GEO TOURIST GUIDE TOURS - Tourist Recommended Caches

Thank you, Prodrive.
Well, the Post Master series is really 6 caches (that you haven't found yet, by the way... )

yet

Sintra / Cascais (Hiking Recomended) by Daniel Oliveira

if you like hiking then these are for YOU: Se gostas de caminhadas, então estão são para TI:

Cabo da Roca (II) - Faróis de Portugal

Cabo da Roca - DP/EC33

A Lenda do Cabo da Roca

The Lonely Lookout

Mother's cache [Milky Way]

Duarte's cache [Alpha Centauri]

A cache do Roger [Orion's Belt]

Trapped! - DP/EC49

Dad's cache [Centaurus]

Biscaia

GnE II d - Oferta de emprego: Pirata! [Cascais]

GnE II a - Segue o Coelho certo! / Down the Rabbit

Complex Geometry - DP/EC28

"X" - DP/EC31

O Mar Rochoso

NOT IGNEOUS - DP/EC29

Forte do Guincho [Cascais]

MT3 - Photo Shoot @ Guincho [Cascais]

Where there's smoke....DP/EC40

Stones in my stomach - DP/EC20

These are corals? - DP/EC23

FORTE DA CRESMINA - M1

Orbitolina!…….Orbitowhat? - DP/EC27

Lágrimas de Portugal

Cabo Raso - Faróis de Portugal

FORTE DE OITAVOS - M2

Cutouts - DP/EC35

ESCAPE ROUTE II - M8

Escalada na Guia [Cascais]

Guia II - Faróis de Portugal

A Piscina do Humberto - Humberto's Pool

Boca do Inferno [Cascais]

Ups and downs - DP/EC42

paleoKARST - DP/EC39

Editado o cabeçalho do Guia sugerido pelo Daniel Oliveira, apenas para ficar uniformizado com os restantes Guias.

Para que fique totalmente de acordo com os parâmetros dos restantes, falta apenas uma ou duas frases em inglês que dêem uma noção sobre o que cada uma das caches nos proporciona.

Em relação à Escalada da Guia, não me parece muito Tourist Friendly, uma vez que material de escalada não é propriamente uma coisa que se enfie na necessaire quando se viaja. Mas isto sou eu

Madeira Island by Bacalhau

Dear geocaching friends!
It’s my objective to present my wonderful island of which lots of people say it’s a pearl in the Atlantic Ocean. Since a few years exists caches on Madeira but during the last years the number grew. Meanwhile the archipelago of Madeira offers more than 50 caches and an end is not foreseen.
Contrary to the continent geocachers are mostly tourists. They don’t have enough time to search for caches in a relaxed way. A “Did not find” is always a disappointment. That’s why sometimes a spoiler photo too much than too less is shown in the cache description.
I already said that cachers are tourists and therefore they plan round trips. Because of this I thought it's better not to present only one cache but a string of caches in which you can vary the order individually.
OK; let’ go!

Area of Pico do Areeiro:
(GC17K6C) Águas dos Tornos
First stage on a hike to Pico do Areeiro! Of course it’s possible to return to Funchal, but not without having searched for:

(GC17K5H) Hells Throat
An excellent place to show you where Funchal gets its drinking water. After these caches the further ascent becomes:

(GC1CHRE) Passeio Duro
The real name is “Levada do Barreiro”. An old and traditional levada. Not one of these channels of concrete. When the weather is fine, you have breathtaking views. That means a “hard walk”.

(GC1BZGX) Poço da Neve
The penultimate stage before arriving Pico do Areeiro. A historical place of Madeira. In former decades during wintertime the snow was gathered in such containers to provide Funchal during summer time with ice.

(GC1P50R) Nas Pedras
A detour on your hike to Poço da Neve. A little bit to climb and a better view down to Funchal (as long as there’s no mist).

(GC1QWRZ) Levada da Negra
Also an old levada and silent. It was the way of the “ice runners” on their run down to Funchal with 40 kilo ice on their back to provide the hospital and bars with ice in summer time. Hardcore hikers return on this track back to Funchal and don’t take the car.

(GC1DW8D) Pico Areeiro
my preferred place in the morning sun rise or at evening sun set.

Area of Paúl da Serra and Rabaçal:
(GC1KGMH) Anita nas Montanhas
A nice and oldtraditioned levada. You can connect it with the Levada do Alecrim.

(GC1TZQ3) Pico do Vento
A silent stage on your hike without these hundreds of tourists. The “Lago do Vento” (lake of the wind) is my favourite place in this area.

(GCN0N8) Rocha dos Louros
A stop on your hike down to the “Levada das rochas vermelhas” where you find the:

(GC1JMK2) Casa dos Levadeiros
An old house of the “levadeiros” – the men who maintain the levadas. It’s still in use. In my opinion the “Levada das rochas vermelhas” is more interesting then the Levada de 25 Fontes (which is an ant trail).

(GC1JMJ1) Stairway to Heaven
Stairs of natural stones without having any end. Hard to go but it’s worth.

(GC1N166) Bosque Mágico
A magic area with the oldest and bizarre trees of the island.

From Pico Ruívo to Encumeada Pass:
(GC1DXZJ) Pico Ruívo
the highest point of the island. The “poncha” (traditional drink on Madeira) in the refuge tastes very well. The beginning of your hike to the Encumeada pass.

(GC1FG8H) Pico do Jorge
A stage before your ascent to Pico do Jorge and your descent to:

(GC1J6X0) Escadas
Fore sure Madeira has a lot of stone stairs. But these ones are exceptional. At the arrival at the pass it’s also a bar with an excellent “poncha”.

Sea
(GC27C7A) Maré do Garajau
One of the seldom caches at the coast line of Madeira. Dangerous because the track is slippery and you cannot go it when being high tides.

(GC16F1A) OASIS
Most eastern point of the island. An ambience completely different to the rest of the island. There are also Earth Caches. Attention, the house at the end is not a bar, it’s a foresters’ house!

Others
(GCHZA1) Curral
A balcony on top of the crater of Curral das Freiras.

(GC1EFF5) MORIA
A 2,4 km gallery crossing the massive of Pico Ruívo. 500 meters solid rock above you. Inside, your GPS don’t guards you against the orcs - only your flashlight .

(GC1YNYJ) O Mistério dos Buzicos
A wonderful levada in the beautiful valley of Janela. On the way to it are a lot of “Drive in’s”.

(GC1DNAK) Lusitani: Madeira
It’s a must for all who want to travel across complete Portugal and collect all “Lusitani-caches”. An additional bonus for the brave will be “Penha de Águia"

(GC1FNTX) As viagens do Alexandre
A nice viewpoint above the city of Machico. It is the place where commander Zarco put his first step on the island. I know the young boy Alexandre. We had a lot of fun when he visited Madeira together with his father.

(tradticional-) (GC1B428) Zona Velha
It’s a micro in the old centre of Funchal. It’s more or less impossible to take it without being seen. All waiters of the restaurants around this place are informed about the cache and they guard it. In case of problems, they will help you.

Of the most of these tracks I’ve got files in *.gpx format, which is compatible with lots of programs e.g. Google Earth, Garmin-MapsSource, KOMPASS etc. If you want some, don’t forget to tell me an e-mail-address where I can send such tracks and which track you need.
When it’s one of my caches, the description is in English language. But on top of each description behind the link “Related webpage” you can download a pdf-file with the Portuguese description of all my caches.
I wish you a happy hunting on Madeira.
Bem vindo, bacalhau


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Awesome, thanks.

Added

Parece que já foi utilizado um geo tourist guide tours pelo Porto, não deve é ter sido tirado daqui mas de outro lado ou alguém que compilou um outro e forneceu a uns holandeses.

Eles referiram nos seus logs a utilização da guide tours mas fizeram caches que não constam na da lista que aqui temos. Alguém conhece uma Cátia Almeida?

Mea culpa .
Inicialmente o geocacher enviou-me uma mensagem a dizer que vinha visitar o Porto e pediu-me umas dicas sobre que caches visitar.
Estive a ver o bookmark dos A-Team e apesar de não estarem lá 2 caches minhas achei que estava óptimo e enviei.Como entretanto me disseram que iriam a outros locais enviei também as caches desses locais.

Mea culpa .
Inicialmente o geocacher enviou-me uma mensagem a dizer que vinha visitar o Porto e pediu-me umas dicas sobre que caches visitar.
Estive a ver o bookmark dos A-Team e apesar de não estarem lá 2 caches minhas achei que estava óptimo e enviei.Como entretanto me disseram que iriam a outros locais enviei também as caches desses locais.

Lol,

eu apercebi-me que devem ter tido outras caches de fora do bookmark, eles primeiro foram visitar uma das minhas do Ascensor da Ribeira e depois vieram para os lados de Guimarães. Uma grande volta andaram eles a dar no Norte do nosso país.

Segundo eles me disseram iam a Viana,Guimarães,vinham ao Porto e seguiam para Sul,boas férias essas