Ajuy This is where Jean de Béthencourt and Gadifer de la Salle disembarked in 1402. The two conquerors pushed on through the valley of Vega de Río Palmas, tall palm-trees above them, through thick undergrowth, sometimes wading through the raging currents of the mountain stream, which in those das carried water all year round. For many years, the black sand beach of “Puerto de la Peña” served a newly-founded island capital of Betancuria as a harbour. |