Pico Alto to Anjos Walk

Pico Alto to Anjos walk.
This is another medium skill walk of 14 km and has a suggested walking time of 4 hours (we took nearer 6).
We began by getting a lift from Otto & Ester who are in the marina with us and who had hired a car for the day. They accompanied us to the Peak and then went to do the Santa Barbara walk which we had recommended to them.
So as you will see from the pictures it was MOSTLY downhill and so for me very enjoyable. The first half down the mountainside was also pleasantly cool. Once again there was evidence that the paths dept had been at work laying pine clippings as an anti slip aid—which I thought was very thoughtful of them! Where the plant growth allowed we had excellent views of the island and far out to sea even San Miguel. Once at the foot the vegetation changed radically, from Japanese Red Cedar stretching to the sky– to Fire trees and Azorean Cacti. We tracked around the edge of the Barreiro da Faneca (Red Desert) and then had our picnic. Suitably replete we continued to Baia de Crė and then down to Ribeira do Lemos, a small stream which needed crossing. The last couple of kms were across pastureland and lead very neatly down to a statue of C. Columbus and then to the town Lido. Here we had a couple of beers with Ester & Otto who very kindly gave us a lift back to the marina. They too had had a brilliant day.
After publishing this I see that the link opens in the blog so you need to look for Almagreira which is the nearest place to Pico Alto from there we went up the page along the ridge and then broadly across to Anjos.


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