We enjoy a fabulous lunch-time recital by Juan Lois Bardón who played the mighty-fine modern Blancafort organ installed in Auditorio de Tenerife, playing Bach, Mozart, Fauré, Santa-Saëns and Zimmer to great effect.
Instead of picnicking in the car-park like we usually do we decide to explore a nearby town which we drive past on the motorway every visit to the capital, yet because it is literally hanging off the cliff-side below, we don’t think about stopping normally.
Originally called Guadamojete, now called Radazul, divers have found much evidence this little harbour town has history going back to at least the 16th century but realistically the first settlers, Guanches, were probably here too, meaning it could date back 3000 years, only the old name gives a clue.
Now it’s a quiet backwater accessible only by some crazy winding roads down from the motorway, pretty much like every other village and many towns in Tenerife. Several small villages string together and we park at Playa de la Nea and walk back through Radazul to Tabaiba choosing a nice spot to have lunch before returning.
In this area there seems to be just one hotel, but many divers and dive shops, a natural swimming pool and a few restaurants down by the marina.
We experience some serious rain as we drive back, but note there’s been none at home since earlier this morning, we have now had six mm this weekend, a fifth of 2023’s total rainfall.
