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    Taller De Artesanía - Arte en Piel

    January 31 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 19 °C

    My neighbor recommended this craft shop, so we stopped today when we drove to the Valle to swim.

    Arte enPiel has been known for years for its hand-made shoes and leather goods of a special kind.

    If you walk from the beach at Casa Maria up to La Calera, you will pass the leather workshop with the sign "Arte en Piel".

    The workshop with an attached shop is located in a pretty little house between cultivated fields on the road.

    If you have always wanted to wear hand-made shoes, this is the right place for you. Leather sandals or closed shoes are made to measure.

    However, you shouldn't wait until the second to last day of your vacation in Valle Gran Rey to visit the friendly shoemakers, the shoes are made individually and take about 10 days.

    Perhaps one of the shoes that have already been made and are on display in the shop will fit. Or how about a good leather belt or bag?

     By the way, Are en Piel does not see itself as a repair shop: hiking boots or broken high heels will not be mended here.    Read more

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    Mirador de El Santo

    January 31 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

    The Mirador del Santo viewpoint is located in the western part of the island, near the village of Arure.

    The Mirador owes its name to the Ermita del Santo chapel, not far from it. From this viewpoint you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the deep Taguluche Valley, a vast gorge, in the middle of which the homonymous village is located, is surrounded by steep rocky slopes.

    The volcanic landscape dominates the entire space in contrast with the green painted by the palm groves scattered along the ravine and the blue of the sea. Breathtaking...

    A hiking trail also passes here, which continues for a while as a high-altitude hiking trail along the Tagaluche valley and then leads all the way down the Barranco de Mono, past my house, to my sea bathtub.    Read more

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    Bar Terraza La Chalana

    February 1 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We found a cozy beach bar in Playa Santiago. I thought about eating tapas there, but I wasn't hungry yet and the kitchen didn't look very trustworthy. But the location is great and the waiters are very attentive and friendly. Perfect for a coffee or a refreshment after swimming!Read more

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    Playa Santiago

    February 1 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    The town of Playa Santiago was originally a small fishing village and experienced its first boom at the beginning of the 20th century through the extensive cultivation of agricultural products such as bananas and tomatoes, which also led to the expansion of local industry and infrastructure with canning factories and ports. With the decline of agriculture, a reorientation towards tourism took place in the 1990s.

    There is a sandy and pebble beach. At the other end of the harbor there is a row of shops. The actual town center lies between the mountains. A hiking trail leads from the town over the ridge above the harbor.

    The rock face offers a good nesting and breeding opportunity for numerous seabirds found on the island, especially the yellow-billed shearwater, whose calls sound like the cries of babies, as well as terns and bald eagles. Dolphins are occasionally spotted off the coast.

    It is a rather inconspicuous place, but because it is on the south coast, it is spared from the trade winds and is therefore still good for swimming in winter, as the waves are not too big. However, because of its location, it is also very dry.    Read more

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    El Hierro

    February 2 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

    From my balcony I can see two islands, La Palma and El Hierro. This is El Hierro (hierro: Spanish for iron, derived from the earlier Italian name Ferro).

    It is the westernmost of the Canary Islands and with 3, 59% of the archipelago's land area, the smallest of the seven islands with its own administration. El Hierro is 1. 458 kilometers from the Spanish mainland (Cádiz), has an area of ​​268,71 km² and a population of 11.298.

    It was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2000. Since it is not developed by mass tourism, many places on the island have retained their original character.    Read more

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    Teide

    February 3 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    On the way to Vallehermoso I have to go over the mountain. I drive from sea level to about 1000m and then back down again. At the top I have a great view and when it's clear I can see the Teide.

    The Teide (Pico del Teide) is, at 3715m, the highest elevation on Tenerife and the highest mountain in Spanish territory. At 7500m above the seabed, it is the third highest island volcano in the world. 18 990 hectares of the mountain region are designated as a national park. In 2007, the area of ​​the El Teide National Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

    The volcano and its surroundings are an important geological and ecological area and a major tourist destination in the Canary Islands. In 2018, the park was visited by 4,3 million people. Due to the clear air and low light pollution, the area around Teide is home to several telescopes of the Observatorio del Teide for astronomical research.    Read more

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    Chorros de Epina (waters of legend)

    February 4 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    The inhabitants of a mostly arid island like La Gomera have always maintained a special relationship with water. It is hardly surprising therefore, that there are legends concerning some of the springs, such is the case of Los Chorros de Epia.

    There are several legends about the water from these springs. One of the bestknown ones is about love. Legend has it that you should drink from the springs in a certain order to win over your loved one. Hence,' women should drink the even numbered springs from left to right, and the men should drink the odd numbered ones.

    The water that flows out of Los Chorros de Epina are also said to have special powers. Another old legend only mentions four streams, compared with the seven current ones, claiming that the first stream provides health, the second love, the third one wealth and nothing at all is known about the fourth one, although the legend attributes it with the gift of happiness and poetry.

    I also heard that women who drink from all of them will become witches. Unfortunately there was no water coming out of it - I would have tested the last legend 🤣.    Read more

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    Guillama & Roques de Arguamul

    February 4 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 18 °C

    Today we drove to the Barranco San Juan, which I have never been to before and which I have always wanted to go to.

    The track that leads from Tazo to Arguamul ends in Guillama, a picturesque district of the hamlet of Arguamul, which belongs to Vallehermoso. The charming town is just a few hundred meters from the rugged coast and the wild beach of Playa de Arguamul.

    Some of the few houses in Guillama are already deserted and the landscape is dominated by meadows, palm trees and rocky ground. An impressive sight reveals itself along a path that leads from Guillama down to Playa de Arguamul. The beach itself is not suitable for swimming due to the strong surf. The Baja de los Roques rocks, which lie off the coast, are particularly impressive.

    One of the rare roads here which is not newly paved 😉.    Read more

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    Jardin Botanico del Descubrimiento

    February 5 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

    On the road from Vallehermoso down to the beach, an angular concrete building catches the eye on the right. Behind it is the Vallehermoso Botanical Garden.

    The building belonged to David Bramwell (25 November 1942 – 20 January 2022), a British professor for plant biodiversity. He was director of the Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo, Gran Canaria from 1974 to 2012 and was committed to the conservation of the flora of the Canary Islands.

    In 2000, the futuristic-looking main building and the garden was built under the direction of the architect Fernando Menis and with the help of EU funds and has rarely been open since then. 1.86 million euro were invested in 16.219 square metre, plant species from five continents including plants from all the canary and endemic in la gomera were initially planted.

    Locals reported that furniture was still in its packaging and was waiting to be unveiled inside; for years, the paths from the street into the garden were blocked off with bars.

    Nevertheless, resourceful visitors always found a way in and ended up in an enchanted, albeit increasingly wild, world. In keeping with the name of the garden, descubrimiento, which means discovery, you can wander around like the conquerors of the New World once did and find not only (endemic) Canarian vegetation but also useful and ornamental plants from the same world.

    In June 2017, the island government unanimously decided to reopen the Botanical Garden. At the beginning of 2021, everything was very well maintained and tidy, but not accessible from the main entrance. Currently, you can just walk in, but the building is still locked.    Read more

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