Slowly making our way back to the other side of the island, we did a couple of stops. The first was at La Frontera, where we drove all the way up to the Candelaria Church with its unique bell tower. Next to the church was a restaurant with an Italian flavour, but very nice (La […]
Maybe the coast to the north-west can appear tamer, but during our time there it was very wild indeed! We had high waves which were crashing constantly against the rocks and all the rock pools along the coast were closed. We started exploring at Arenas Blancas, the only “white beach” at the island. From there
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Guinea is the name of an old village in the El Golfo valley. The reason for the name is unclear, but the village was used by the inhabitants of El Hierro only in spring and autumn. The came down on a path through the steep cliff, with all their family and animals, to grow the
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After our hike in the mist, just driving down a little had brought us to an entirely different weather with sun and nice temperatures. Our first stop was at the La Peña lookout, designed by César Manrique Cabrera, a Spanish artist, sculptor, and nature activist from Lanzarote, who built many outstanding buildings on the Canary
From La Restinga, we had driven up to the Mirador de Las Playas. The playas (beaches) were about 1,000 metres below us and the view was spectacular. Even short after sunset, we had a good view of La Gomera, Tenerife and especially the Teide. We were already back at the car, when the colours of
From El Sabinar we had continued down the mountains to the sea. From green pastures, we came into the lava fields of the south. The lighthouse of Orchilla marks since 1933 the south-western tip of the islands for the seafarers. At the Embarcadero there was a parking and some infrastructure, even the possibility for a
We have heard about the famous trees of El Hierro, the Sabinas, a juniper tree which bends down to withstand the strong winds. The Sabina is the symbol of the island, included in their coat of arms and El Sabinar is the place to find them, so we left our mountain and drove down over
