Along narrow waterways through the laurel forest

Madeira: it doesn’t get any greener

1. July 2022Categories: All | Kampioen | Madeira Est. reading time: 1 min.

Fanal: at up to 40 metres, the til is the tallest tree of the laurel forest. Here it has room enough to form mighty branches and crowns.
Fanal: at up to 40 metres, the til is the tallest tree of the laurel forest. Here it has room enough to form mighty branches and crowns.

There are places that are always beautiful: because the walking is glorious, because the people are friendly, because the temperature stays pleasant all year. Madeira is one of them – explored along its levadas, the narrow water channels that keep the island green.

Published in:

Kampioen – members magazine of the ANWB, Netherlands
Circulation 3.6 million – the highest-circulation print medium in the Netherlands

Text & photos: Malte Clavin

Link to the article (in Dutch)

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