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Historic Water Pipeline Trail – Stone Arch Tunnel Trail loop from Lagoa

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Lagoa (Santa Cruz)

Historic Water Pipeline Trail – Stone Arch Tunnel Trail loop from Lagoa

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Historic Water Pipeline Trail – Stone Arch Tunnel Trail loop from Lagoa

02:16

7.33km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

Waypoints

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2.86 km

Tree Ferns

Highlight • Forest

This unspoiled valley contains great plants

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3.07 km

Stone Aqueduct Bridge, São Miguel

Highlight • Bridge

Everything here is like a rainforest. Lush trees and plants, even the old water pipes are completely green.

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3.11 km

Historic Water Pipeline Trail

Highlight • Trail

A lot of water was needed for the alcohol factory, so a water pipe was built here in the valley. This is well over 100 years old

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3.19 km

Stone Arch Tunnel Trail

Highlight • Trail

Very nice tunnels. Headlamp included and through. No spiders or critters there, really nice!!

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3.58 km

Inferno Aqueduct

Highlight • Monument

Very nice hike to the Inferno. Some of the old viaducts are well overgrown. Everything there looks like a rainforest.

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3.75 km

Stream Crossing in Lush Forest

Highlight • River

After heavy rain, flooding occurs. But when it dries out and everything returns to normal, everything is clear again.

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3.98 km

Aqueduct of Ribeira dos Caldeirões

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful hike and great, hidden places to discover

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4.55 km

The special kick of the tour is the crossing of the tunnel, which is 72 m long but only approx. 150 cm high. If you stand in front of the tunnel entrance, you can see the other end of the straight tunnels and on bright sunny days it appears as if you could do without a flashlight. In the middle of the tunnel hardly any daylight comes in and even the flashlight is absorbed by the black rock. For taller people, like me, the head was directed more towards the ground instead of looking at the bright glow from the tunnel exit. The special thing about the tunnel is that it transfers you from the cow pastures with stone wall hedges and few trees over a relatively short distance into a gorge with a lush rainforest, where a visitor is surprised by a world of tree ferns, just like one down under in New Zealand has seen in pictures.

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7.33 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.53 km

1.98 km

1.13 km

670 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.30 km

2.92 km

1.01 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (390 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

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Historic Water Pipeline Trail – Stone Arch Tunnel Trail loop from Lagoa

Tree Ferns

Stone Aqueduct Bridge, São Miguel

Historic Water Pipeline Trail

Stone Arch Tunnel Trail

Inferno Aqueduct

Stream Crossing in Lush Forest

Aqueduct of Ribeira dos Caldeirões

Grota Tunnel

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