Tiagua is a small village situated on the main road from San Bartolomé to Tinajo, just before the crossroads where you can turn for Mancha Blanca or Soo the recently restored mill has opened with a café, gallery and shop.
There is a large car park to the side of the building, it wasn’t obvious if you could cross the centre white line when heading in the direction of Tinajo so please be careful when turning in from this direction – we drove a little way further on and turned around to enter the car park on the same side of the road to avoid any fines from passing police!
The Café La Molina stretches from the front bar area through the building to the back gallery offering a wide range of seating. There was a delicious smell of roasting chicken and the chef took great delight in opening the traditional oven in the courtyard to show us the chickens cooking on a tray inside, a different method from the asaderos that normally have a rotisserie. We had only stopped for coffee and a piece of cinnamon cake but there was a full range of tapas available as well as pizzas and all to eat in or take away (telephone 648 059 026).
Off the courtyard or from a separate front entrance there was a delightful shop that had several rooms offering children's and ladies clothes, household goods, interesting furniture, pictures and lots more.
At the back of the building was a lovely room that stretched the width of the property with an artist painting at one end and tables to sit and order from the Café.
This was a great place to stop for a coffee or to stretch your legs if exploring the island, the building has been sympathetically refurbished keeping lots of the old features including the interior workings of the mill.
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