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The walk starts just behind the Igreja da Lombada church in Ponta do Sol, also known as Espirito Santo on some maps. A few parking spaces are available close to the church, otherwise you'll need to park in a nearby street, or along the road as the locals do, taking care not to obstruct traffic.
(S/E) The Levada do Moinho can be reached via a small path with a few steps immediately behind the church. It winds its way through the village without difficulty, passing through a variety of landscapes, sometimes shaded by trees, sometimes more exposed. Reach a stream.
(1) Climb over it by crossing a few stone steps. Just before crossing the stream, there is a picnic table carved into the rock, where you can take a break and enjoy the view of the stream. Continue northwards until you reach a staircase on the right.
(2) Take this and you will reach the Levada Nova. Follow this to the right. After a bend to the left, you come to a gallery cut into the rock, past which flow several waterfalls.
(3) Cross these galleries and quickly reach the entrance to a tunnel.
(4) Enter the tunnel, which is wide enough to pass through without too much difficulty. After 200 m, the exit appears.
(5) On leaving the tunnel, the Levada Nova is a few dozen metres higher than the one you followed on the outward journey. The route is more exposed and airy, offering superb unobstructed views of the sea and the Ribeiro da Ponta do Sol, which winds along the bottom of the valley.
There aren't many handrails on this stretch, which is fairly close to the drop, so you need to be careful, but it's not complicated.The levada quickly climbs back up towards the houses and reaches a crossroads.
(6) The levada continues straight on, but at this point you need to leave it by taking a short path off to the right and joining a small street that leads straight down to the parking area (S/E).
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