Finca Las Llanadas

Our stay in Rural Las Llanadas We’ve booked two weeks to stay in El Ciruelo, one of the four cottages on the Finca Las Llanadas. Before our stay we had already a good impression of this cottage. We loved it. The Finca has a beautiful garden with nice flowers and plants surrounded by the cottages. There is a little fountain in the middle where the birds everyday come to drink. You hear the canaries singing in the tree. The cottage was cosy, clean and with all you need in the kitchen. The bedroom was superb with a delicious double bed, also for a large person as me. Our pictures will give you an impression of it all. When we arrived in the evening we were welcomed by Carlos. A very gentle person. First we had to tell him how dangerous the road was to the Finca. From the highway we followed the instructions from our navigation. Don’t do that! The nice lady sends you over narrow, steep roads climbing to the top. The Finca is situated at 900 meters high. My wife was so frightened. Fortunately Carlos explained us another road to go down, longer but less steep. It’s better to phone Carlos when you leave the highway. In the neighbourhood you can find several supermarkets. Most near is little supermarket in Palo Blanco near petrol station. Carlos will tell you where you can find. The groceries are rather cheap in Tenerife, also the gasoil. We paid 0,95 euro/litre. Restaurants are not in the closest neighbourhood the Finca. We went mostly to the restaurant during our trips or prepared a dinner in the kitchen. Our favourites were to go to Parque National Del Teide or walks in the neighbourhood of the Finca. The nature is so beautiful. We went three times to the volcano. Not so far away from the Las Llananas. Good indicated and good roads to the Parque. It’s so impressive and so various. El Portillo is an information centre and botanic garden. During our stay we visited also the pittoresque towns Orotava and Garichico at the coast. Parque del Drago is also interesting to visit. We avoided the crowded beaches. At Llanadas it was regularly cloudy. Normal for a location higher on the mountain. The mornings started often with sunshine. When the clouds arrived we decided to go to Parque National Del Teide, always sunny at 2200 meters or to the Oceanside. But …………when it was a really sunny day we preferred to stay at the Finca in the garden with a nice book. You felt you in the garden of Eden with all the typically birdsongs around you. Regularly passed birds of prey from the mountains. We like to thank Carlos for his hospitality on our arrival. We were very surprised t receive a basket full of fruit, some local beers, a bottle of red wine, juices, etc. A good start for our holidays at the finca. And one advice: maybe it’s better not to use your navigation if you don’t want the shortest way. When we stopped, we didn’t have any more problems with narrow steep roads.