SELECCIÓN TOP TENERIFE: La Orotava – La Guancha

A very typical route for road cycling in the north of Tenerife, leaving from the municipality of La Orotava.

We first ride a few kilometres to Los Realejos and then climb 8kms to Icod El Alto, but with a reasonable average of just under 4% and viewpoints such as El Lance.

We descend on unfamiliar roads, but with good asphalt and very nice, to avoid the traffic in the area as much as possible, while we enjoy those metres of negative elevation gain and recover our strength before the next climb.

A second category pass awaits us, like La Guancha, since, despite being more than 10 kilometres long, its gradient is only slightly more than 4%.

We return via Las Rosas to Icod El Alto, but this time downhill, to tackle the last short climb via La Cruz Santa and La Perdoma to our home municipality of La Orotava.