Las Grietas — Attraction in Tías

We visited Las Grietas earlier today. It's a marvellous geological feature and well worth the minimum effort to get there. Firstly though getting to the parking is dangerous if you are not sensible. From Teguise direction keep driving up the hill past the sign that says Municipio de San Bartolome. You will pass the main car park on your left immediately after that sign. Do not stop and try to get to the parking as you'll probably damage your car or get rear ended!! Keep driving for about 500m and you will see a no over taking sign. Turn left just before that sign and the ground is at the same level as the road. You can then drive back to the car park along a dirt track. Trying to get off the road anywhere else is dangerous. We witnessed 3 near collisions in the 45 minutes we were there as people slowly tried to get off or on to the road.

Once parked walk along the path heading south west and stay close to the road - do not go up the hill unless this is your plan. Las Grietas are at the bottom. Keep walking and after about 500m you will see them on your right. You can either walk all the way up and climb onto the upper flat level or walk in and back out. If you keep walking eventually you get to the base of a power pylon. At that point you can turn back on yourself and up to your right. This takes you to the top of Las Grietas.

We spent about 45 minutes there and that was enough to see them. Wear closed shoes as it's very dusty and lots of sand and...

A great hour or two free of charge. We visited in October 2024 on a windy and misty morning. A moderate ability walk and medium climb (if you want to climb out of the gorge).

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As you approach (by car) slow down as there's no official parking lot, just a dusty and gravel area, with plenty of space however take care and aim to exit the road about 400 - 600m passed the Google maps pin / or passed the sign for San Bartolome. Do this or risk a 30cm curb drop!! You can drive up the hill on the gravel, parallel to the road, to the parking area. Go early, before 11am as it gets busy. Once parked, walk parallel to the road to the point where the overhead pylons and the entrance to the gorge is on your right. There's an information board next to the main road - a ridiculous place for it! The gorge is narrow in places and spectacular in full sun. The more able can climb out the far end, turn right and (easily) traverse across back to the cars. Alternatively do it in reverse, but it looked a bit more dangerous climbing backwards down into the gorge. The parking, as I say is gravel and unofficial, none of the route is suitable for the less able. There's no other facilities like shops or toilets! Enjoy...

It is not an official attraction, so there are no signs. It is very difficult to understand where to go. There is a parking lot, but you have to go there directly from the road, where cars drive very fast and it can be dangerous if you slow down to drive into the parking lot so that your car remains intact. When you drive into the parking lot, the edge of the road is very high and with a low vehicle you can damage your car. If you stand facing the mountain, the canyons are on the left. A straight path along the mountainside leads there at a fairly low level. The main canyon is approximately in line with the tunnel on the road. You can also see where it is located in my picture. The picture was taken from above. This canyon is not visible from the road and you can ask people coming back for the entrance. If you continue along the path a little higher, you can also see other canyons, but this is the most beautiful one, which is...