First day on La Palma

Barlovento is close to Los Tiles, a conservation area with a laurel forest and various rare or unique flora. We set out for a walk in the forest, but first we stopped at La Laguna. On the map, La Laguna looks like a large round hole in the ground, full of water, maybe a deep hole in the earth or rock. The giveaway, when we saw it in reality, is that it is a man made hole lined with concrete and not at ll full. We lost interest! We have since heard that an error was made in its construction and it is impossible to fill!

We the moved on a short distance to the nature reserve, Los Tilos which is classified as a biosphere and a UNESCO site.

At first the paths were easy, but later they became more difficult as we climbed up and then down again (several times). After an hour, we decided to turn round at the next difficult bit which didn't take long to present itself. All in all, we walked for two hours, but it was tough at times.

Some of the flowers we saw on our walk

We went to find some lunch in the village close to our hotel. We enjoyed a huge tortilla for Pat and a goat stew for John. We were joined by a very beautiful cat

Flowers from a later walk in the garden of the hotel

We wandered down to the older part of the town as night was falling

As we were about to leave to go back to the hotel to eat, we chanced upon a bar, Los Vinios. The lady behind the counter spoke only Spanish, but, yes, she had food and we could have a bottle of wine (which was rather good). A number of people were lined up along the bar, all drinking red wine. The reason soon became clear: football with Real Madrid.

Then it was time to get ready to move on the next day.

 

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