Madeira Sunflower Walking Guide: 100 long and short walks and 6 car tours (Sunflower Guides)

The go-to Madeira travel guide for over 35 years, now in its 16th edition. Strap on your boots and discover Madeira on foot with the Sunflower Madeira travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.The Sunflower Madeira guide is indispensable for hiking in Madeira or seeing Madeira by car.This 16th edition was updated just after the authors’ latest trip, but things move fast on this island - so Sunflower’s free Update service with users’ comments makes the guide as up-to-the-minute as possible.The maps are annotated with waypoints, and there are free downloadable GPS tracks for all the walks. While dedicated hikers will revel in the island’s mountainous terrain (Madeira is one of Europe’s top destinations for mountain walks), walking the ‘levada’ paths is one of the most popular activities with visitors.Levadas are watercourses that carry rainfall from the mountains to irrigate the cultivated terraces.W