Photography: Gran Canaria 2014 - page 1 (of 3)

Gran Canaria: the way from Fataga to the Roque Nublo

View from our hotel on the water mill and on Fataga. Fataga lies on the road connecting Las Palomas with the middle of the island.

 

A very peculiar water mill : an aquaduct brings water to a toren where a spiral makes the mill working.

 

 

 

The path to the mill is a bit overgrown but still of use, the old cactusses have trunks resembling trees

 

We did find our hotel in Playa del Inglés unenjoyable and moved quickly to a little hotel near the watermill (Finca Molino de Agua):
restauratede old houses in a green palm tree bush, with an ideal climate, a true paradise in an unbelievable rest.
Morning mood.

 

Several nice little gardens between the houses, here a flourishing cactus

 

View on Fataga

 

Flourishing tree at the horse stables, underneath a cactus

 

 

Path from the hotel

 

And a little flower on each table

 

Two Canarian Grey Wagtails (Alpispa in Spanish) exploring the swimming pool

 

Fataga: please do not disturb our rest

 

 

 

Along the road

 

 

 

Church of San Bartolomé de Tirajana

 

 

 

 

View from San Bartolomé on Santa Lucía de Tirajana

 

Along the road

 

 

Climbing the Roque Nublo

 

 

 

Roque Nublo: these are not caves, the sharp edges reveal earlier lava channels

 

 

 

Roque Nublo: this place is regarded by the island inhabitants as the real centre of Gran Canaria

 

Roque Nublo: view on Tenerife