Frequently asked questions - Fees - Classified Walking Routes
It is a fee for the waste collection and cleaning of the Classified Walking Routes. The user is paying a fee for the provision of this service on the pedestrian routes.
No. A fee will be charged for the following routes only:
PR1 | Areeiro Footpath
PR1.2 | Pico Ruivo Footpath
PR 6.1 | Levada do Risco
PR 8 | Ponta de São Lourenço Footpath
PR 9 | Levada do Caldeirão Verde
PR 11 | Vereda dos Balcões
PR 18 | Levada do Rei
Fees for all the other routes will be applied starting on January 1, 2025.
The fee can be paid in advance through the SIMplifica service portal, or users can pay on site using their own electronic device.
Digital proof is preferred, but in a transitional phase, physical receipts may be accepted under the exceptional conditions mentioned above.
No. All residents of the Autonomous Region of Madeira are exempt.
The proof of the status of resident in the Autonomous Region of Madeira is made by presenting, in digital or paper format, the registration on the SIMplifica service portal or other official document that shows the place of residence of its holder.
The fee is due throughout the entire day.
The user must take into account the duration of the route they will take and ensure that they can complete the walk during the daytime. It is absolutely inadvisable to use any route during the night.
Duly identified IFCN operators will verify that users have paid the fee.
Yes. Under the terms provided for by law.
No. The user is personally and exclusively responsible for any property or personal damage that occurs during the use of the route.
No. All minors aged 12 and under, whether residents or non-residents, are exempt.
No. However, if the route for which the fee was paid is officially closed by the Competent Authorities, you must contact the call centre of the SIMplifica portal to make the change.
Yes. Contact the call centre of the SIMplifica portal and request the change BEFORE scheduling the route.
You don’t pay. Residents of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, by demonstrating that status, are exempt from paying the fee, even if they are part of a group organised by an economic operator.
No. In cases where the visit to the classified pedestrian route is accompanied by a guide (who represents an economic operator*), there are two possibilities:
Clause 1: The economic operator has a protocol and pays directly to the IFCN, IP-RAM, in the name and on behalf of the natural person who is not exempt from paying the fee.
In this case, the payment of your fee can be made through the contracted economic operator, and the guide, in addition to being properly identified, must be accompanied by proof that the fee was issued for that day and for that route. Note: the duly identified guide does not pay.
Clause 2: The economic operator does not have a protocol with the IFCN, IP-RAM, and the payment of the fee must be made by each of the participants. Therefore, each participant must be accompanied by proof that the payment of the fee has been made in advance. Note: the duly identified guide does not pay.
An economic operator is deemed to be any legal person that organises trips, sightseeing tours, for example, and that, in this specific case, organises group tours along classified walking routes. Each economic operator is represented by a guide.
The fee is applied to each of the routes, regardless of the day on which they are completed.
