We got up around 8:00 am rested after our arrival to La Palma yesterday and excited for Cubo de La Galga hike today. Had some black coffee, since we forgot milk, and some pastries and hit the road. We went towards Barlovento where we stopped for an ice cream before hike.
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We’ve chosen a hike called Cubo de La Galga as it is a pretty easy one and comeback to same point where started and has a parking lot. So perfect.
Once you enter the route you start noticing a very green nature.
Rocky walls surrounded by covered by vegetation just makes you forget daily troubles and looks out of this world.
We’ve passed a water viaduct which looked really blend in within lush green vegetation.
There was some big stones by the path too and most of them were covered in green moss.
We were making our way in between tall fern and it was so many of them and they almost covered the view of the aqueduct in front. We just saw it when we came closer to it.
The further we’ve got, the greener if was.
Huge rocks were laying at the sides of the path.
We climbed all the way to the viewpoint hoping to see astonishing view. It was also quite steep to climb to the top of it and was somewhat losing my breath. There was a lot of different flowers blossoming by the path too.
When we reached the top viewpoint, we just saw the fog. We came too late. As it was around 1pm and after noon Easter part of islands usually gets covered in clouds.
We rested for a bit at the top. I’ve almost finished my 1.5 liter of water as it was still pretty warm, even we were in the cloud.
Eventually, we walked the path down to La Galga.
I felt like Froto in Lord of the Rings walking through the Elvish realm.
We came back to the start of Cubo de La Galga hike which lead to our car. We felt very hungry and I knew just the place!
Lunch in Las Nieves
When I used to live here, we used to go to Las Nieves to traditional Canarian food. The place called Bar Parilla. Google maps always sets the fastest, but not the best way to get there from Santa Cruz. The road is really narrow and only one car can fit and at the end of it it is very very steep. As usual on that road we had to stop to let other cars pass multiple times. Also the speed limit of the road was 20km/h.
We’ve ordered some Solomillo de cerdo and half chicken. One again I said”polla” instead of “pollo” and my friends laughed as it means male genital parts instead of chicken.
We’ve also got Mojo Picon with the meat, which is a spicy Canarian sauce which you got to try if you like spicy food!
Im addition we’ve also ordered grilled chorizos – 1 each.
We’ve also had grilled goat cheese with mojo verde (green mojo) – the local green sauce that is amazing with cheese, potatoes and fish. I think grilled goat cheese with mojo verde is my one most favourite dish in Canary Islands, but it must be a proper cheese and grilled properly and to have a good green mojo!
We’ve also got ‘papas arrugas’ – Canarian potatoes boiled in sea water. It was delicious! I think those potatoes were the best ‘papas arrugas’ I’ve tasted anywhere in Canary Islands.
So were so full! No dessert needed. All of that and 3 beers, water, orange juice and fish was around 55€ for 3 people.
Evening at apartment
Finally, we’ve driven back go our apartment and stopped in a gas station for some beers as all supermarket are closed on Sunday. Only just few were open and I was too tired to drive around looking where to park a car close enough to them. Instead we got home and enjoyed the rest of the sunshine by the pool.
All three of us did a whole photo shoot session, which I am not going to share here. After that we just chilled by the pool in the Sun.
Eventually when the sun went down it was a beautiful sunset from our apartment terrace!
I apologise for a blurry photos. My OnePlus 3T focus was acting out again and combined with cloudy sky it lead to a bit blurry photos.
Oh yeah and before sleep I found this beautiful creature – Gecko in my room. I had to enhance the picture with AI unblur tool as it was blured like most of my images. I was surprised by the result!
Tomorrow we were heading to Santa Cruz de La Palma.