Tenerife Day Hike

The plan today is to take a couple of mile day hike up the old aqueduct trail where most of Tenerife got it water supply for years. It's only a couple of miles from our hotel and we should be able to get in and out in a couple of hours. The views are suppose to be good too. The drive to the trailhead takes us through some of the older local communities of Tenerife.

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At the trail head there is a few people ahead of us and it's still early. Many of the people are tourist like us here for a vacation and are out hiking and looking at the sights. Right near the entrance to the trail is a nice restaurant where I'm sure we will spend some Spanish currency for a couple of "cervezas" (that beer to you non Spanish speakers)on the way back.

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The trail climbs at a leisurely pace alongside the old aquaduct crossing back and forth for a few miles up the valley towards the top.

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Nearing the top but still inside the deep valley you can see the old pools where they collected the water to feed the city below

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The top of the trail leads deep into and old dark almost cave where water runs out of the mountainside into a small pool that is collected as it works its way down the mountain.

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After a snack and drink and some pictures of the water source. We make out way back to the restaurant for those cervezas, before heading back to the hotel.

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