Our last full day on this island and there is still so much to see that we jointly agreed to skip an island hop day trip over to Lanzarote – save that for next trip :-)! Today we headed back to the Museo de la Sal (salt museum) which was a bit underwhelming unfortunately. It only just opened in 2018, so perhaps they just need to perfect it.
This is an actual working salt mine at least – but as it is mid winter, it is currently not in use (our luck). The salt is supposed to be better when it initiates through the ‘blow holes’, or at least starts off frothy although no explanation as to why? The salt pans are quite aesthetically pleasing though with the varying textures and colours in each box as the natural gravity flow and sun baking effect takes you from water filled down to salt filled. It must look much better when in actual use – right now there are in disuse and need a cleaning before the new season starts.
The basil salt and thyme salt were quite nice, but expensive. We expected that we could purchase in the grocery store for much less, as we could with the cheese. But alas, we skipped the buy and never were able to find the salts in the shops. Opportunity lost!
Next off to the historic town of Betancuria – built in 1404 as the original capital of the Canary Islands. It was an interesting little town, but the church and tourist info centre were closed, so we sat and “enjoy”ed a cold beer on an even colder day. So off to the other favourite haunt (apart from beer drinking), HiperDino to pick up some aloe vera cream, Mojo sauces, and Suz got her much sought after gofio.
Then a quick stop by the local town of La Oliva to ‘the best pizza shop in the islands’ where we picked up 3 to go – 1 ham, 1 seafood, 1 pica pica which together with salad and wine rounded out a great dinner back home. And then we had to pack for next day travel – so unlikely as it seems another day to bed without cards!
