Rolf Goetz – Madère / Madeira (ang) – Bergverlag Rother

Un bref descriptif de la randonnée avec tous les renseignements importants, une carte en couleurs et une description précise de l'itinéraire pour chaque excursion facilitent le choix et l'orientation sur place. Description de l'éditeur : Every island thrives on its clichés. The name Madeira stands for a heavy drop of wine which might have had its time a long time ago, yet is still praised by many a connoisseur. The island’s all-year-round mild climate helped Madeira be awarded the decorative suffix »floating floral island in the Atlantic«. Bird of paradise and torch lilies, daisies and hydrangea leave no doubt: Madeira is rich in flowers like no other island. And secretly the Atlantic beauty has developed into a hiking paradise of the special kind. The first Portuguese word which hikers learn on Madeira is bound to be »levada«. Levada hiking is surely unique on the whole world. A sophisticated network of narrow irrigation canals runs across the entire island. The maintenance paths inst