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Drop the top & drive
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| (Monday, 22 May 2006) Written by hopper |
As it was
my wife’s 40th birthday we pushed the boat out a bit on this visit
and hired a convertible car instead of our usual ‘bog standard’ affair and wow
were we glad of it once we had left the TF1 and were heading for Los Gigantes.
It was a typical Tenerife day, beautifully
sunny but a little hazy in places however we could see La Gomera as we
travelled all the way down the main coast road towards Los Gigantes. At
the roundabout just outside the town we headed up into the mountains on
our journey towards Garachico.
This drive was nothing short of
spectacular. As we had the car top down we not only benefited from the
sun and warmth and the views but we were also treated to the scent of
the countryside. The smell of the pines was something that I will
remember for a long time to come. Truly beautiful, it was like driving
through a bowl of pot puri.
As we rounded the top of the mountain and
turned the corner to head down the other side, it was just as if
someone had turned the air con on. The change in temperature as our car
snaked its way around the top of the mountain was startling, a marked
contrast that was evident even though we had only travelled a mere
100metres – remarkable. The clouds seemed to roll in from the hillside
and the as the cold bit at us, the hood came up the windscreen wipers
went on. We had heard about the difference in the sides of the island
but never thought it could be such a marked a difference.
I was
beginning to wonder if I had made the right decision in choosing the
San Roque Hotel in Garachico. (Rest assured I had)
We eventually rolled
down the hill and into Garachico – that’s a simple description, the
roads were narrow and snaked backwards and forwards. It was a stunning
drive, scary in parts but exciting and exhilarating and the views are
so spectacular that you just have to do it!
As we drove through the
town we saw the signs for our hotel – The San Roque, but more of that
later!!
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