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Walking in Madeira

100 long and short walks, 6 car tours

by John and Pat Underwood

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A guidebook to walking on the Portuguese island of Madeira, featuring 100 of the best long and short day walks. We cover the entire island, showing trekking routes of varying difficulty, all of which are mapped in detail.

Many of the hikes are circular, taking you along the cliffs and levadas (aqueducts), into the laurel forests of the interior and up steep ridges and peaks.

This guide also includes 6 car tours, a touring map, a walk from the capital, Funchal (with a town plan) and free downloadable GPS tracks.

When to go: The best months for trekking in Madeira are from July until May. June can be overcast.

Printed book: £16.99 / PDF book: £14.00

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Walking and Eating in Madeira

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12 walks, 2 excursions and recommended restaurants

by John & Pat Underwood

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A guidebook to walking and eating in Madeira, featuring 13 walks dotted around this Portuguese island.

We also feature an excursion to Monte by cable car and a ‘round the island’ tour using public buses.

All walks are mapped in detail and include restaurant suggestions and recipes.

We also feature a plan of Funchal and information on markets and Portuguese wines – as well as free downloadable GPS tracks.

When to go: The best months for walking in Madeira are July till May (June can be overcast).

Printed book: £10.99 / PDF book: £9.00

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A first-time visitor’s observations of Madeira…

Travel in Style Madeira

Both Landscapes of Madeira and Walk & Eat Madeira ran out of stock in September. Rather than reprint, we decided to do new editions of both, so they would be bang up to date. Although they will be officially published on 1 January 2015, copies will be available from 5 December. A visitor new to […]

Walking in Madeira: Path Collapse on PR1

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Madeira’s top walk (thus ‘PR1’) is the traverse from Pico do Arieiro to Pico Ruivo. There are two routes: the westerly trail, which passes through tunnels, and a more strenuous easterly path that climbs over the Torres peaks. The two routes join at a saddle and go on to Ruivo, the island’s highest summit. Last […]

Madeira: levadas, levada walking

Levadas are watercourses with adjacent footpaths, which penetrate virtually every part of the mountainous terrain of Madeira. These watercourses and their adjoining maintenance paths extend for an incredible 2150km/1350mi or more, but even more fascinating is their great variety. The older levadas, built centuries ago, are narrow and plummet steeply downhill from mountainside springs – […]

About Sunflower

The story of Sunflower The story of Sunflower Books began in 1973, when John and Pat Underwood first visited Madeira on their honeymoon and fell in love with the island. They returned year after year, making notes about their favourite walks – many of which were along the levadas (watercourses with adjacent footpaths, which penetrate […]

Sunflower’s been trolled!

Just in time for the new year, Sunflower has ‘arrived’. We’ve joined the ranks of the famous, with our very own troll! Over the Christmas holidays, the troll (called ‘European Traveller’) posted identical reviews of almost all our titles on Amazon – proving, if nothing else, that he/she is even-handed and a prodigious hiker! Each […]