PR 9.1 · Madeira
Queimadas
Um Caminho para Todos
The accessible stretch of the Caldeirão Verde levada, between Queimadas and Pico das Pedras — built for wheelchairs and for anyone who cannot manage the long version.
- Distance 1.9 km
- Walking time 45 min
- Highest point 890 m
- Difficulty Easy
- 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
A level path along the levada esplanade between the Queimadas forest park and Pico das Pedras, laid out so that people with mobility or visual impairments can get into the laurel forest properly rather than looking at it from a car park.
One point nine kilometres, three quarters of an hour, and the forest here is the same forest the six-hour version goes through.
It is also simply a nice short walk. You do not need a reason to take the easy one.
Very little. Level surface throughout, which on this island is rare enough to be the reason the trail exists.
Before you go
Where to park
At the Queimadas forest park, above Santana. Parking is charged, around €2 an hour.
By bus
Buses go to Santana, not to Queimadas. Taxi from there.
Toilets, water and food
Toilets at the Queimadas forest park.
In the app
Everything for the day you walk PR 9.1
- 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.
- Today's free slots Every half hour of the day, live from SIMplifica, and booking in a tap.
- 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 9.1 open today?
Yes. The IFCN lists PR 9.1 (Queimadas) as open.
Do I need a licence for PR 9.1?
Yes. Every visitor over twelve books an entry slot on SIMplifica, the regional government's portal, before walking, and pays €4.50. Madeira residents, children aged twelve and under and people with a disability of 60% or more do not pay, but still register.
How long does PR 9.1 take?
The official walking time is 45 min for 1.9 km, one way. It is a moving time that assumes you never stop, so allow more for photographs, food and rests.
Where do I park for PR 9.1?
At the Queimadas forest park, above Santana. Parking is charged, around €2 an hour.
Can I get to PR 9.1 by bus?
Buses go to Santana, not to Queimadas. Taxi from there.
Checked against
- Visit Madeira, official trail sheet PR 9.1 (1.9 km, 45 min, Queimadas–Pico das Pedras, 870–890 m, accessible)
- IFCN / SIMplifica (licence €4.50 from age 12, parking around €2 per hour)
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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