Excursion to Roque Nublo

Roque Nublo, one of the natural symbols of Gran Canaria, awaits you to reveal its mysteries.

1. What are the stones made of? The first mystery echoes from stone to stone and from rock to rock. What are the stones of the summit of Gran Canaria made of? Moreover, what is Roque Nublo itself, the island's great emblem, made of? Fire and time have the answer. This spectacular monolith of about eighty meters high and located more than eighteen hundred meters above sea level is the petrified witness of the explosion of a stratovolcano that took place several million years ago. The most patient sculptor that exists, time, sculpted the ashes and other petrified pyroclasts until modeling the figure of Roque Nublo that we contemplate today.