The Iron

After a visit to the Sanctuary of the virgin of the Kings, the patron saint of the island, initiate this excursion. Taking the way that it bordea by behind and that begins being of the asphalt to happen immediately to track of earth.

To the little, arrives to a widen and crossing of ways, dominated by a block of grey stone: the stone of the councillor. A series of indicators offer us the different options that have between which take the one of the left, the footpath PR EH9-The Sabinar.

enfila To the north and descend some metres until achieving a Canadian step, begins a zone that devotes to the child of livestock in freedom. To the right, it have the zone known like the Create and,ma the left, the burned valley. We go back to go up between copies of Canarian pine and a wall of dry stone. Until more forward it arises a hilera of big cypresses.

Happened a half hour, the cypresses leave his place to the Canarian pines. And continuation, the way forks. We have to choose between a way to the right by which goes to the oriel of Basques and another to the left that carries to Sabina. We will choose this option that carries us by terrain despejado and seen to the Atlantic.

It descends again, near of 1 km afterwards, appears the ensanchee of a parking for cars. Of there they split a brief footpath that, in few steps, carries us until Sabina more famous, true icon of the island of the Iron, Sabina of Machín.

We go out of the Sabinar and take the senda hardly marked that indicates a series of sticks, surrounded mountain of Tagutanta between sabinas postradas. We surround the mentioned mountain without effort, directing us always rightwards. In some stretches the footpath arrives to lose and in others appear forests of pines with forms modeladas by the wind.

Finally, it arrives a track of earth that will take to the left. It drives us until the edge of the cliff in some minutes, and afterwards it bordeamos to naughty field and with care until seeing the oriel of Bascos some metres further up.

It goes back by the track of earth that drives to the oriel and achieves a pinewood ynun ravine. We go out afterwards of the Pinewood to a terrain despejado, where have to be slopes of a stick indicator that signals Sabinosa by PR EH 9.2 and Malpaso by GR 131. It finds to half kilometre of the oriel and forces us to abandon the track and go up slope up, bordeando a pinewood.

Some 10 minutes afterwards, arrives a wall of dry stone with a wooden door and a poster Walk of the Virgin. The senda goes up between a wooden wall and a wall with considerable slope. Mmás Forward, by the left appears a vértice geodesic while nis head to an altozanolo covered of pines and goes out to a cut that it offers us seen of the gulf.

The senda widens And takes appearance of forest track. It is necessary to follow it rightwards, going up between heaths and a despeñadero to the left. Immediately, it achieves a forest track, but do not continue ahead but to the left, going up by a senda sepultada by abundant jable.

To some 200 m, find us with a crossing of ways. The way of return that it is necessary to take between the three is the one of the right the PR EH 9 to the hermitage of the Kings. Drop no rest until a new crossing, ahead goes out to the road, to the left is the way of the hermitage of the Virgin.

For the start of this excursion have to take the road from the Pozo of the Health that surrounds in a ten of kilometres the dehesa until the crossing that signals the faro of Orchilla.

During the following 2 km it is necessary to follow the asphalt until a new bifurcation, while to the right it continues the mountain Calcosas, ahead Is born a track of earth that goes to the faro. We leave the car parked beside the track that do not disturb and throw to walk by her. Immediately it crosses a ravine by a bridge, that descends of the mountain of the Toscones of 404 m of altitude. In this point, if we want to can incorporate us to the GR 131 that goes down to the right in direction to the Black mountain.

We give a big curve to the right and see the deep ravine of the Estancadero with volcanos of the colour of the soot and whereas in the opposite side predominate the ones of a colour almagre. Enfilamos Afterwards a curve to the left and appears a poster beside a track to the right, ahead have the GR 131, that carries to the faro and to the jetty of Orchilla, and by the lateral track goes the monument to the meridian. We take this last.

Some minutes afterwards achieves a light repecho and arrives the monument to the meridian, a simple monolith with a plate of bronze. Already without ways can continue more than 1 km by our right, Northeast, until the Roque of the Barbudo, geographically in the most western zone of the island. Afterwards it is necessary to return to the crossing to visit the faro and the tip.

After undoing the way, go back to the GR 131 and faldeamos the mountain of Orchilla of 199m. It descends by a terrain without vegetation until a bifurcation, to the right arrives faro and facing the jetty. We follow to the jetty going down some metres until a merendero protected of the sun with cañizo and some tables and banks.

Thanks to that in this island there is big cliffs, will be able to see lovely oriels in the high of them, in which the leading inducement are the beaches. From these paradores, will be able to see with big accuracy the beautiful that they are in addition to the clean that they are his crystalline waters.

The best beaches in The Iron find south of the municipality of Tamaduste. In the Iron can enjoy of some days of stupendous diving, since it has one of the marine bottoms more spectacular of the Canarian archipelago. Also it is well know that the mayoria of the beaches of this island are of rocky type, although we also will be able to find us any of type white sand and of volcanic black sand.

To access to the Beach of the Beach Of The Calcosas take the road that goes of the Port of the Caleta to the Parador National. Once in the Parador follow a few cientos of metres until the road takes a curve and begins to go up dirigiendose to some isolated houses. Here we can leave the vehiculo in a widen of the road.

From this point follow the way that directs to the beaches a a rocky way. In little but of half hour arrive to this aisla beach.

From the Pozo of the Health, direct us in car by the narrow road that leaves to the left the volcanos The Guirres, Marcos, Escobar and The Puddles, that aim by the north The Dehesa, while by the right extends the coast between the tips of White Sands and the Verodal in a band that does not surpass the 400 m of height.

After 6 km, arrives to a curve the left and it is necessary to be very attentive because by our right goes out a detour signposted with a wooden poster that puts to the beach of the Verodal.

We will put us by the track of earth some metres and will park the car to head to us foot to the beach.

The first 200 m pass between the mountain Escobar with his slopes covered of jable to a side, and the malpais and the sea of the another. To the cape of the minutes arrives to a bifurcation in which we follow to the right to happen between some plots delimited with walls of stone where does several decades tried cultivate without success and that today are abandoned with the consequent impact on the landscape.

The descent is soft while we give a twist look for to the south and cross the ravine of the Charca that low encajonado between the rugged walls of the two volcanos by our left.

In the trecho final the track by which go approximates to the slope north of the volcano of the Puddles before achieving a widen with several constructions. Some have techado and allow to protect us of the sun. Behind it extends the unusual beach of the Verodal and the cliffs with several hundreds of metres of fall to lead from the Puddles.

We go out of the parking beside the road that joins Saint Andrés with the Gulf, to half hundred of metres of the crossing of the that goes out the road that goes to the Cross of the Kings.

The said point finds the source of the Llanía, happening at the side left walk until the mentioned crossing, there will find a signpost and a footpath to the interior of the forest. It will be necessary to go very pending of the signaling, a tablón vertical wooden with green colours, orange and blue of the three footpaths, and following always the indications of the blue footpath.

With the first steps notice like the both goes up and drop without hardly desnivel, leaving an enormous copy of Canarian pine of leaves fallen and some representative of laurisilva in several feet.

After a stick indicator by the left and a small ravine, in few minutes the footpath desdobla, by the left follows the green footpath with a shorter route and easy, while by the right goes the blue footpath and orange, this second option is the one who will take.

Afterwards another stick indicator signals to the left and descends with rapidity until arriving to a zone with some pines of big carry and trunk estilizado between which will happen. Another stick indicator sends us the left until they appear two rocks and is the moment that we go up a hondonada that finishes in some stairs rústicas of trunks. An indicator warns us that three footpaths go together by the right, to the little achieves the road of asphalt that drives to the recreational area of Hoya of the Morcillo and the Pinewood.

To some metres appear some mojones conical of volcanic stone. We cross the road, as after them continue the three footpaths between the Monteverde humid and the fog that combs the enramada. Some minutes afterwards carries a solid wooden bridge fact with tablones that saves a small ravine.

It crosses and it goes up before taking a senda where abounds the jable and big heaths that melt on our heads forming a vegetal tunnel. We will find another stick señalizador and immediately a wide clear in the forest that widens in a footpath signposted by stones. It appears a new explanatory signpost in which they see the marks of the three footpaths of the Llanía the blue and green footpaths split ahead and to the right the orange diverts , it is necessary to opt by the first option.

In some 10 minutes arrives to the source of The Lomo. We go straight ahead to go out to the road. After crossing the road takes a footpath that goes parallel to the road that coincides with the way of the Virgin.

To the little, confine us in the forest and go up by a narrow footpath until a clear. The footpath goes jalonado by stones and heaths, have to turn to the right as it indicates a monolith of stone, to direct us to the oriel. Once contemplated the sights go back to the flat zone and take a footpath that low and widens internandose in the forest. In few minutes, will be in the starting point.