The journey from Los Cristianos on Tenerife to San Sebastián de la Gomera took 50 minutes. The ferry was full with many people not carrying luggage, so probably just there for the day.
When we arrived, we spotted a fisherman feeding fish.
San Sebastián is very small and our hotel is in easy walking distance of the dock. Some scenes of the town.
Once installed in the hotel (happily an apartment this time) we set out the find lunch. Everything was very busy and when we finally found somewhere with room, we saw the reason: a German cruise ship was in port. San Sebastián is so small that it wouldn't take more than an hour to see everything, so drinking beer in the bars is really the only thing to for those not on an excursion.
After than, we took our usual rest, a little longer than normal having been up so early, and woke to the sound of drumming in the street. Carnival!
18 floats passed down our tiny street, we didn't follow down to the judging. Later, when we went out to eat, the restaurants were full of little Roman soldiers, batmen, penguins and Mickey Mouses.
The next day, Sunday, we called into the tourist office to collect maps and bus timetables; we had decided to manage without a car this time and this was a good decision. In general, all bus routes go from the coast to the centre of the island and then out again to a different part of the coast. The result is that there are not too many buses, but you can get everywhere that the terrain allows.
The Parador hotel is perched on top of a cliff overlooking the town. We had considered staying there and, having seen it, it is on the list for the next time. We decided to eat there in the evening and booked a table. Meanwhile, we had a cup of tea in the shady garden.
From there, we continued along the cliffs in the direction of the lighthouse.
By now it was past lunchtime and as we descended, we could hear that there was a park nearby and the clinking of glasses, so we settled down on the wall of the park, watching the children play a ball game we could not identify and eating a sandwich.
Some photos from the walk up and down
After a rest, we set out to climb the hill close to the town. We took a steep path up the hill and then crossed to join the road on the way down. Views from the walk
On the way down on the road which winds around
The it was back up to the Parador for dinner. It was a record day; we had walked more than 16km.
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