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Vereda do Areeiro vs Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço

Two of Madeira's hiking trails side by side: distance, difficulty, ascent, duration and booking. Live 0 to 100 scores for each are in the app.

Quick take: Vereda do Areeiro is the shorter walk; Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço has less climbing.

Which one is harder?

Both are graded hard, so the grade alone will not separate them. Vereda do Areeiro climbs 222 m more, 587 m against 365 m. Distance pulls the other way: Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço is the longer walk at 8.0 km against 6.1 km.

How long does each take?

Allow about 3h 30m for Vereda do Areeiro and about 2h 30m for Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço, one way and at a walking pace. That is roughly 60 minutes more for Vereda do Areeiro, before any stops. Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço is an out-and-back, so the return doubles the time on the ground; the other is not.

Do you need to book?

Both are regulated IFCN trails, so both need a ticket, EUR 10.50 and EUR 4.50, bought through the SIMplifica portal.

Which one should you pick?

Vereda do Areeiro

Choose Vereda do Areeiro if you are here for Tunnel, High ridge, Viewpoint, or if you want the shorter day.

Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço

Choose Vereda da Ponta de São Lourenço if you are here for Endemic flora, Out and back, Viewpoint, or if you would rather not climb.

Which of the two is better on a given morning is a different question, and the numbers above cannot answer it: cloud, wind and closures change hourly and they change differently on the north and south coasts. Levadas scores both live and tells you which to drive to today.

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