Going from Castelo to Ribeira Brava on foot:

1. This goes for every footh path on madeira: use at your own risk and please don't use the foot path after rain as it is very slippery.

2. In the past the path that is more obvious and goes above the houses was the footpath, but now, due to some rockfall and a neighbour having a juristical struggle about the ownership of the 200 meters of the path,with the "Camara of Ribeira Brava" (the municipality), it's only allowed to take the yellow path that runs through the banana plantation. 

3. Instructions:  Walk up the street from Castelo to the next T-crossing, then turn left untill you see the small caban with the green roof (see next picture). There's also a gate. Directly in front of the gate, a staircase leads down (see photo). The stairs end in the banana plantation. Just walk the 100 m through the bananas until you are back on the gravel path. Remember well where you entered the banana plantation if you want to walk back the same way.