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    Pico Ruivo
    Northeast (Santana & Highlands)
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    Pico Ruivo

    Highest peak in Madeira at 1,861m, accessible only by foot via PR1 trail from Pico do Areeiro or Achada do Teixeira.

    1861m

    Elevation

    moderate

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    miradouro·410m
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    Curtado Viewpoint

    Curtado Viewpoint

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    Empenas Viewpoint

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    Trails

    Hikes Nearby

    Vereda da Ilha approach to Pico Ruivo through endemic heath, Madeira

    Vereda da Ilha

    mountain8.2 km1-1.5h
    Pico Ruivo summit at sunrise above the cloud sea, Madeira

    Vereda do Pico Ruivo (from Achada do Teixeira)

    mountain6 km1.5-2.5h
    Caldeirão Verde waterfall and mossy grotto, Levada do Caldeirão Verde, Madeira

    Levada do Caldeirão Verde

    levada13 km4-6h
    Balcões viewpoint platform with Pico Ruivo and endemic chaffinch, Madeira

    Vereda dos Balcões

    forest3 km0.75-1.5h

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