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Start:Park opposite Bodéga Stratus and walk down to the bottom of the car park. There's a sign explaining the route.
(S/E) The route starts immediately afterwards by taking the path on the right, before the Bodega de la familia Antonio Suarez. Continue along this path until you reach the last house, then turn left at the crow's-foot.
After passing through some gardens, the path reaches the first vineyards. Continue until you find a perpendicular path.
(1) Turn left at the junction and return to the road.
(2) Cross the road to take the path almost opposite, slightly to the left. At the Bodega Chupadero, turn right at the house and continue along the track, then onto a path that leads to an isolated palm tree on the side of the volcano. The path, which used to wind through the vines, gradually rises above them. It becomes steep and difficult to climb due to the volcanic ash covering it.
At the foot of the palm tree, you can see the opening of an old cistern, whose filling method is difficult to determine.
The path continues to climb along an area planted with a type of cane until it reaches a ridge.
(3) A path climbs to the top of Guardilama on the left. Turn your back on it and follow the ridge to the right, then descend to join the GR® 131. This route links Orloza, at the very northern end of the island, to Playa Blanca, at the southern end.
Turn left, follow the path and pass three property entrances.
(4) Take the first path on the left up to a pass between the two volcanoes, at the height of a power line pylon. The first house on the left has a green roof, but you can't see it until you've passed it. Beyond the last property entrance, find volcanic ash. The hundred-metre climb up to the pass is not easy, due to the nature of the soil, which is once again fluctuating. If the difficulty is not insurmountable, you need to take the time to overcome it.
(5) Even before reaching the high point, find the vineyards sheltered behind their low walls of simply piled lava.
Once over the pass, follow the track that follows the contour lines as closely as possible, winding around the Caldera de Gaida. Below, a bodega looks like an oasis in the shade of its palm trees.
(6) After a succession of left/right turns, the track comes to a crossroads. Turn right, go up the path for about 150m, and take the track that goes left between the vines. It joins the unpaved road below. When you reach the road, turn left and follow it until you reach the main road to La Géria.
At the crossroads, turn left again, and follow carefully the edge of this road for a good hundred metres. You'll then reach the Bodéga Stratus and the car park opposite (S/E).
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