Turismo Granadilla

A large part of this route is along a branch of the Camino de Chasna (the Chasna Trail) which historically connected Granadilla with the villages on the north side of the island. The various hamlets that you will see along the way were also part of this same ancient route.

The route starts in the González Mena Square (Plaza González Mena) in Granadilla, and crosses the town until it begins to climb up through abandoned cultivated terraces. You will see that nowadays the indigenous wild flora has reclaimed this once farmed land, almost reaching the hamlet of Cruz de Tea, which is at a crossroads of various tracks. Around the hamlet there are various traditional ovens, as well as wooden crosses (or cruces) made of pine impregnated with resin, known locally as tea. Thus the hamlet got its name: Cruz de Tea.

The track continues upwards, passing by the houses of El Pinar and Las Crucitas and the ruins of the house of Los Malejos with its threshing yard and two large palm trees at the entrance to the property. As you continue to climb, the Camino Real enters the National Park and into the typical pine forest of the south of Tenerife and it crosses the Madre del Agua Trail which leads to Barranco del Río.

The last section is known as the Camino Valle de Ucanca (Ucanca Valley Trail) or Camino del Lomo Abadejo and is an old packhorse trail which has stunning views of the forest and takes you to the viewpoint of Los Escurriales. From here you can return via the circular PR-TF 72 route to Vilaflor, or climb to the peak on the GR-131.