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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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Today was a cloudy day. When we checked the NOT webcam we realized that the clouds were at least lower than 2400m since there was best weather on Roque de Los Muchachos. We didn't want to sit in the car for such a long time today. So we decided to take the car and just drove upwards for about 15-20 minutes to a parking place (28°42'20.6"N 17°55'46.0"W)  not far from El Jesus. From here we started to hike upwards...

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Today we start hiking directly in Cala San Vincenc. We start to walk the small road to Port de Pollenca. After about 20 minutes there is a roundabout. There we turn left to a house and behind that house there is a hill with lots of grass. Up the hill we find our way following the marks of stones up to the summit. From here it takes about one hour to get to the summit. The view from the summit is great and it is not crowded with people! You can see the sea, the cliffs and down to Port de Pollenca and the bay of Alcudia.