Montes de Luna – Albergue de Tigalate, (along the coast)

This route, which is not part of the Official Network, runs through the lower part of the Montes de Luna, Tigalate and Tiguerorte neighborhoods. Take advantage of the layout of one of the tracks in the area, which has been asphalted for the first few kilometers. As there are no signs, you must be careful not to lose your way throughout the entire route. As a reference, you can use the windmills of the Manchas Blancas Wind Farm, as our route passes very close to them. However, in the worst case, getting lost here would be just a minor setback, easy to resolve.
When leaving Montes de Luna, the track follows a small zig-zag that makes it lose elevation and leads to the group of abandoned houses of Pueblo Viejo or Caserío de Barranco Hondo.
Then it tackles the bare channel of the Barranco Hondo and heads northeast. Cross a second ravine (Puente Roto), already in the vertical of Tigalate and advance below the inhabited nucleus. Then it approaches the crater of La Caldereta from the east (whose profile is very disguised by the growth of vegetation) and turns on its edge in the vicinity of the Wind Farm to definitively face the ascent to Tiguerorte.
The meeting with the GR 130 (Camino Real de La Costa) takes place next to the Albergue de Tigalate, which is even in the Official Network of La Palma.

The path runs through an area that in the past was an important aboriginal pasture and in which, therefore, archaeological sites abound. In Tigalate Hondo a group of dwelling caves has been preserved, as well as a set of rock carvings declared as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC).
It seems logical that the auaritas decided to settle here, seeing the abundance of forage resources available. Even today they are still being exploited, so it would not be strange to find a herd of goats during our route.