Graciosa T63 Beira Mar-Serra Branca from Rother, 03-08-2020
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 6.08 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,942 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,942 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,158 ft
- TrailRank
- 49
- Min elevation
- 106 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 4 hours 24 minutes
- Coordinates
- 826
- Uploaded
- May 5, 2022
- Recorded
- August 2020
near Folga, Açores (Portugal)
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Itinerary description
This trail follows the T63+T63 X1 walk of the Rother Azores guide (2010 edition) by Roman Martin and can also be downloaded from (also more photos available)
https://www.azoren-online.com/graciosa/tipps/ausfluege/index.shtml
... best web site on tourism on the Azores that I know (unfortunately only in German). Most of the trail is also part of the official GR01 GRA, Grande Rota de Graciosa, waymarked red-white, only on the way back you divert from it on a 2 km stretch.
The hike is mostly on dirt roads and agricultual tracks, plus some old paths that are still well accessible and present no difficulties.
This is a great walk that shows you why Graciosa deserves its name: it is not a spectacular wild and rough nature but the calm and graceful beauty of the landscape, often human-shaped, that captures you.
The trail leads you from near the ocean at Beira Mar/Baia do Filipe up to Caldeirinha, a smaller volcanic crater at 360 m altitude.
You enjoy beautiful scenic views, first over the South coast, and then also over the North-East coast of Graciosa.
You'll also see places of current and historic agricultural use.
Our trail time included a 50 min picnic break near the ancient animal shelter.
https://www.azoren-online.com/graciosa/tipps/ausfluege/index.shtml
... best web site on tourism on the Azores that I know (unfortunately only in German). Most of the trail is also part of the official GR01 GRA, Grande Rota de Graciosa, waymarked red-white, only on the way back you divert from it on a 2 km stretch.
The hike is mostly on dirt roads and agricultual tracks, plus some old paths that are still well accessible and present no difficulties.
This is a great walk that shows you why Graciosa deserves its name: it is not a spectacular wild and rough nature but the calm and graceful beauty of the landscape, often human-shaped, that captures you.
The trail leads you from near the ocean at Beira Mar/Baia do Filipe up to Caldeirinha, a smaller volcanic crater at 360 m altitude.
You enjoy beautiful scenic views, first over the South coast, and then also over the North-East coast of Graciosa.
You'll also see places of current and historic agricultural use.
Our trail time included a 50 min picnic break near the ancient animal shelter.
Waypoints
Panorama
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Viewpoint near Eira
Near an ancient threshing floor ("Eira") you have great views over the South coast of Graciosa and up to its Caldeira
Ruins
Monument
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Old water tank
Old water tank from the former water conduit system, preserved as monument
Waypoint
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PR01 GRA Serra Branca-Praia Trailhead
Here you pass by the trailhead of the PR01 GRA Serra Branca-Praia walk.
Picnic
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Pico da Caldeirinha (Picnic site)
Summit
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