address: El Junquillo s/n Santa Maria de Guía Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las
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( googlemap )latitude: 28° 5' 52.3200'' N
longitude: 15° 36' 36.0200'' W
altitude: 950 m.
" El Junquillo " is situated in the hight part of t Guía. Across the magnificent footpaths which stretch through the landscape, you can discover beautiful landscapes of Gran Canarias: nature spaces, small hamlets that are authentic backwaters of peace.
It is situated in a place, where an ancient system of cattle explotation is pursued for centuries, which has molded the most beautiful landscape of pastures and bushes of leguminous.
In this area is produced the famous cheese " Flor de Guía ". Currently the landscape is divided into meadows and pineries with Canary pines, that come from a repopulations a few decades ago.