Round the Island
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Mark & Helen Syrett
Mon 31 Oct 2011 10:42
We went to the other villages on the island and were surprised by how small they were as the Tourist Office had said a couple of them were "tourist hotspots". This island is the greenest and prettiest of the ones we have seen, with pines at the top, lots of aloe vera plants and date palms, however all the buses and ferries start at San Sebastian, so this is the hub of the island.
We had lunch in Casa Eugenia, run by an old lady who has trestle tables in her house and cooks for visitors! There is no choice of meal, we had a bean stew (apparently eaten by the poor during the civil war) with boiled vegetables and salad, followed by a rice pudding and some sort of digestif. The room was full of Spanish families and the walls filled with pictures of her from various magazines and newspapers, obviously a " National Treasure". The lunch was inexpensive but not Mark's favourite meal -but it was an experience!
We then came back to the marina via the tiny airport, the ferries are used more than aeroplanes. This would be a good place for a walking holiday or a short break. There is a hydrofoil which takes 35 minutes from Tenerife and a Parador in San Sebastian.