Mirador de Pinos de Gáldar

In Santa María de Guía you will find the Viewpoint of Galdar Pines, also known as Redondela, at this point the boundaries that delimit the populations of Moya, Santa María de Guía y Galdar. The first thing that attracts the attention of the viewpoint is the environment full of hundred-year-old pines that serve to give name to this place, the second that does not leave indifferent are the spectacular views of the Gran Canaria Island that can be obtain.

The summit gives way to mediocrities with a curious landscape of mosaics, said mediocrities were once a forest of mists known as Selva de Doramas, even today there are still some relicts of this jungle. This jungle of Doramas disappeared due to intensive logging to dedicate the land to subsistence and grazing crops.

From the viewpoint it is also possible to see the Los Pinos de Gáldar Caldera, the most recent volcanic device in the Gran Canarias formation process . The mountain of the Pinar de Tamadaba can be seen to the west.

The pine forest and its surroundings were declared World Biosphere Reserve of Gran Canaria by UNESCO in 2005