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This
is an interesting route taking in part of the coast of Arrecife the
hospital and many of the suburbs. It runs every 40 minutes from 6:40 in
the morning to 21:15 at night 7 days per week. It is the only route
that does not stop at the Intercambiador. You can view the route as a whole here. We got on at Leon y Castillo 153 which is a short walk from Los Alonso on the Intercity No 3 route from Costa Teguise or Puerto del Carmen. We start in the residential area of Valterra and quickly make our way to the waterfront via the College for Fishermen below and the Marina. We soon reach the impressive San Jose Castle and the beginning of the Calle Real, the main street, bustling on a Saturday with a market and street musicians. |
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![]() Arrecife sea front has a charm of its own as it blends the needs of tourism with a living and working city. |
![]() Tiny cafes abound where tourists mingle with locals and enjoy the buzz of the sea front atmosphere |
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![]() From the Gran Hotel (great view from the top) the bus turns away from the sea through the business area and older residential areas. |
![]() Past smart renovated residences in wide streets which are rarely clogged with traffic. |
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![]() We cross the leafy ring road with its wide central reservation for exercise machines and recreation to explore the newer areas. |
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![]() We then cross motor- way to find commercial areas and the excellent hospital. |
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![]() The bus next swings West into attractive residential areas and turns back towards the city. |
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![]() ![]() Through Argana Alta, under the motorway and back towards the city ...... |
![]() ....where the chat continues in the leafy squares on Saturday as every day. |
We pass plenty of space for development and the Gran Hotel still looks far away. |
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![]() On past one of the football stadiums as we rattle down many one way streets back to the city via the college with its interesting climbing wall. |
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![]() ...and
we return to Valterra
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Here is a map of our route
created by my camera's GPS tracker. Unfortunately the route along the sea front was missed by the GPS for some reason. |