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Thursday, May 30, 2019

Visit the Shale Path of Martim Branco - Almaceda

The stunning Martim Branco Shale Path, located in the Feast of Almaceda, has two variants. The main, and longer, crosses the village to get into paths and forest paths that cross dams, streams and a deeply rural agricultural landscape.
The course begins in the Martim Branco Shale Village, crosses the stream and, taking the paths that cross the floodplain, it is possible to follow along the levadas contemplating a weir and mixtures of olive groves, medronhal and azinhal.
Further on, it crosses the stream on the Volta bridge again, entering a new track that accompanies a levada coming from a top weir.
Climb the Levada Nova to your weir where a path leads to a forest path. In Porto da Vila, the riparian corridor of the stream of Almaceda appears. You will cross the stream in a few poldras, which leads to the forest trail to the village of Almaceda.
The shorter variant leads to the water mills passing through the old milling core. After crossing the bridge of the Volta, it crosses the "Levada dos Moinhos" passing through the old milling nucleus towards Martim Branco.

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