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Apart from signposts, routes are marked by occasional paint marks: yellow for routes on La Gomera, parallel yellow and white stripes for PR routes on El Hierro, and red and white stripes for the GR routes on both islands. These confirm that walkers are still on course, and usually appear at junctions. Left and right turns are indicated with right-angled flashes, but if the paint marks form an ‘X’, this indicates that a wrong turn has been made.

Maps

The Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), www.cnig.es, publishes maps of the Canary Islands at scales of 1:50,000 and 1:25,000. These are part of the Mapa Topográfico Nacional (MTN) series. To avoid disappointment, please check the style and quality of these maps before making a purchase, since they generally do not show the details that walkers require.

For La Gomera the best map of the island and its network of signposted trails is published by Editorial Alpina, www.editorialalpina.com, at a scale of 1:25,000. This is far and away the most detailed and up-to-date map available.