PR01 GRA

Arquitetura da Água I

OpenLast checked September 27, 2026

A walk about water, and the longest of the island's four small routes. It starts at the Pico da Caldeirinha de Pêro Botelho and goes over Pico Timão, the vent of the island's last eruption under 2 000 years ago. What it is named for is the water architecture an island with almost no surface water had to build: tanks, cisterns, washhouses and clay pipes. Medium, 11.3 km, three hours.

Arquitetura da Água I
José Luís Ávila Silveira/Pedro Noronha e Costa · Public domain

Route facts

Start and end
Arquitetura da Água I
Length
11.3 km one way
Official walking time
3 h
Difficulty
Medium
Route type
Point to point
Start coordinates
39.03774, -28.02967

Figures as the regional trail service publishes them on the trail's own page. A row is missing where the official sheet does not state it.

Before you go

  • This route starts and finishes in different places, so settle how you will get back before you set off.