Tindaya

Mount Tindaya - also known as Holy Mountain - stands at 401 metres and was once considered a very religious place by local inhabitants.

Evidence of their religious beliefs can still be seen today with more than 100 carvings of  "feet" - podomorphs - in the rock at the very top of the mountain to ward off evil spirits.

From there, on a clear day, it is possible to see Mount Teide, the highest mountain on Tenerife. the aborigines believed the mountain signified evil and all the carvings point in that direction.

They are the only carvings of their kind to be found in the Canaries.

 

The unusual rock of the mountain is very resistant and makes an attractive cladding, an example of which can be seen on the walls at Fuerteventura airport.

Recently, he mountain has been at the centre of controversy over plans by the Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida to hollow out the mountain and create a huge open space inside its very bowels in a plan known as the Tindaya Project.

Just past Tindaya is the hidden village of Vallebron from where you can enjoy an excellent view of Tindaya and the countryside.

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