• Roque Nublo

  Aboriginal name. It is believed it comes from the Tamazight language, from the word Nuro or Nugro. At first, people thought this place-name was Castilian and referred to the rock that was often wrapped in clouds (nubes in Spanish).
  This enormous rock is situated at 1813 metres of altitude and it is the geographical centre of Gran Canaria. It is 67 metres high from its base, and it has, like Roque de la Rana, seven climbing routes. The first one (prepared by some Germans who work in Puerto de La Luz, the harbour of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), is known as “la alemana” (the German route).
• Altos de Hornos

  Many places in the central heights of the island bear the name “Hornos”. This is because in the past, the Canarians made the most of pine trees by exploiting all their resources: leaves, trunk, resin, pine cones… Resin was burnt in kilns (hornos in Spanish) to obtain pine tar, which was used among other things to caulk wooden boats.
• Camino de Santiago

  It is a pilgrimage route to Santiago (the Way of Saint James) that crosses the island from the northwest, in Gáldar, to the southeast of the island, in Tunte. This trail crosses the summit stretches, and paths that were historically used by the inhabitants of the midlands and high areas of Gran Canaria to barter.
• Cruz Grande

  This spot of the island heights is said to be the point where one goes from north to south or the other way round. In the mid-20th century, la Cruz Grande was a meeting point for hikers. The road was very busy because the apostle Santiago (James) is the patron saint of Tunte. Pilgrims came from different parts of the island to venerate the figure of Santiago The Small, so called because of its small size, which in those years was kept in the chapel named Ermita del Pinar.
• Tunte

  Before the conquest, Gran Canaria was inhabited by aboriginals, as we can still see today thanks to the many cave houses around the island. After the conquest, this place kept its name, and became the main town of all the area of Las Tirajanas.

Route and interactive profile

Mid Difficulty

Lineal

10 km

3:30 - 4:00h

+ 230 m

- 840 m

• Itinerary

  La Goleta-Altos de Hornos-Ventana del Nublo-Camino de la Plata-Tunte-Hotel Las Tirajanas.

• date

  Thursday 24th oct 2019

• Picking up Participants

  08:00 Auditorio Alfredo Kraus - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  08:00 Touristic Information office, near to CC Yumbo Centrum - Playa del Inglés

• Return

  17:00 Auditorio Alfredo Kraus - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  16:30 Touristic Information office, near to CC Yumbo Centrum - Playa del Inglés

This route Includes:

• Liability insurance
• Accident insurance
• Picnic
• Guided tour and interpretation of the natural, ethnographic and cultural values of the island
• Transport to and from Las Palmas de GC and Playa del Inglés
• Specialized guides on trails in different languages
• Tasting Canarian products