The final walk

For our last walk, we hiked to the top of the island – Alto de Garajonay. Great view point although the cloud was just clearing as we started the walk.

From there we headed cross country to La Cercada and the local pottery centre – where we weren’t really tempted by their artisan products – and then on to Chipude and Sonia’s Bar and restaurant for our lunch stop. Great food but a bit more than we needed since we still had 2-3 hours of walking which finished with a climb to the top of La Forteleza.

Aside from the guide, Linda and I were the only ones to go all the way to the view point at the top – which was hidden in the cloud when we got there. The descent was a bit more challenging than the ascent but a great finish to the day and to our week of walking.

Short taxi ride home in time for shower and pre-dinner drinks. Unfortunately, Linda was laid low by something in the lunch and had to retire before dinner – thankfully nothing major and she was back to normal in time for breakfast.

On our own for the last day – all our fellow walkers departed at the crack of sparrow-fart this morning – 7.00am ferry to Los Cristianos and their respective flights home. We had a leisurely morning by the pool, strolled into town for lunch, back to the pool for the afternoon and then back into town for dinner. 

While it has been a good holiday it feels like we have been in one place too long – perhaps it would have been better as a two centre holiday – 7-8 nights in one place is too much for me.