One of my main goals on Madeira was to catch a sun rising when I'm on the mountain above the clouds. Glad to say that I managed to do it and now I can share these amazing shots with you.
We had to wake up very early, around 6 AM to eat a fast breakfast and drive to the mountain top which took a little more than half an hour.
Drive up there was also extremely beautiful. I asked my girlfriend to take some photos with my camera but unfortunately, after I checked these shots later they were all out of focus and blurry so I won't be showing you any of these.
When we made it up there, the view was breathtaking.
The mountain top was almost at 1800m altitude. The third-highest top on Madeira and its called Pice de Ariero.
Of course, I noticed that I'm not the only one that had this good idea to drive up there and watch the sunrise. There were hordes of other people so I wouldn't say you get a peaceful feeling in nature there. Expect crowds when you decided to do it.
That does not change the fact that seeing the sunrise above clouds is extremely spectacular.
Basically, I was able to see almost all of the island of Madeira from up there. Here are some photos taken in other directions.
The blue below is not the sky, it's an ocean 1800m below, if you look closely.
Going there for the sunrise was not the only objective we had. Pico de Ariero mountain is also a starting point of an epic hiking trail that connects this place to the highest mountain of the island, Pico de Ruivo and we were planning to do the hike. It's a full-day activity and quite a hard one.
I will start blogging about this stunning hike over the upcoming weekend and its probably going to be a multi-post series due to the content amount I have to share about this journey. Stay tuned!
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