La Sorrueda – Tirajana Reservoir, Palm Grove and La Fortaleza

The Mirador de La Sorrueda offers a privileged view of the Tirajana Reservoir and the palm grove surrounding it; the panorama includes water, palm trees and mountainous terrain.

Nature

The La Sorrueda Palm Grove is located next to the Tirajana Reservoir and is one of the characteristic landscapes of Santa Lucía de Tirajana. The area around the Tirajana Reservoir is home to one of the most significant and best-preserved palm groves in Gran Canaria and has high ecological value. The La Sorrueda Palm Grove is considered one of the island’s most beautiful landscapes.

The Mirador de La Sorrueda is suitable as a stop for viewing and photographing the landscape.

Hiking

The Ruta de la Fortaleza is 9 km long there and back. Its length makes the extent of this route immediately assessable for your planning; the length and sequence of locations provide two separate points of orientation for the route.

For different daily rhythms, the viewpoint, circular route and archaeological interpretation can be considered as separate focal points. The information on the route, landscape and culture helps you compare these topics side by side before your trip.

If your travel group has different interests, you can distinguish between a stay focused on images, a defined route and culture-related content at the visitor centre.

When staying in a holiday apartment in La Sorrueda, you can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the accommodation pages. Depending on whether nature photography, the route or archaeological content is the focus, the view of the accommodation details remains connected to your desired travel theme. The dates and accommodation details form the practical part, while nature and culture form the content-related part. The topics can be weighted separately: A day focused on viewpoints sets different content priorities than exploring the route or visiting the visitor centre. This keeps landscape, activity and culture visible as separate points of reference, allowing you to consider them separately when making your own choice without mixing the respective content.

Other places

For further location options, you can also include Tejeda, La Caldera, Santa Brígida, Arguineguín, Playa de Tasarte, Valsequillo, El Estanco and Lomitos De Correa. You can note these names as additional points of comparison for your selection.

Culture

The municipal Ruta de la Fortaleza runs from Santa Lucía via La Sorrueda to the fortress. The route also leads to the archaeological zone of La Fortaleza, which consists of Roques de La Fortaleza Chica, La Fortaleza Grande and Titana.

A documentary about the everyday life of the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the La Fortaleza settlement is shown permanently at the La Fortaleza Visitor Centre; guided tours of the archaeological site are also offered there.

The La Fortaleza Visitor Centre is located on the GC-651 at kilometre 1.9 in La Sorrueda. The visitor centre has a permanently screened documentary about the everyday life of the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the La Fortaleza settlement, guided tours of the archaeological site and a viewing terrace providing information about its natural surroundings.

The viewing terrace at the La Fortaleza Visitor Centre provides information about the natural surroundings of the archaeological site.

For the overarching travel overview: Gran Canaria.