OpenMadeira
Tell me about the Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak hike in Madeira
💭 Thinking
The user is asking about a specific hike called "Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak" in Madeira. Let me search for this trail in our hikesdatabase.The search returned no results for "Teleférico Viewpoint Coroa Peak". This might be a community/unofficial trail rather than an official PR trail. Let me try a broader search, maybe searching for "Coroa" or "Teleférico" separately, and also try searching near a specific area. Let me try searching withdifferent terms.The find_hikes tool didn't return any results for "Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak" or its parts. This doesn't appear to be an official IFCN PR trail. Let me search the web for information about this hike, as it might be a community/unofficial trail or a named route on AllTrails.The user is asking about a hike called "Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak" in Madeira. My official trail database didn't find any PR trail matching this name. From the web search, I can see that "Coroa" appears as a peak (721m) on a hiking route near Machico/Porto da Cruz, and "Teleférico" appears as a viewpoint (284m) on the same route - from the bergfex.com result about "Machico - Cabeço da Lapa - Pico do Furado - Porto da Cruz". This seems to be a community/unofficial trail rather than an official PR trail. Let me search more specifically for this trail on AllTrails or similar platforms.The user asked about the "Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak" hike in Madeira. My searches in the official IFCN trail database didn't find an exact match for this trail name. The web search results show references to "Teleférico" as a viewpoint (at around 284m altitude) and "Coroa" (at 721m altitude) in a hiking route on Bergfex, but this isn't one of Madeira's official PR trails in our database. Looking at the bergfex result, there's a route "Machico - Cabeço da Lapa - Pico do Furado - Porto da Cruz" that passes through both "Teleférico (284 m) Viewpoint" and "Coroa (721 m) Summit". This appears to be a community/unofficial route, not an official PR trail. Let me search more specifically for this route to understand what the user is asking about.Based on the web lookup results, I can see that "Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak" appears in a Bergfex hiking route listing (Machico - Cabeço da Lapa - Pico do Furado - Porto da Cruz), which shows "Coroa (721 m)" as a summit waypoint and "Teleférico (284 m)" as a viewpoint waypoint. This suggests it's part of a longer route in the Machico/Porto da Cruz area of eastern Madeira. However, this trail does NOT appear in our official IFCN PR trail database — the find_hikes tool returned no results for it in any of my searches. It's also not in the AllTrails community trail data that came back for the Machico area. Let me piece together what I know: - "Miradouro do Teleférico" (Teleférico Viewpoint) is likely the viewpoint near the Rocha do Navio cable car in Santana, based on what the web search found - But "Coroa Peak" (Pico da Coroa) at 721m appears on the Bergfex listing as part of the longer Machico-Porto da Cruz route Wait, looking more carefully at the Bergfex result, the route "Machico - Cabeço da Lapa - Pico do Furado - Porto da Cruz" lists: - "Teleférico (284 m) Viewpoint" - "Coroa (721 m) Summit" - "Pico do Furado (554 m) Viewpoint" This looks like it might be a community/AllTrails route that combines these waypoints in eastern Madeira. The "Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak" the user asks about might be one specific segment or the whole route. The Caniçal's Levada - Larano Footpath (the first community trail result) mentions: "As you approach the end, you'll find a small cable car that was once used to cultivate fields on the coast." This cable car reference could be the "Teleférico" viewpoint. Let me think about this more carefully. The user is asking about a specific trail called "Teleférico Viewpoint - Coroa Peak" hike. This is NOT an official IFCN PR trail. It doesn't appear in our database at all. From the Bergfex data, it seems like a route that goes from the Teleférico viewpoint area (near Machico/Caniçal) up to Coroa peak (721m). But I don't have detailed info on this specific trail combination in our data. I should be honest that this is not an official PR trail, and I don't have it in my database. I can mention what I found from the web search (the Bergfex route reference) and suggest nearby official/community trails, but I shouldn't invent details I don't have. Actually, let me reconsider. The AllTrails "Caniçal's Levada - Larano Footpath" route mentions a cable car viewpoint. The bergfex listing shows "Coroa (721 m)" as a summit. These are likely in the same general area east of Machico. I should tell the user that this specific trail is not in our official IFCN database or the AllTrails community catalogue we have access to, but I can share what context I found and suggestnearby alternatives.
How this was derived · 4 steps
Trails near MachicoMap & photos
6 photos
Vereda das FundurasVereda das FundurasVereda das FundurasVereda das FundurasVereda das FundurasVereda das Funduras
Official PR trail (IFCN) Community route (AllTrails — not official)
Photos: walkmeguide.com · green = official IFCN PR trail · amber = community route (AllTrails)

The "Teleférico Viewpoint – Coroa Peak" hike is not an official IFCN PR trail in Madeira's recommended trail network, and it doesn't appear in our AllTrails community catalogue either. I wasn't able to find a detailed, verified route description for this specific hike in our sources.

Here's what I can piece together from the context I found:

What is it?

Based on hiking route databases, this appears to be an informal/unguided route in eastern Madeira near the Machico / Caniçal area that connects:

  • Miradouro do Teleférico (~284 m) — the viewpoint near the small cable car (teleférico) that once served coastal farmland below the cliffs
  • Pico da Coroa (721 m) — a summit in the hills between Machico and Porto da Cruz

It's referenced as part of a longer ridge route (Machico → Cabeço da Lapa → Coroa Peak → Pico do Furado → Porto da Cruz), combining coastline viewpoints with higher inland peaks.

⚠️ Important caveat: Because this is not an official IFCN-recommended PR trail, it has no official open/closed status, no maintained signage, and no IFCN patrol or rescue coverage. You'd need to check locally about access and current path conditions.

Nearby official & community alternatives

If you're interested in this area, here are similar trails near Machico that are on our radar:

TrailTypeDifficultyRatingDistance
PR 5 – Vereda das FundurasOfficial (IFCN)Moderate3.9★ (184 reviews)8.7 km
PR 8 – Vereda da Ponta de S. LourençoOfficial (IFCN)Moderate4.7★ (7,989 reviews)8 km return
Caniçal's Levada – Larano FootpathCommunity (AllTrails)Hard4.7★ (398 reviews)26.6 km
Pico do Facho loopCommunity (AllTrails)Hard4.4★ (171 reviews)4.2 km
  • PR 5 (Portela → Maroços) runs on the slopes just above Machico — moderate, lovely views of the valley and coast, about 11 min drive from Machico.
  • PR 8 (Ponta de São Lourenço) is the famous coastal peninsula hike on Madeira's eastern tip — stunning cliff scenery, very popular.
  • Caniçal's Levada – Larano is the community route that actually passes the small cable car ("teleférico") viewpoint — if the Teleférico viewpoint is the part that interests you, this is the closest mapped trail on AllTrails (route link).

Would you like me to check the mountain forecast and IPMA weather warnings for this area, so you can plan a safe day to go?

OpenMadeira can make mistakes — check the sources.