via the Ruta 24, or a steep climb up the Ruta 20 to Targa, then on to Antoncojo or Alajeró (see later).
To Playa de Santiago
Keep straight ahead past the buildings and a few palms, up across a scrubby slope, then wind down past palms. The rugged path crosses scrubby slopes and a stone-paved path runs in front of houses at El Rumbazo. Go down stone steps and down a steep and bendy road to cross a bridge, reaching a road junction and a map-board. Ruta 24 joins Ruta 23 here. Turn right and follow the road to Playa de Santiago. (See Walk 4 for the route description.)
Ascent to Targa
This is a steep and rocky climb of 500m (1640ft). Turn right to follow Ruta 20 up a narrow, stone-paved path beside a barranco, passing palms. Cross the barranco and keep climbing, drifting right up a steep and scrubby buttress. Further uphill worn, red rock leads to a path junction. Turn left and climb across an old water channel, passing agaves, cistus, prickly pears, tabaibal and verode. The path climbs up around cliffs, in and out of gullies, exploiting every weakness to gain height on a formidable mountainside. The path is gentler as it crosses a rocky gap and reaches a road. Turn right up the road to a signpost at Targa, for options to walk to Alajeró or Antoncojo.
To Alajeró
Walkers take in the view at the head of the Barranco de Guarimiar near Imada
After a steep climb from the Barranco de Guarimiar, Alajeró can be reached easily from Targa
Walk further along the road, step down to the left to follow the GR132, then cross a streambed and climb back to the road. Cross the road and watch carefully for cairns and markers as the path is initially vague and rugged, although further uphill it is concrete. Turn left up a road to reach a little quarry on the right. Turn right just after the quarry to walk up a stone-paved path. Turn right across bare rock, then an easy terrace path leads to an old house where a stone-paved path runs to the main road in Alajeró. The Bar Restaurante Las Palmeras is across the road, or continue a little further, walking roughly parallel to the road to reach a bus shelter. See Walk 20 for more information about the GR132.
To Antoncojo
This route runs downhill, around 300m (985ft). Leave Targa as signposted for Antoncojo, crossing bare rock and following a narrow path between low walls across old terraces, passing a few palms. Climb a little then keep right at a path junction as marked. A rugged path zigzags down a slope of agaves, cistus, asphodel and prickly pears, to the rocky bed of a barranco. Do not cross, but head downstream, scrambling on rock if necessary. A scanty path appears, and a boulder threatens to push walkers into the stream, but still do not cross. Step up onto a terrace, then down a terrace, then turn right and left and finally cross the streambed.
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