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Fanal

The IFCN fees regulation sets no entry charge and no daily visitor cap for Fanal. What does cost money is walking a classified trail there, PR13 included: €4.50 and a booked slot, like any other.

Every fee, hour and route on this page is read from its source register; the oldest of those checks was on July 26, 2026.

A bare earth path between ancient moss-covered laurel trees on bright green grassland in mist, their gnarled branches arching low over the trail.
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The answer

No entry fee, no official cap. The classified trails are the paid part.

No entry fee and no visitor cap for Fanal appear in the IFCN fees regulation or its FAQ. Walking there on the classified PR13 trail costs €4.50 and needs a booked slot.

Verified Jul 26, 2026 · IFCN fees regulation

What it is

The laurel forest at the end of the classified PR13 trail across the Paul da Serra plateau — the place behind the misty, twisted-tree photographs.

Classified trails that start or end here

Statuses quoted from IFCN’s register as we read it on July 26, 2026. They change; check the trail page and IFCN before you set out.

A slot on any of these classified trails costs €4.50, booked in advance through SIMplifica.

Residents of Madeira, children of 12 and under, and walkers with a disability of 60% or more with one accompanying carer pay nothing — but every one of them still has to hold a booked slot. Exemption is from the money, not from the reservation.

What we could not confirm

Claims in circulation, or points in the rules, that no official source we could find confirms. Stated here so you know not to rely on them.

  • A 3,000 visitors a day cap at FanalNo official source exists. The IFCN fees regulation and its FAQ contain no Fanal cap and no Fanal entry charge. An environmental group was still publicly calling for a carrying capacity to be *defined* for Fanal in late 2025, which is evidence that one had not been. What is real: the Fanal trail is a classified trail like any other — €4.50 and a booked slot.