Piocas de baixo, this one is the easiest to get to out of the 3 main places in Fisgas de Ermelo mentioned; all you need to do is park your car at the side of the road and make your way down the path suggested in the picture below, that leads to this beauty hidden deep within woods.
When you leave the road and start walking your way down the dirt road, make sure to turn left at about 200 meters down, and from then on the trail is pretty much obvious, but long.
Expect about 30-35 minutes walking, but it is well worth it when you arrive and see this big, beautiful pool of water.
The pool is very deep as well; it is widely rumoured to be more than 8 meters deep at its deepest part, so take special care for your belongings on the slippery rocks, because i’m pretty sure you could open a second hand phone shop just from all of the phones you’d find at the bottom.
If you’re more of a thrill junkie, feel free to join the many people that everyday jump from the high rocks onto the water, or, alternatively, you might want to slide down the “waterfall” as many people do, although, the later is not guaranteed to be a painless experience, as many people’s butts would attest to.
One final note, make sure you go there early in the day because the place starts loosing sun as soon as ~4PM.
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