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Guidebook to walking the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. The seven Canary Islands seem to bask in everlasting sunshine and have been called The Fortunate Islands. Away from the bustling resorts, walkers can discover exceptionally rugged volcanic mountains, dense forests, scrubby semi-deserts and splendid cliff coastlines. Most of the landscapes around the islands are protected as national parks, rural parks, nature reserves and sites of special scientific interest. Walkers with an interest in flowers will find a bewildering array of endemic species. A companion guide (Canary Islands 1: West) covers Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro. Together they reveal 100 walking routes covering over 1000 miles (1600km) in total. The routes take in a wide variety of landscapes from the coast to the highest mountains. Most of the walks can be accessed using local bus services, and as bars are abundant, cold drinks can be enjoyed along the way.
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Paddy Dillon has brought islands and mountains closer to many with his books on Ireland, Arran, the Channel Islands and England. He is planning many more.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
What a disappointment are the Canary Island books by Paddy Dillon. I have used several Cicerone books in the past but these are well below the normal standard. Each book tries to cover three, or four, islands so wherever you are most of the book is useless. Many routes seem to have little point, the classic of this is a triangular road walk on Lanzarote involving walking along busy tourist roads not just point less but potentially dangerous.
Introductions are Ok but after that you are almost on your own, the maps are awful and of no use whatsoever. I could not find one aid to navigation in either book, there are no compass directions or walk tiimngs for any point on any walk.
Sadly these are way below the standard that I expect from Cicerone press and I am consigning mine to ebay.
Introductions are Ok but after that you are almost on your own, the maps are awful and of no use whatsoever. I could not find one aid to navigation in either book, there are no compass directions or walk tiimngs for any point on any walk.
Sadly these are way below the standard that I expect from Cicerone press and I am consigning mine to ebay.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I suppose I should have heeded the advice of other reviewers. This guide is of very little use if you want to do 5-6 hour circular walks. A local Engliahman "Rambling Roger" has produced a much better guide with 25 mainly circular walks.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This guide is now out of date and soon to be replaced. The GR131 is now waymarked across Fuerteventura but of all the islands this was the most disappointing section of the GR131 as it follows mainlt dusty 4X4 tracks and avoids some interesting looking ridges.
If you're planning on the GR131 in Gran Canaria, FV or Lanzarote I'd wait until the new guides are out although it IS possible to cobble together traverses of these islands (easily, in the case of Gran Canaria) from the routes in this book.
If you're planning on the GR131 in Gran Canaria, FV or Lanzarote I'd wait until the new guides are out although it IS possible to cobble together traverses of these islands (easily, in the case of Gran Canaria) from the routes in this book.
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Factual, but dry
This guidebook is useful, but has its limitations. It needs reading with a map open beside you. The sketch maps aren't great. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by Dr. Nicholas P. G. Davies
Useful and informative
This guide is thicker than the Sunflower guides and has more walks in it (50 in all). It is also a more conventional paperback shape (less easy to fit into a pocket). Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2004 by Graham Phillips
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