A repeat visit to LHS Femes circular walk in the south of the island. A blustery day but the views down the many ravines of Los Ajaches were well worth the effort.
The walk starts from the small church of San Marcial del Rubicón. Heads across the round-a-bout onto Calle del Filo and up onto the ridgeway at 404m.
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The Femes LHS circle is about 3 .5 hours. It is good under foot and is well marked. The map distance is about 8km.
The ridgeway itself is mostly north eastly. The path eventually zig zags its way back down to the valley floor at the Las Casitas end of the valley. We choose to cross the old soil extraction zone. Cross the LZ-702 and pick up the dirt track back to Femes on the other side of the valley.
As a coffee and cake suggestion or a spot of lunch we stopped at Restaurante Balcon de Femes. Restaurante El Mirador de Femes is right next door and Restaurante Casa Emiliano is just over he road and Bar Restaurante Casa Juan just off the roundabout.
If you get the chance Iglesia de San Marcial del Rubicón is well worth a peek inside. Around the inside walls of the church are models of family fishing boats, placed there to bring blessings on the fisherman who work them.
Femes LHS Circle – History
To read more on the history of Femes and the surrounding area, you can checkout the following sites:
The sites are in Spanish, so if it helps I have made an attempt to summarise a few topics of interest in the History section.