{"id":26738,"date":"2023-06-17T15:20:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leo-reuter.de\/siebeninseln\/?p=26738"},"modified":"2024-10-20T19:37:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T17:37:05","slug":"barranco-orchilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leo-reuter.de\/siebeninseln\/en\/tenerife\/barranco-orchilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Barranco de La Orchilla – Great circular hike over the Monta\u00f1a Colorada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Barranco de La Orchilla – Historic Resource of Nature<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This large circular hike starts and ends at the Barranco de La Orchilla. For a good part of the hike, the trail leads you along the edge of this deep and impressive gorge. You will cross the Barranco twice. Here is some information about the Barranco de La Orchilla. The name of the barranco comes from the lichen plant of the same name (Roccella canariensis tintorera) that grows on the slopes of the gorge. It used to be the source of the dye used to dye the colour purple. Not only textiles, but also chairs, curtains and bedspreads of European palaces were dyed purple with the orchilla. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The gathering of the orchilla in the barranco of the same name has been documented since the end of the 15th century. It was dangerous work, as the collectors had to move along the inaccessible exposed and steep rock faces in order to harvest the plant there. For the inhabitants, however, the Barranco de La Orchilla was very rich in resources in the past, and not only because of the well-known wattle plant. Besides the orchilla, there were also stones, clay and loam. The clay was another very good source of income for the inhabitants of the gorge, because it was sold to the large pottery centres in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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