Centre Tour - Caldera de Bandama
Having left behind Tafira Alta and after some 6 km (approx. 4 miles) drive on a winding road past several vineyards, where the grapes for the popular ‘Vino del Monte’ are growing, you will arrive at the stunning Caldera de Bandama, a volcanic crater – 1000 m (3300 ft) in diameter and 200 m (660 ft) deep – with a 569 m (1,867 ft) high peak, the Pico de Bandama, to which you can drive up. This peak has an observation platform, from where – despite its relatively low height – you can enjoy breathtaking views of the entire north and east coast and towards the mountainous centre in the west. With a clear sky you might even get to see the neighbouring island Fuerteventura in the northeast.
This crater was named after a Dutch merchant, who in the 16th century grew vines in the crater, on the bottom of which you will find an abandoned farmhouse and the outlines of terraced fields. If you are more the adventurous type you can even climb down into the crater via a steep path, which is about a 30 min hike. Today the whole area is overgrown with palms, orange and fig trees and on the slopes of the crater thrive eucalyptus and agaves among shrubs and bushes.
South of the Pico lies the oldest golf club of all Spain, the Real Club de Golf de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, which was founded at the end of the 19th century by members of the important and influential English colony resident on the island at that time.
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