035 to Gúímar
Bus Routes: 470[Granadilla], 035[Fasnia, Guimar] Return: 035[Roques-Fasnia,Granadilla], 470[Los Cristianos] Did you know there are pyramids in Tenerife? Well neither did I! Instead of an immediate return to Icod I decided to start exploring another bus route running out of Granadilla in the direction of Gúímar, the town had come to mind when I was looking at the Easter calendar and I also thought this would be an interesting trip as the TF-28 runs, more or less, parallel to the Autopista del Sur heading NE to Santa Cruz but is about half way or more up the mountain range. It takes in Arco and Fasnia and some tiny hamlets along the way. It is a very scenic journey taking some 1.5 hours door to door of an age when it used to take 11.5 hours to get from Santa Cruz to the south before the Autopista was opened. I have marvelled at the grandeur of the route to Icod well this route winds up and down and round the many barrancos along the route. I finally managed to see some of...