Levada do Bom Sucesso
- Location
- Funchal, Madeira
- Category
- Outdoor & Adventure / Hiking
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Duration
- 120
- Distance
- 4.1 km (one way, 8.2 km out and back)
- Start Point
- Largo das Babosas, Monte
- End Point
- Bom Sucesso trail exit at Rua Doutor António Costa Médico
Sunrise and Sunset on This Trail
- Evening golden hour at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Sep 20 to Mar 23. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Feb 14 to Feb 25, Oct 18 to Oct 28, Nov 15 to Jan 27. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset behind the mountain ridge at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Feb 24 to Mar 30, Sep 13 to Oct 17. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 0.0 from the trailhead: Oct 31 to Feb 11. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset over the open ocean at km 3.0 from the trailhead: Nov 23 to Jan 18. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunrise behind the mountain ridge at km 3.9 from the trailhead: Nov 3 to Feb 8. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
- Sunset behind the mountain ridge at km 4.0 from the trailhead: Jul 14 to May 29. Times computed from terrain for clear skies.
A historic urban-edge green corridor linking Monte/Babosas with Bom Sucesso through woodland, old levada remains, narrow ledges and a long sequence of uneven steps above the Ribeira de João Gomes.