Tenerife Day 6 - Arona and Ifonche

The intention was to have a bit of a rest day after Teide yesterday. After breakfast we drove to Arona (quite nearby) to do a walk round the terraces and rocky outcrops in the area. It was quite cloudy so we were glad to have been able to climb Teide when we did.

After parking we walked up through an abandoned farmstead to a taverna called El Refugio where we had a coffee.

We carried on walking up to the village of Ifonche, then started down a more rocky path. We took a slight diversion to climb to the top of Roque de los Brezos but it was all in cloud.

On the way back down we passed a hidden valley with disused terracing and some caves that were used by the farmers.

After getting back to the car we decided to drive to Los Christianos to see the other side of Tenerife. It was still quite cool and cloudy so the beach was quite quiet. We had a walk and an ice cream and a beer and wrote our postcards.

Then back to the apartment via Las Galletas and Costa del Silencio.

Dinner was at a local Chinese restaurant, Chopstix where we had chicken satay and sizzling pork.