Las Ventanas de Güimar is an amazing and unique hike located near the town of Guimar, in Tenerife. It features dark tunnels, narrow paths, steep cliff edges, incredible views, and unbelievable history. Demonstrating immense effort from locals to procure fresh water, it is now a monument to hard work. The trail follows a network of tunnels with countless windows offering fantastic Perspectives of the valleys below. It is a moderate-level hike for confident explorers who want to travel off the beaten path and witness remarkable sights. Those up for the challenge will be rewarded with a one of a kind experience and breathtaking scenery.

→ How to get there?

Take the Güimar motorway and continue inland. You have to go up the rock to the left of Güimar, and when you come across Mirador El Luchador, where there is a massive statue of a "warrior", you have to turn sharply right before the bend on the narrow road leading in the middle of the bend opposite the lookout. This road leads steeply upwards and gradually turns into a dirt road. After a while, u will see the paragliding platform, continue around and park along the path as high as possible. Be careful, because the road is getting worse and worse and then it can only manage an off-road vehicle.

The hike leads steeply upwards, it was more demanding and longer than I expected. When you finally head upstairs to the forest, look for the path on the right with a yellow warning sign. Behind it, the journey begins, which is at its own risk and it is definitely not an official trail! If you decide to start, the path through the bushes will lead you to a ground concrete channel that leads to Las Ventanas de Güimar (Ventanas = "windows").

When I was there, the weather was quite gloomy and after a while on the canal leading to the edge of the rocks, we were surrounded by thick fog. It was not visible to the surroundings and the only thing I knew was that we were at altitude more than 1000 m above sea level and a bad step could mean a fall. Suddenly, a yellow excavator attached to a rock emerges in front of us, and next to it was the first dark tunnel through which we had to go on with the flashlight on. Nearby we entered another tunnel, where we finally came across some light and the expected "windows", which are actually holes in the rock tunnel. They offer beautiful views of the surroundings and down into the Güimar Valley, along with views of the wide, blue ocean.

Las Ventanas de Güimar is one of the most unique places in Tenerife and I must say that I have never experienced a crazier hike full of adventure and adrenaline!