The Portuguese are coming!
We are heading away from the bleak magnificence of the road and into the holiday villas and apartments of Los Abrigos and beyond. If you have a moment you may want to go there and update the English wiki page. It says ‘ Los Abrigos is a small fishing village in Granadilla de Abona , Tenerife . [1] It has a small harbour, which developers want to expand.’ The Spanish one is much bigger. Currently the permanent population is about 5000. In the mid nineteenth century it consisted of two single-story buildings, one of which was lived in by six people. Before the tourists the greenhouses came, as did the army during the Second World War. The most exciting thing that happened in the last 500ish years was the arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, on 1st October 1519. Having called in to Santa Cruz news came a Portuguese squadron was looking for them, Magellan hid here before heading off for America. Time for a bakery. The Dulce Ban describes itself a...