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Aguamansa – La Crucita – Hike on a pilgrimage route<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This hike on Tenerife from Aguamansa in the Orotava Valley to Cumbre Dorsal (Mirador La Crucita) is part of the Camino de Candelaria pilgrimage route. Every year from 14 August to 15 August (Assumption of the Virgin Mary), pilgrims walk up the 18.5-kilometre path in the Orotava Valley to Mirador La Crucita and on to the Black Madonna in Candelaria. When the pilgrims arrive exhausted on the square in front of the large church in Candelaria after a strenuous pilgrimage, the celebration of the Assumption of Mary begins first with a few glasses of wine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"View<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Originally, the pilgrimage started from La Laguna in the north. But today the pilgrims mostly start in Aguamansa. I describe the first part of the route from Aguamansa to the Mirador La Crucita in this article. I described the rest of the way from La Crucita towards Candelaria in the article Pico Marcia<\/a>l. There, the way back from Pico Marcial took us along the pilgrims‘ path down to Arafo via G\u00fcimar. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Steep<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So after this description – if you want to hike the entire pilgrimage route – you will only be missing the section from Arafo to Candelaria. But the pilgrimage route is very well developed, well maintained and also very well signposted, so you should have no problems finding the rest of the way to the coastal town of Candelaria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Track<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

General information about the La Crucita hike<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Starting point and approach<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Starting point is a car park in a bend on the TF-21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GPS data: 28.360722-16.496020 at about 1,100 metres altitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Starting<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Approach by car <\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By car, from the north, take the TF-21 towards Teide. If you come via the Ca\u00f1adas, at El Portillo take the TF-21 towards Orotava. At Aguamansa, take a bend in the road. There are plenty of parking spaces on the side of the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approach by <\/u><\/strong>bus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Titsa bus lines 345 and 346 stop directly at the starting point of the hike. The 345 comes from Puerto de la Cruz and the 346 from Orotava. For more information, visit the Titsa homepage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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