More treking along Levadas

We have walked along Levadas in three places in the last few days.
First we took a bus to a village about an hour away and walked along a levada there, then caught the bus back. The wakk went through some very attractive wooded ravines.
Then we took a taxi up into the hills where there are a couple of well know walks among the ancient laural and heather forests (both these species form trees here).
We got there quite early and did both walks but as we arrived at the end of the second one, the number of walkers was building up, but fortunantly we did not encounter many people comming the other way on the narrow bits when we returned. Some of the paths are only wide enough for one. On one side is the waterway which is betwen 25 and 60 cm wide, and on the other side is a drop - often covered in trees and bushes but a bit scarey.
Today we went by bus to Port Do Moniz which has a very scenic coastline (though rather spoilt by a cafe out on the rocks) and a few small islands near the shore.
After looking at the nice scenery, we took a taxi up into the hills over the town and walked along a levada high on the side of a deep gorge into more laural forests.
We then walked back to the bus stop and took the bus back.