Firgas

«Firgas is worth the visit for the Paseo de Gran Canaria alone, a tiled pedestrian walkway descending through the center of town with ceramic bas-reliefs depicting each island of the archipelago and water running along carved stone channels at your feet. A thirty-meter waterfall, surrounded by subtropical vegetation. It is one of the most unusual and photogenic public spaces on the island.

The views north toward the Atlantic from the riverside walk are lovely and distinctive, which is where the nickname "balcony of the Atlantic" comes from. The parish church of San Roque sits on the main square, simple and intimate. The town is compact: you can walk the whole of it in twenty minutes. A bar on the square is the natural stop for a coffee.

The access roads from Arucas or Teror wind between banana plantations and pine-scented hills, with little traffic and reasonably good asphalt, but they are short and not very stimulating. Firgas is an easy stop to add to a circuit in the north, and far less frequented than Teror or Arucas — quieter, with a more authentic, local atmosphere. A stop more for the pleasure of discovery than for the pleasure of riding»