Trekking paths
Trails through pine forests and volcanic peaks.
...Breathe Where The Road Ends...
Out here, only nature has full signal
Discover Our Place
Out here, only nature has full signal
Discover Our PlaceLet's be honest: this place is not for everyone — and that's exactly why it might be perfect for you. There's no pool bar here, no entertainment programme, no crowds from the south of the island; instead, there's a house carved into solid rock in Barranco Hondo de Abajo, a village recognised by UNESCO as part of the Risco Caído and Sacred Mountains Cultural Landscape of Gran Canaria. People have lived in these caves continuously since pre-Hispanic times — your neighbours will be a handful of local families and more than twenty species of birds. The rock takes care of comfort on its own: a pleasant, stable temperature all year round and a silence so deep it may genuinely surprise you on your first night. We added only what's essential — warm wood, soft light, a good bed, and WiFi, in case you want to show someone where you are. A thousand years ago people carved these walls by hand to survive; today you fall asleep between them by choice. Some will call it boring; you'll call it finally resting.
Long before anyone called this island Gran Canaria, people carved these walls by hand — not for luxury, but to survive. Barranco Hondo de Abajo is one of the last cave villages still inhabited today, part of the Risco Caído Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Life inside the rock follows the rhythm of nature: the stone keeps a constant, pleasant temperature all year round — cool in summer, warm in winter, with no technology at all. The thick earthen walls create a silence so deep you have to experience it to believe it — only the wind moving through the valley and the songs of more than twenty species of birds. Here, your neighbours are a handful of local families whose roots in this valley go back generations. Our Casa Cueva blends this pre-Hispanic heritage with modern comfort: warm wood, soft light and a good bed embraced by solid rock. When you stay the night, you don't rent a room — you become a small part of the same unbroken, thousand-year-old story.
Forget the beaten paths — trekking around Barranco Hondo is mountains in their raw form: stone trails, farming terraces, and valleys where you're more likely to meet a goat than another tourist. The main route runs from the village to Degollada de Artenara, along old shepherd paths that locals walked for generations, long before anyone called it a "UNESCO trail." Along the way you pass Risco Caído and enter the ravine country of the northwest, with views over the Tejeda caldera — a landscape writer Miguel de Unamuno once described as a "petrified storm." A tip for the observant: this valley is a birdwatcher's paradise with 20+ species, so binoculars are as essential as hiking boots. Best time to hit the trail? Early morning, when the sun is just filling the barranco and the only sound is wind — then you come home to a house carved from the very rock you've been walking on all day.
Trails through pine forests and volcanic peaks.
Flavours shaped by altitude and tradition.
Dramatic ridges and calderas at the island's heart.
Turquoise water and paths minutes from your door.
Welcome to Journal from the Cave — a diary written quite literally from inside the rock. This is where we'll regularly share everything happening in Barranco Hondo and around our Casa Cueva: renovation progress, mornings in the valley, hiking trails, birdlife, curiosities of living in a house carved into stone, and stories of the local community that has called this place home for generations. A fun fact to begin with: these walls are journals themselves — every hollow, shelf and niche carved into the rock tells you how people lived here a century ago. Whether you're here for travel inspiration, silence, design, or a piece of UNESCO history — you'll find something for yourself. Stay with us, because this rock still has plenty of stories to tell.
"Waking up inside a mountain, in total silence, was the reset we didn't know we needed. The terrace at sunrise is pure magic."
"No AC, no heating — and yet perfectly comfortable. The hiking starts right at the door. We already booked our next stay."
"The most authentic place we have ever stayed on the Canary Islands. Warm hosts, incredible local cheese, zero noise."
