awesomegrancanaria

After our hiking trip we totally needed some coffee and cake, what a coincidence that Agaete was on our way.

It´s a little village in the north-west of the island. It´s famous for good fresh fish you can get in any of the restaurants along the harbour.

Don´t miss out a walk along the coast, the sunsets are amazing.

We found an authentical italian cafe with homemade cake. Yum in the tum!

Ayagaures is a deep valley in the south of Gran Canaria, surrounded by palm trees, pines and dragon trees. In the beginning of December we had friends over from Fuerteventura, it was the perfect opportunity for a nice hike in the mountains.

We took them to Ayagaures and these are some of the views we enjoyed.

Let´s meet in the National Park Tamadaba

Sounds like an easy plan! Not in our case. We live in the South of the island, our hiking friends in Las Palmas and we were supposed to meet in the National Park in the west. So they would take the highway in the North and we would take the road along the west coast.

As we all approached the National Park we realised that we´re only a couple of kilometers away from the other group, but between us are the mountains :-D Great, that we didn´t work out which part we meant. As a result we had to go hiking on our own.

We just stopped at the next village and heard about a hike to some waterfalls.

It was so worth it. So many picturesque views. At some point the route was a bit thrilling, but we´re always up for some adrenaline rush!!!

All of us decided to come back in spring time and stay for 1 or 2 nights.

Can´t wait!!

A local friend showed us this beautiful hidden village.

Tufia Beach is located in the municipality of Telde, on the east coast of Gran Canaria.

The village has only white-blue houses and looks lovely. It´s a small beach with black volcanic sand.We could see many fisher boats, as it´s still the main business of the locals.

There were only a few locals around and some kids playing – a very peaceable place.

The airport is just next to it. So u get to see the starting of the airplanes, I never get tired of it.

Another sunday afternoon and a local friend showed us some hidden gems of the island.

It was very windy and cloudy that day, but it made the view even more spectacular.

First of all we went to Cuatro Puertas.





http://www.visitcanaryislands.org/cuatro-puertas

The Cuatro Puertas archaeological site is located in Montaña Bermeja only 3 kilometers away from the Telde city centre on the island of Gran Canaria.

The Cuatro Puertas is a hand-excavated cove of an old volcanic cone with 300 meters high.

Here you might find one of the most amazing deposits in Gran Canaria, already considered Historic-Artistic Monument since 1972. It was named Cuatro Puertas, Four Doors, due to its most important characteristic, the four main entrances that lead to a wide room. You might also see some enigmatic signs carved on the walls that, still nowadays, represent a mystery to all the experts, even though it’s believed this was used as a temple for religious acts.

My friend and me loooove donkeys. I´ve heard about the farm a long time ago and yet never made it. Now was the time! It´s located just outside the beautiful village Santa Lucía de Tirajana in the middle of the island.

Matteo is the owner of the farm and super cute and hospitable. 50 donkeys live on the farm along with oystrichs, chicken, goats and doves. It was an afternoon to remember, so much fun.

We instantly fell in love with the youngest one - Tesoro - only 2 months old. I´ve never seen a cuter thing, we were hugging and stroking him and it felt like we were up in the clouds. He was so unbelievable beautiful with the fluffiest hair.

Also the other donkeys were adorable and you can watch and ride them.

I calmed so down and all the stress in my body was gone.

We sat there as long as we could. Even though the kitchen was already closed, they served us yummy food at a really good price.

My sister had such a hard time with us, when we got back. For hours we would only speak about Tesoro, Tesoro, Tesoro :-)

If u have a chance just go! Highly recommended!