadouro) on the trail sheet and Lamaceiros on the official list — the two disagree
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.
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