Discover Ruigómez: Hiking Trails, Nature and Cultural Heritage

The approved circular hiking trail SL-TF 151 Ruigómez–Erjos–Ruigómez begins and ends in Ruigómez. In Ruigómez, there are hiking trails, traces of former rural life and local traditions.

Hiking Trails

The approved linear hiking trail SL-TF 151.2 is of moderate difficulty and is 6.2 kilometres long. It runs from Ruigómez via El Tanque and El Tanque Bajo to the Mirador de La Atalaya. At the same time, this trail leads from Ruigómez into the Chinyero Special Nature Reserve. The distinction between circular and linear trails, as well as the specific length and difficulty information, provides a clear, objective structure for planning a hike. For your day planning, you can consider the trail type, length and difficulty level as separate points of comparison. The place names mentioned set out the route described from the starting point to the destination.

The circular trail SL-TF 151 Ruigómez–Erjos–Ruigómez leads past the ethnographic heritage of the hamlets of Ruigómez and Erjos. Numerous threshing floors lie along its route, reflecting the historical importance of grain cultivation in this area. Different trail types and themes make it possible to consider nature and cultural experiences separately when planning your day, without reducing them to the same excursion.

When staying in a holiday apartment in Ruigómez, you can compare the travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions of the respective offer side by side when planning your trip; the three details refer to the individual offer and are listed alongside the hiking, nature and cultural aspects described.

Nature

At the Barranco del Guirre, the section of SL-TF 151.1 features a well-preserved Fayal-Brezal Monteverde. The SL-TF 151.1 Ruigómez–San José de Los Llanos hiking trail is known as the Ruta del Agua because of the numerous water-related features along its route. The Monteverde at the Barranco del Guirre and the water-related features of the Ruta del Agua highlight two different landscape aspects.

Culture and History

The SL-TF 151.2 trail reaches Casa Canales, a former tenant farmer’s house. The building retains its threshing floor, was built on lava flows and has an ingenious system for collecting and storing rainwater. In the Eras del Volcán in Barrio Nuevo, the same trail leads to a site regarded as one of the municipality of El Tanque’s significant agro-cultural heritage assets.

The threshing floors along the circular trail and the threshing floor at Casa Canales point to different forms of agricultural use. The ethnographic heritage of the hamlets of Ruigómez and Erjos complements these historical traces. The historical references can thus be viewed as having agricultural, architectural and ethnographic focuses.

Festivals

The fiestas in honour of San Isidro in Ruigómez take place on the third weekend in May. The municipality celebrates Día de Canarias on 30 May in the Ruigómez district.

For the overall travel overview: El Tanque.