Great walking map but only average roadmap
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As a walking map, this map is just splendid - nothing less. It not only shows the 35 walks in the related book(in red), it also shows(in green) other walks from other walking guides.
Lets you plan your own walks and alternatives.
The quality of the paper is great - after 3 weeks of folding and refolding, I still have a new map.
As a roadmap it is not so accurate. I used the 3rd edition, updated reprint May 2005 and found a some small and some annoying errors.
Also, there is no indication for one-way roads.
As this map is such a great walking map and I didn't want to buy more maps I used following approach:
- discard any old maps - since so many recent roadworks and new tunnels at Madeira.
- use a recent, free-of-charge map that came with rental car to make the rough planning for daytrips
- use this map for finding the starting point of the walk and for the walking.
Some errors that I found on the map - with a few manual edits it should be possible to upgrade your copy:
- Orange road from Calheta to Madalena do Mar along the south coast should be a white road AND IS CLOSED - the only option is the tunnel
- Yellow road (no number) northwards from Ponta do Sol is a dirt road - to be avoided
- A good, new 'yellow' road from Urze to Arco da Calheta is not on the map
- Ancient ER 101 along the north coast is NOT partly closed, and is one-way towards Porto Moniz - it would be a pity to miss it.
- Orange road from Ribera Seca towards Marocos is still under construction.
- Proposed tunnel towards Curral das Freiras exists.
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An essential for anyone exploring Madeira
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This is a detailed map and is a must for anyone planning to hire a car or hike the many Madeiran trails and Levadas. Overkill for the visitor simply seeking sun and relaxation - though I would not suggest Madeira for such a holiday as it simply begs to be explored and the beaches are not great.
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A reasonable guide to roads and walks in Madeira
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This map is a little out of date as Madeira seems to be undergoing a major road infrastructure upgrade; with modern straighter roads and tunnels around the edge of the island, particularly in the north east and central south which are not shown. Also I came across two roads (one major) which are shown on the map, but clearly do not exist and never have on the island. Some paths to lavada walks are driveways or don't exist. The detail is not nearly as good as a UK landranger 1:50000, but as I said, it's a reasonable guide, 90% there. (Using 3rd edition (Sept 03) in Sept 04)
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madeira 1:40,000 map
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as well as being excellently durable, the map detail is good for fine navigation. I am quite used to other 1:40,000 and 1:25,000 maps and this compares well - good enough for navigating to orienteering type standard.
BTW - watch out as the rock in Madeira is magnetic enough to affect a compass, so GPS waypoints esp welcome
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Unbeatable all weather Madeira map
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This map is the best I have ever used and a great improvement on the earlier paper 2nd edition Tour & Trail map of Madeira. Checking between this Super-Durable edition and the earlier 2nd edition there are a lot of updates of roads and walking routes, I particularly liked the motorway junctions being specially signed for the Via Rapida.
In two weeks walking and driving on Madeira the map got a lot of hard use, but emerged from constant refolding and being rained on like new. Super-Durable is too mild a word for this amazing material; it feels like silk and is very light but manages to be completely waterproof and untearable, by me at least. If only there were more of these Super-Durable maps I would never again buy a flimsy paper map.
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