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Funchal council reopens Pico Alto take-off ramp

The Funchal reopened the Pico Alto hang gliding take off ramp, overlooking the capital, the only city in the world you can overfly in this manner, according to Paulo Cafofo, Funchal’s mayor.

The mayor, present at the reopening, stressed that “there has to be a commercial investment in enterprises that can give those who visit us this type of experience”. Stating that tourism is increasingly more active, Paulo Cafofo also said that the city has charged a task force with deciding which are the best trees to introduce in the Parque Ecologico (the ecological park) and neighbouring areas to avoid the cyclical devastation caused by fires.

This task force is to presents its first conclusions in April, but the mayor stressed that whatever is planned has to be thought for the next twenty years – not just next year.

Another piece of news disclosed during the reopening of the take off ramp was the recovery of the waling routes within the Parque Ecologico do Funchal.

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