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This route recovers the memory of a time when Alajeró transformed its hillsides into a powerful agricultural landscape. The large dams around Antoncojo —Sao, Cascajo, Antoncojo and Cardones— tell the story of an era when water was stored behind stone walls to support export crops in a demanding territory.

This experience shows how, in a dry territory, water became a driving force for life and social organisation. The route passes through key places —Imada, Guarimiar, Targa— where springs, irrigation channels and paths were created, shaping the agricultural rhythm of the municipality. The walk helps visitors understand how every drop defined settlements, crops and ways of life.

This short route explores the territory that shaped traditional herding and the historic cheese production of Alajeró. Among old threshing floors, former grazing areas and paths that cut through terraced fields, visitors discover the deep connection between the landscape and the municipality’s ways of subsistence.

This experience brings together the flavours that have defined the identity of Alajeró: cheese, wine, honey and coffee. The route crosses centuries-old terraces and hamlets that preserve the rhythm of rural life, stopping at places where tradition and sustainability remain alive, such as the Cheese and Shepherding Interpretation Centre or the local wine cellar.

This short route climbs directly from the Alajeró viewpoint to the mountain of Tagaragunche, one of the most important sanctuaries of ancient La Gomera. The ascent is brief but rich in meaning: each step raises the viewpoint over the slopes and brings visitors closer to the spiritual heart of the territory.

This experience invites us to walk through the hills of Alajeró following the echo of Orahan, the Indigenous deity that gave spiritual meaning to the ancient canton of Orone. Among hermitages, sacred summits and paths that cross ravines, the route reveals how the mountains were, for centuries, the natural temples of the island’s Indigenous population. The trail links symbolic points —Virgen del Paso, San Lorenzo and Tagaragunche— where landscape and spirituality blend.

This daytime route invites us to follow a section of the historic GR-132, descending from the rural centre of Alajeró until reaching the coast. The path crosses terraces, palm groves and hamlets such as Targa, where the landscape gradually opens towards the Atlantic. It is a trail that blends agricultural tradition with wide panoramas, revealing the natural transition between the inland mountains and the island’s southern coastline.

This experience immerses visitors in an authentic, quiet Alajeró, deeply connected to the sky. The night walk begins at the Centro de Interpretación del Queso y el Pastoreo, a space that reminds us how life in La Gomera has always been guided by the cycles of nature… and also by the stars. From there, the route follows a gentle path surrounded by ravines and volcanic silhouettes, while the sky —clear, deep and free from light pollution— unfolds above like a vast living map.

David Meca Medina (born in Sabadell, on 1 February 1974) is one of the world’s most renowned open water swimmers. A multi-time champion in international competitions, he has made the oceans his stage and extreme endurance his personal trademark. His feats, such as swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar, connecting the Canary Islands, and tackling more than 100 kilometres of open sea, have consolidated his position as an icon of sport and personal achievement.