Through well trodden ways around Madeira

The Associação do Caminho Real da Madeira has just completed its first tour of the island, using the old routes, recuperated by the councils as memories of our common history. The route proposed by the Associação started in Machico, and returned there, with eight stages totaling some 200 hundred kilometers, as announced in Madeira In & Out.

They used CR23, which was always the most important of the royal routes, with some 35 walkers taking part, including 6 that completed the whole circuit of the island.

The Associação created, to be used from this date and for all those interested in acquiring it, a sort of passport that allows walkers to stamp the appropriate square in a network of partner venues spread through the whole island (small shops, restaurants, cafes, snack bar, bar, grocery stores, bed & breakfasts, …) where the Route goes past (37 of the island’s parishes), and thus collect “certificates” of passage through the points that make out the route.

The goals? To get to know local history, visit monuments (civil, military and religious), walk through the laurel forest, taste local delicacies, live customs and traditions, learn the legends and myths and feel the warmth of Madeirans’ hospitality. The initiative also meant the injection into the local economy of some 350 euro for each of the walkers completing the circuit, which is a clear sign of the added values of the concept.

More information, on the walk, the Associação and its goals, can be found in www.caminhosreais.pt or the facebook page for Caminho Real da Madeira.

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