Vilaflor to Los Cristianos.

After all the excitement of El Teide, we were looking for a quieter day in Vilaflor. First we walked around the village. There were two churches, one more interesting that the other. This was was founded in 1550 by Pedro Soler and is called San Pedro

The other church, which was next door was mid renovation and less interesting; it also seemed to be called San Pedro.

We noticed a lot of terraces apparently without anything growing. It looked as though they may be waiting for vines to be planted, but, no, they were for potatos.

Views of the village.

In the afternoon, we went for a walk in the countryside up Montaña de Los Lirios (1550m). This turned out to be a very steep climb up on roads at the beginning but was easy walking along woodland tracks. At the summit, there were various holes in the ground.

The views towards the sea are the rocks of Medano, which we would see the next day and La Gomera, our last island on this trip.

Flora on the walk

The next day, we moved on via various seaside resorts to our next overnight in Los Cristianos, the port for the ferry to our third and last island of the holiday, La Gomera.

Our first stop for a cup of tea was Charco del Pino where we managed to spot a potato field with potatoes growing in it. We climbed up the 'mountain' (36m) which is a volcano, Chiñama. It seems to be a local meeting place, a man in a wheelchair was pushing himself up, presumably for the exercise and there were dog walkers at the top, while the dogs were racing up and down the hill, getting their exercise and having fun.

At lunchtime, we stopped in El Medano, a busy seaside town. Eventually, we found a parking spot close to the sea. The weather was clearly perfect for wind and kite surfing. From the sea front, we had a good view of what appeared to be a competition taking place.

After lunch nearby, we walked through the town and onto the beach at the other side where all the windsurfers gathered

Ahead of us was the Montaña Roja nature reserve with its two peaks.

We walked up the smaller peak, Montaña Bocinegro passing some interesting rocks on the way

Views from the top

And us, rather windswept, on the way up

Then we dropped the car at the airport and took a bus into Los Cristianos, from where we would take the ferry to La Gomera the next morning. I had been expecting Los Cristinaos to be focused on being a port, but it was a large resort with a huge shopping area stretching along the sea front. We walked a long way, avoiding the restaurant touts along the way. We noted a large number of disabled people in the town, which clearly specialises in being wheelchair friendly, and, from old photos, still does.

We ate in a French restaurant and the headed for our hotel - we had a relatively early start.

 

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