Casa Carlos - Taborno

1 The track starts on the right side of the restaurant Casa Carlos (the former Casa Negrín), near the junction of the TF-1123, along a rural road that leads to some houses. After some 150 m. the track starts, through the remaining "monteverde", with some very good examples of the purest laurel forests.
You keep in this sort of surrounding until you get close to La Bollada, where, as the wood gets thinner and clearer, you may admire the most striking views over the valleys of Afur and Carbonera.
The track reaches the TF-1128 amid tilled, half-tilled and abandoned fields; at times you may see the original cobblestones. There is a bus stop at the junction with the road. You cross the TF-1128 and come into Taborno; leaving the square behind you, you head towards the Taborno Mount (Roque de Taborno), which constitutes a real landmark, a symbol of the Anaga Park.
The terrain of the area next to El Roque is somewhat difficult as the track narrows and the way gets less and less clear.
2 Once at El Roque, the track ends right at the front part of it, and from there, you get an impressive view of the ravines of Afur and Taborno in spite of the persistent clouds.

Interesting details

Casa Carlos - Taborno

After Tinerfe, the last great "mencey" (king), died, Beneharo, his youngest son inherited the kingdom of Anaga. During this time, Anaga was extremely rich in water and pasture, and the Guanches had enough to live on. When the conquest ended by 1495, the process of pacification and colonization started, and Anaga was divided among the Spanish conquerors, the Adelantado (governor of new territories appointed by the Crown) Don Alonso Fernández de Lugo gave the lands in the traditional "repartimientos de tierra" (land divisions). The first settlement of this area, Taganana, was founded in 1501. Taganana would become later the centre of jurisdiction. The driving force behind Taganana´s olonization process and its economic development was sugar. One of the most urgent necessities was to open new roads and to break the isolation of the area. The network of paths and roads used by the indigenous people proved to be absolutely insufficient, hence other and better roads had to be built, e.g. the Camino Real de las Vueltas (Royal Road of the Bends)

Flora

Canary Islands Ebony (Persea Indica), Canarian Laurel (Laurus Azorica). Taborno and Afur ravines. Taborno Rock. Afur valley and Las Carboneras valley.

Values

Fauna: two kinds of wild pigeons, called "turqué" (Bolle pigeon) and "rabiche" (Pigeon of the Laurel Forests).

Heritage

Huts and straw lofts in Taborno. Threshing floor in Taborno.

Protection

Inside the rural Park of Anaga (1st and 2nd sections). Useful telephone numbers Rural Park Informatión Centre 922 633 576 La Laguna Local Police 922 601 175 Red Cross 922 259 626 922 281 800 City/Highway Police 922 259 416 TITSA (Bus company) 922 531 300

Route details

Position	Borough of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Start point	Rte. Casa Carlos (close to the crotch TF-1123)
End point	Roque de Taborno
Distance	4,5 Km. approx.
Duration	2 h. 5 min.
Difficulty	Low
Accessibility	TITSA bus routes
Slope	250 mts