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GC-65: Farmland valley before Vecindario

GC-65

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9/10

Road Scores

Asphalt Quality 9/10
Route Quality 10/10
Landscape 9/10

Description

Beautiful road in the south-east of the island. It climbs from Vecindario to San Bartolomé, passing through the town of Santa Lucia. It lets you explore the most barren and wild part of Gran Canaria, but with truly dreamy asphalt quality and routes.

Included Points of Interest

Santa Lucía

The traditional hillside village of **Santa Lucía de Tirajana** sits in the mid-altitude farming belt, with a quiet, rural character far removed from the coastal sprawl that spreads out lower down. The church of **Santa Lucía** presides over the village square. The surrounding landscape of deep ravines and terraced slopes is home to the archaeological site of **Las Fortalezas**, where ancient cave settlements of the aboriginal Canarians have been uncovered. **Roque Aguayro** lies nearby. The village is a natural stop on the southern mountain circuit: calm, authentic, genuinely different from the coast. A coffee on the square and the views over the **Barranco de Tirajana** are the main reward. Simple and honest. The road climbing from the coastal plain through the **Barranco de Tirajana** up to Santa Lucía, the **GC-65**, is extraordinary: canyon walls, flowering terraces and deserted hairpins. The shift from coastal chaos to mountain silence happens within minutes of leaving the lowlands behind. Best combined with the **Mirador de La Orilla**, just above.

Latitude: 27.9122 Longitude: -15.5408

Gallery

GC-65: Farmland valley before Vecindario GC-65: Church of Saint Lucy GC-65: End of the road before Vecindario GC-65: View near the Mirador El Guriete GC-65: Passage between two rocks GC-65: Intersection for Casas Blancas

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Asphalt 9/10 Route 8/10 Landscape 9/10

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Asphalt 10/10 Route 8/10 Landscape 8/10

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