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Hi, I am Lisa! I love being outside! In the summer I like to spend most of my time hiking in the Alps or cycling. In the winter the best place for me are the Canary Islands with their amazing landscape and perfect climate.

About Lisa

Hi, I am Lisa! I love being outside! In the summer I like to spend most of my time hiking in the Alps or cycling. In the winter the best place for me are the Canary Islands with their amazing landscape and perfect climate.

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Today we did not want to take the car again so we decided to walk a bit around in the surroundings of our house. We found quite a nice path which leads to Playa de Jurado which is also known as the pirate's bay. It lies directly under Tijarafe. About 270 metres above the sea is a viewpoint called Mirador del Barranco del Jurado. From there you have a great view along the cliffs of the coast on the north west of the island! We did not go further down than this viewpoint because it was so hot! We really only wanted to go back to our house and lay down until it became a bit cooler...

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This morning the weather was looking perfect! And so we decided to take another walk on the Ruta de los Volcanes - the volcano route. We did this walk already two years ago and it is just amazing. There is a path going along the whole Cumbre Vieja from Rifugio El Pilar to Fuencaliente in the south of the island. But we take it easy and walk only the first part of this route. We park the car at Mirador Del Jable (28.617327, -17.848487). From there we follow a small road for about two kilometres into the forest. Here you can already see lots of black ash. Then we turn left and walk up for about 300 metres. After leaving the trees behind us there is an amazing view! To the west we see the clouds below us and to the north there is the huge caldera! The sky above us is completely blue! Following the path in the direction of Rifugio El Pilar there comes a sign post. The part that shows up has been removed. But still the path is ok to walk. It leads directly up to the caldera of an old volcano! When you reach the caldera it is possible to walk one big round around it! It looks not far away but it takes a long time to reach the highest point of Pico Birigoyo (1807m). There we take long break and enjoy the view around - you can see Tenerife with the Teide and La Gomera! Then we walk down to Rifugio El Pilar and back to Mirador Del Jable. I think this tour is one of the best of La Palma! When you want you can also continue walking along the volcano route further south for about 20km 😉

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For the second part of our vacation we stayed at Casa Victoria (28.692022, -17.955517). It is situated below the village of El Jesus close to banana plantations. From the garden the view to the Atlantic ocean was fantastic! The house was well equipped with everything we needed. And we also had some geckos in this place that were hiding in a secret place most of the time 😉

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This morning I decided to walk down to the beach! I start directly at Casa La Chirlaca (28.685444, -17.937639) and walk up to the road. From there a really nice hiking path leads to Mirador de El Time. Shortly before reaching the main road there is place where you have a panoramic view down to Los Llanos! From Mirador de El Time I follow a small road further down. I pass many banana plantations. Further down the road turns into a perfect hiking path! The path is directly above the ocean and the view down to Puerto de Tazacorte is amazing! In Puerto de Tazacorta I rent a sun lounger and enjoy some hours of reading at the beach before Carsten comes and picks me up with the car to drive back to our house 😉

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Today it was very cloudy and I was really tired from the travelling yesterday, so we decided to go only for a short walk.
Directly above our house starts a hiking path that leads to the Torre del Time. We go up there, from there you have a great view down to Los Llanos. Because of the clouds the view was not so good today, but still it was nice. From there it is possible to continue to walk on the hiking path up to the top of the caldera and from there to Roque de Los Muchachos. For this you need a lot of time, we have not done it yet, but I guess it will take about 8 hours at least.