Places to Visit ... Guayadeque,
Ingenio & Aguimes
Guayadeque
Another one of those places you
can't get to by public transport, need a car for this one but a nice
half-day out. If you are ddriving up there, go up almost as far as the
airport and as you see the runway take the exit to Carizal, then follow
the signs to Ingenio until you start to see the brown tourism signs for
Guayadeque.
The village of Guayadeque dates
back hundreds if not thousdands of years, I don't know but it's old and
historic! The origional Guanches (Canarians) that settled here lived
and farmed the land via cave dwellings and now, in modern times it's
still the same - no modern buildings, just caves.
The villagers live in caves, the
farmers keep their livestock and store crops in caves, the towns bar,
restaurant and even the church are all caves and very much in daily use.
You can walk up the cobbled path
through the center of the village and see it all for yourself any day
of the week. Once you've marvelled at the village, get back in the car
and go to the end of the valley where the restaurant "El Tagaror" is
located - 12 caves all interconnected and a terrace with some
spectacular views down the valley.
After lunch, you could head back
to the south, half a day is enough there. Along the way you can take
exit 28 and do some shopping at Vecindario
maybe. Or, you can stay in the area and see the neighbouring towns of
Aguimes and Ingenio and get a bit more cultural sightseing done.
Aguimes &
Guayadeque
These two towns are side by side
and very close to the Guayadeque valley so do all three and make a day
of it.
Aguimes - you need to head to the
town center as the square and surrounding streets form the "Casco
Historico" or old quarter. Multi-coloured stone buildings, cobbled
streets, wierd bronze statues everywhere (I kid you not), the
impressive and historic Casa de los Camellos rural hotel and the town
church are all to be seen.
Ingenio - again, a typically
Canarian town square with the church and canarian buildings (stonework
with wooden balconies and roofs) and there's the cultural museum of
stone housed there also.
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