Gondola · Campanario, Portugal
Teleférico da Fajã dos Padres
Teleférico da Fajã dos Padres is a gondola near Campanario, Portugal. It climbs 257 m over 374 m, from 24 m to 281 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 139 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
87/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Teleférico da Fajã dos Padres is scarier than 87% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 11 in Portugal.
- Highest above the ground: about 139 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 224 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 374 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 299 m of the 374 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico da Fajã dos Padres is near Campanario, Portugal, at 24 m above sea level (32.65691° N, 17.02577° W). From there it runs 374 m up to the top station at 281 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico do Rancho gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 155 m
- Teleférico do Funchal gondola · 11.6 km away · rises 548 m
- Teleférico do Jardim Botânico gondola · 12.1 km away · rises 224 m
- Training cable car · 14.8 km away · rises 30 m
- Teleférico do Garajau gondola · 16.3 km away · rises 130 m
- Teleférico da Rocha do Navio gondola · 22.4 km away · rises 298 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.