Lanzarote Relocation

This Lanzarote walk is one that people of most abilities can do. There are a couple of ways to get to the ridge… but I’m going to direct you up from sea level… which makes this a two hour round trip stroll.

Park up at La Mulata, which is the row of restarants nestled between the Natura Palace and Rubicon Palace hotels. From there, walk up the waste ground to the dual carriageway and turn right. Cross over the dual carriageway at the pedestrian crossing ahead of you, and continue up the road a short distance. Very soon afterwards, you will see a small handmade wooden footbridge, where you can hop over onto some waste ground. Head diagonally right, and continue up through the houses until you reach a well worn path which will take you to the top of Montaña Roja. Aim for the mast that you can see ahead of you, and you can’t go too far wrong… as this is where the path starts. (map below)

Once up there you can walk all the way around the ridge, with fantastic views across to Papagayo, Fuerteventura, Femes, and of course the whole of Playa Blanca. Inside the crater itself… you will see that many people have written their names and messages with the loose stones scattered about. Do add yours, and perhaps send us a photo if you would like!

Just as a diversion – here is a little story about a good friend of ours that took place in July of this year. His username on our Lanzarote forum is LeFtY, and his good lady is known as RiGhTy

So I got up this morning at about 6am and put my volcano climbing shoes on, and went for a climb up the volcano near Dad’s house. I got into the crater just before the sun started to peak over the horizon and set about playing with some big rocks. I arranged them into a short question (which I reckon took bang on 2 hours as it took lots of rocks to make it legible from the top of the volcano. anyway once I’d finished I went home and met Dad on his way out to take his dog, Dylan and the darn lil kitty on their walk.

So after we got back from our walk we nipped down to Le Moka with RiGhTy and Dad’s wife and had some brekkie (which was tasty as always) and had a sit down for a couple of drinks.

Once we finished that, me and RiGhTy got dropped off at the base of the volcano and went for a walk up there to pass some time. It was stupid windy up there and RiGhTy wasn’t too impressed about the choice of day to go volcano climbing and wasn’t hiding her displeasure. anyway we carried on up the volcano and reached the summit out of breath and a little windswept. so we peered into the crater and had a look at all the messages and names that people had left in rocks on the crater floor and RiGhTy pointed out one that said ‘MARRY ME?’ and proclaimed “oh that is lame, one says marry me!” to which I laughed and said “haha yeah……..” and promptly bent onto one knee and asked her if she wanted to be Mrs LeFtY

A few tears of happiness and disbelief from RiGhTy and she begrudgingly accepted after being told if she didnt say yes I was gonna bury her in the volcano.

Our warmest congratulations to LeFtY and RiGhTy (aka Chris and Mel), and we hope their 2011 wedding is everything they dream of.

Back to the walk now. Do avoid this walk if it is windy… as it can get quite blustery up the top. Do wear sensible closed in shoes. We bumped into a chap on our way up who wished he’d worn something other than his sandals. And don’t forget to take plenty of water.

Photographs for you below of course! Happy walking!

The map at the bottom shows you how to get to La Mulata from the Petrol Station at the entrance to Playa Blanca. Then the route from La Mulata is shown too.

It has been some time since I have been out wallking – for one reason or another… so I was looking forward to starting off gently with this stroll from Guacimeta at Playa Honda, to Charco del Palo at Arrecife. The weather was fantastic… with the sun beaming down the whole time. We weren’t the only ones with the idea… as there were plenty of Spanish families out with their children. Continue reading →