Tour of Lanzarote, section 3: Ye to Caleta de Famara

Third section of the signposted tour of Lanzarote (Ruta 9, white plates with the number 9). You start in Ye, in the north of the island, at the foot of La Corona volcano, and head west and downhill on volcanic dirt tracks and farm lanes between stone walls, with the odd link along local roads, to Caleta de Famara, the sandy village by the beach and the Famara cliffs. It's the section with the most climbing on the tour: there are short, punchy rises and some stretches of loose picón where wide tyres help. Water and food: there's little in Ye; bring it from Haría or refill in Caleta de Famara. You can ride it all year round; watch out for the north wind and the sun, as there's hardly any shade. Point to point: to get back, link up with section 4 or arrange transport from the Caleta.

Track based on OpenStreetMap (Ruta 9, «Pedales de Lava», signposted by the Cabildo de Lanzarote) (ODbL).