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Welcome to Madeira!
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View from Cabo Girão - a lofty sea cliff
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Standing on a glass-floored viewing platform, 580m above sea level!
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Ponta de São Lourenço - a deserted, post-volcanic landscape
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Desertas Islands on the horizon
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Ponta do Garajau
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Cristo Rei da Ponta do Garajau
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Ribeira Brava (Wild River)
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Miradouro da Encumeada
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Above the clouds
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Rabaçal levada walk starting point
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Our guide, Sergio
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A truly beautiful, Sunday walk
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Levada near Rabaçal
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One of the 25 fountains
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Laurel forest - designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999
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A banana plantation in Madalena do Mar
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Referta levada walk
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Penha de Águia (Eagle's Rock)
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Funchal as seen from a rocky beach in Garajau
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