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Aimed at the leisure walker, Shirley's routes concentrate on the west of the island often overlooked by other walking writers. 25K map sections are adapted from the \"Madeira Tour \u0026amp; Trail Super-Durable Map\" for each walking route along with colour photos. This work is ideal for all visitors to Madeira wishing to explore the beautiful countryside of the Garden Island without the extreme routes that most writers include.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49527129047313,"sku":"GOR001327845","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49608303771921,"sku":"GOR005191906","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53251921379601,"sku":"GOR006615234","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1904946313.jpg?v=1751455274"},{"product_id":"madeira-walks-book-shirley-whitehead-9781782750017","title":"Madeira Walks","description":"Madeira is a wonderful destination for walkers, offering a breathtaking diversity of landscapes; lushly verdant slopes, towering volcanic peaks, dramatic gorges and soaring cliffs surprise and amaze the newcomer. Add the levada network, primeval forests, subtropical flora and the superb landscaped gardens  - little wonder that the island is fondly called The floating garden of the Atlantic.  Shirley Whitehead, Madeira's resident walking expert, has brought together over 40 'Leisure Walks' adventures suitable for a wide range of abilities and age groups. Madeira Walks volume 1 offers a wealth of choice for every walker and explores the best areas the island has to offer. With Madeira Walks in your pocket, your visit to Madeira becomes an unforgettable adventure.Each 'Leisure Walk' description includes:- Route Summary giving overall view of the route and access information; Ratings for Effort, Time, Distance, Ascents\/Descents, Refreshments, and Vertigo risk (where applicable), in an easy to see pictorial 'Summary' box; fully detailed walk description, including frequent timings to aid navigation and check your progress; gps waypoints at every key point on every route (subject to reception); full colour 1:40,000 scale mapping for each route taken from the latest edition of Madeira Tour \u0026amp; Trail Map.  Shirley is an expert on Madeira's flora, describing the varied and exotic plant life we encounter on each Leisure Walk. 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Add to this the levada network, primeval forests, subtropical flora and the superb landscaped gardens  - little wonder that the island is fondly called \"The floating garden of the Atlantic\".  This second edition of Shirley Whitehead's Madeira Walks book offers a wealth of choice for every walker and explores the best areas the island has to offer, guiding you on forty routes, each re-researched for up-to-date accuracy. With this book in your pocket, your visit to Madeira becomes an unforgettable adventure.  Each walk description includes:- route summary giving overall view of the route and access information. \tratings for Effort, Time, Distance, Ascents\/Descents, Refreshments, and Vertigo risk where applicable, in an easy to see pictorial 'Summary' box. \tfully detailed walk description, including frequent timings to aid navigation and check your progress \tGPS waypoints at every key point on every route (subject to reception) \tfull colour 1:40,000 scale mapping for each route taken from the latest edition of Madeira Tour \u0026amp; Trail Map. Madeira has  such a wealth of walking routes that they cannot all be contained in a single pocket sized book, so Shirley Whitehead has produced both Walk! Madeira and the latest edition of Shirley Whitehead's Madeira Walks so that the two books cover all of the island's walking adventures; without any duplication between her two books. Combined with the Madeira Tour \u0026amp; Trail Map, for planning which routes you plan to hike and navigating around the island, you have the 'complete' walking package for this remarkable island.  With Shirley Whitehead's Madeira Walks, Walk! Madeira and the Tour \u0026amp; Trail Map you will be able to choose which routes are most suitable for your walking adventures and your fitness level. There are routes suitable for strolling, ranging up to adventurous routes that will thrill experienced mountain hikers. You can tackle all of these walking adventures with the comfort of knowing that all the walk descriptions have been researched in detail along with GPS surveying of every route. For GPS Users. Discovery Walking Guides (DWG) offer all purchasers of their 'Walk!' guide books the opportunity to download the GPS walking route information direct from their website free of charge. GPS files are provided in gpx file format so that the files may used with a wide range of gps software including Memory Map, Mapyx Quo, GPS Utility along with a range of smart phone\/pad apps.  Each 'Walk!' destination is provided as a Zip file containing the gpx files. Simply go to the website, download the Zip file for your 'Walk!' destination to your hard drive, unzip the Zip file to see the individual gpx files, then start uploading those gpx files to your GPS or smart phone.  The gpx file for a 'Walk!' walking route usually contains both the gps Waypoints for that route merged with the gps Track for that walking route, though for some walking routes only the GPS Waypoints might be included in the gpx file.  Digital versions of the Madeira Tour \u0026amp; Trail Map used for Shirlkey Whitehead's Madeira Walks and Walk! 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Add to this the substantial investment by the Regional Government to increase the safety, scope and variety of trails; the island has now become a walker's paradise. Walk! Madeira is the first publication to recognize this development and following consultation with and encouragement by the Forestry Service, this new edition has been completely re-written to include all the 'Recommended Trails' designated by the Regional Government, as well as many other spectacular routes across the island. Its new authors Shirley and Mike Whitehead have completely resurveyed and graded every route and, based on their local knowledge as residents of the island, bring readers up to date with the changing face of Madeira. The book provides detailed walk descriptions, over 200 photographs, dedicated map sections from the 6th edition of the Tour \u0026amp; Trail Map, plus lots of information on flora, fauna, places of interest and island culture. Aimed at the independent walker, Walk! 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In 2015 Madeira was voted the World's Best Island Destination by the World Travel Awards the final accolade from the previous two years when it was voted Europe's Leading Island Destination. Quite an achievement, brought about largely by the substantial EU investment over the past decade in the improvement and development of the island's infrastructure and facilities. One of the initiatives focused on improving and creating new walking trails which has resulted in Madeira now being regarded as one of Europe's top hiking destinations.To date, around thirty routes on Madeira have been designated Recommended Trails for Hikers and currently our guides are the only publications to include all these trails. We have also taken on board the many comments received from walkers over the last few years.  Taking all the above into account, we've reorganized our books into a compendium of two editions; Madeira Walks: Volume One, Leisure Trails (published May 2015) included the shorter and easier trails whilst Madeira Walks: Volume Two covers 40 more challenging and high altitude routes. There's a good balance including coastal routes, forest trails, moorland and mountain pathways and levada walks although the terrain varies greatly. We've introduced a number of new routes whilst continuing to include our favourite 'off the beaten track' trails, so regardless of fitness, age or ability, there's something for everyone. Both books are arranged by geographic area, then by exertion rating under each heading. All the trails have been surveyed and mapped using GPS satellite navigation. The authors and their co-walkers have walked all these routes and continue to revisit as many as possible, especially those we believe could be subject to change; this ensures accuracy and up to date information for hikers. Clear descriptions guide the walker both to the starting point and throughout the routes, with gradings, distances, timings and altitudes all symbolized.  Whilst distances vary considerably, many of the routes have steep ascents or descents and a few are subject to some extremely precipitous sections. Some information on flora and fauna is also included, while references to places of interest give readers a sense of the culture and history around these trails. Map sections were developed from the Madeira Tour \u0026amp; Trail Map, by far the most up to date and best-selling map on the island. In addition to the walking trails, viewing platforms (miradouros) are found around the island providing strategic positions for taking in the most stunning views. 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