A verdant Madeira valley landscape featuring mountainous terrain, traditional laurel forest vegetation, and newly installed white fencing demarcating hiking paths across the grassland. The scene captures lush green hillsides, scattered native trees, and distant rocky peaks, illustrating how Madeira's natural terrain is being reorganized with trail infrastructure and access controls.
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Madeira in 2026: Tunnels, Levadas, and a Booking System Nobody Warned Us About