The data is from the company Horários do Funchal, which adds that 60% of passengers use only the shuttle service, between the parking lot and the peak itself. The rest have been traveling from Funchal. Alejandro Gonçalves, president of the Funchal Schedules, explains to Antena 1 that the harshest winter has damaged demand. The President...Read More
The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) are conducting a complex and time-consuming search, rescue and mountain rescue operation at Pico do Areeiro. According to a firefighter source, the victim is in critical condition after falling from a cliff approximately 150 to 200 meters high. The tourist, whose age has not yet been released, was at the...Read More
The Madeiran Volunteer Firefighters (BVM) went out yesterday, after 8pm, to rescue two young tourists at Pico do Areeiro. They arrived at the site, more specifically with the young people, with a rescue and mountain team, made up of 11 elements, at 10 pm. The young people were lost at Rocha do Sargento. According to...Read More
Pico do Areeiro recorded negative temperatures during the night. The minimum temperature was minus 1.5 degrees, which led to some snowfall. Due to the danger, access to Pico do Arieiro was closed this morning, from Poço da Neve, as Manuel Filipe, president of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation, told Antena 1. The road...Read More
The Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation informs that the walking trails PR 1 (Vereda do Areeiro), PR 1.1 (Vereda da Ilha) and PR 1.2 (Vereda do Pico Ruivo) are closed due to hail and snow in the mountainous regions. The Regional Roads that give access to the top of Pico do Areeiro and Achada...Read More
Bus services between Funchal and Pico do Areeiro will resume next Monday. Travel from Funchal to Pico do Areeiro was cancelled over the weekend when the fires were raging in Madeira.Read More
Access to the Rabaçal, Balcões and Pico do Areeiro routes will be paid from next year. Information provided by Rafaela Fernandes, regional secretary for Agriculture and Environment. Access to the Ponta de São Lourenço route, which has been paid for since April last year, will now cost €2. The charging method is being studied. The...Read More
The Recommended Pedestrian Route Pico do Areeiro – Pico Ruivo is closed due to the occurrence of a landslide that is preventing safe circulation, as reported today by the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation (IFCN). The IFCN informed in a statement that it will clean and restore the trail, keeping this Recommended Pedestrian Route...Read More
There is a new car park to try to minimize the traffic problems felt next to Pico do Areeiro. The new parking area has a capacity for 200 vehicles and is located about 800 meters from Pico. To facilitate access, a path was built that allows you to reach Areeiro in about 10 minutes. There...Read More
