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WALKING IN THE CANARY ISLANDS - WEST
By Paddy Dillon (read excerpts from this book at Google Books)
Published by Cicerone Press (read more about this book at Cicerone)
ISBN 1-85284-365-9
Price £12.00
The Canary Islands comprise seven highly individual islands and this book covers the four western islands. Tenerife is the largest of all the Canary Islands, while La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro are the three smallest islands in the group. Fifty amazingly varied walks are spread throughout these four islands and the route research was spread over a total of six weeks in two visits. The walks on El Hierro include a couple of weekend walks stretching most of the way across the island, as well as a route heading to the southernmost point. La Palma boasts some spectacular walks; most notably the GR131 over the main mountain crest of the island. This is offered in the form of a five-day walk, and there are other one-day walks on the island. La Gomera features another five-day walk halfway around the island, as well as a weekend walk across it, and a couple more one-day walks. Over half the walks in the guidebook are on Tenerife, where El Teide rises as the highest mountain in the whole of Spain at 3718m (12,198ft). An ascent is offered in the form of a four-day walk, and there are several more walks on or around the mountain. The western peninsula of Teno and the eastern peninsula of Anaga are explored using routes stretching over three or four days. Walkers will be surprised to find enough walking opportunities to last them for several visits, taking in high mountains, pine forests, 'laurisilva' woodlands, scrubby semi-deserts and lush cultivated slopes. Explorations of these islands can be continued with a companion volume; Walking in the Canary Islands - East. This offers fifty more walks spread across the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, bringing the total distance covered in both volumes to over 1600km (1000 miles).
WALK CONTENTS
El Hierro
Walk 1 - San Andrés to La Restinga; Walk 2 - La Peña to Fuente de Llania; Walk 3 - Fuente de Llania to Sabinosa; Walk 4 - Ermita de los Reyes to Fuente de Llania; Walk 5 - Fuente de Llania to Valverde
La Palma
Walk 6 - Los Tilos Reserva de Biosfera; Walk 7 - Pico Bejenado; Walk 8 - Caldeira de Taburiente; Walk 9 - Puerto de Tazacorte to Mirador del Time; Walk 10 - Mirador del Time to Roque de los Muchachos; Walk 11 - Roque de los Muchachos to Refugio del Pilar; Walk 12 - Refugio del Pilar to Fuencaliente; Walk 13 - Fuencaliente to Faro de Fuencaliente
La Gomera
Walk 14 - San Sebastián to Las Casetas; Walk 15 - Las Casetas to Hermigua; Walk 16 - Hermigua to Vallehermoso; Walk 17 - Vallehermoso to Chorros Epina; Walk 18 - Chorros Epina to Valle Gran Rey; Walk 19 - Valle Gran Rey to Garajonay; Walk 20 - Garajonay to Hermigua; Walk 21 - La Fortaleza & Garajonay; Walk 22 - Los Roques to Playa de Santiago
Tenerife
Walk 23 - Puerto de la Cruz to Cuesta de la Ville; Walk 24 - Cuesta de la Ville to La Caldera ; Walk 25 - La Caldera to El Portillo; Walk 26 - El Portillo to El Teide ; Walk 27 - Ascent of El Teide; Walk 28 - El Portillo to Icod el Alto; Walk 29 - Las Cañadas; Walk 30 - Montaña Majua; Walk 31 - Roques de Garcia; Walk 32 - Ascent of Guajara; Walk 33 - Circuit of Guajara; Walk 34 - Las Cañadas to Vilaflor; Walk 35 - The Cañadas Rim; Walk 36 - Valle de Ucanca; Walk 37 - Las Cañadas to Las Lajas; Walk 38 Boca de Tauce; Walk 39 Boca de Tauce to Tejina; Walk 40 Barranco del Infierno; Walk 41 - Chinyero to Fleytas; Walk 42 - Fleytas to Mirador de Baracán; Walk 43 - Mirador de Baracán to Punta de Teno; Walk 44 - Barranco de Masca; Walk 45 - La Cabezada; Walk 46 - Igueste to Chamorga; Walk 47 - Chamorga to Taganana; Walk 48 - Taganana to Taborno; Walk 49 - Taborno to Punta del Hidalgo; Walk 50 - Taborno to Santa Cruz
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