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Ribeira Seca

View over Lagoa do Fogo – Beautiful path along the Levada loop from Vila Franca do Campo

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Ribeira Seca

View over Lagoa do Fogo – Beautiful path along the Levada loop from Vila Franca do Campo

Hard

4.3

(4)

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View over Lagoa do Fogo – Beautiful path along the Levada loop from Vila Franca do Campo

07:53

24.8km

980m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 24, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Reserva Natural da Lagoa do Fogo

Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies da Serra de Água de Pau

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.48 km

Senhora da Paz Viewpoint

Highlight • Religious Site

The chapel "Ermida de Nossa Senhora da Paz", built in 1764, to which a stairway decorated with tiles (azulejos) leads, overlooks the town of Vila Franca do Campo.

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9.10 km

Viewpoint

11.0 km

View over Lagoa do Fogo

Highlight • Viewpoint

One of the natural highlights of the island, if not of the islands. Surrounded by the cries of seagulls, you approach this lake, which shines in blue or green depending on the sunshine.

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12.5 km

Serra de Água de Pau Valley

Highlight • Forest

In April - May the seagulls living here were brewing. They can become aggressive if you annoy them.

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13.2 km

Water Collection System of Lagoa do Fogo

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Here rainwater is collected for water supply and for the hydroelectric power plant Fábrica Nova from 1927. The water channel (Levada) as a power station feed line starts here

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13.6 km

Beautiful path along the Levada

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The walking section leads approx. 1.75km along the water channel (Levada) of a tributary of the Ribeira da Praia, which starts at the Lagoa da Fogo. Very nice hiking section. …

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15.9 km

Forest Trail in São Miguel

Highlight • Trail

Especially in fog there is a nice atmosphere here

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18.6 km

Abandoned Hydroelectric Power Plant

Highlight • Monument

But the path is accessible again, where PRIVADO stood in the spring, the door is now open again.

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19.0 km

Fábrica da Vila Hydroelectric Plant Ruins

Highlight • Monument

The ruins of the old power plants are in danger of collapsing and are no longer allowed to be entered. Information boards tell about the history of the factories, absolutely worth seeing and impressive, how quickly nature reclaims its territory.

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24.1 km

Beach

24.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.93 km

7.64 km

6.46 km

578 m

237 m

Surfaces

7.78 km

6.69 km

4.13 km

3.65 km

2.45 km

135 m

Elevation

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Highest point (860 m)

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Weather

Today

Saturday 27 June

21°C

17°C

49 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

July 13, 2023,Lagoa do Fogo – Sea to Sumit- Runde von Ribeira Chã

Tour from sea to sumit, all the way up!

Incredible views and impressions, even when foggy. You have the sea on one side an the lake on the other.

After reaching lake fogo the real trail kicks in. A very narrow tightrope walk to the sumit. Watch you steps!

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Beautiful path along the Levada – View over Lagoa do Fogo loop from Água de Alto

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View over Lagoa do Fogo – Beautiful path along the Levada loop from Vila Franca do Campo

Senhora da Paz Viewpoint

View over Lagoa do Fogo

Serra de Água de Pau Valley

Water Collection System of Lagoa do Fogo

Beautiful path along the Levada

Forest Trail in São Miguel

Abandoned Hydroelectric Power Plant

Fábrica da Vila Hydroelectric Plant Ruins

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