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César Manrique viewpoint over El Río and La Graciosa.
The Mirador Montaña de La Breña is a viewpoint on the mountain that gives it its name, within the municipality of Breña Baja, on the island of La Palma. It is reached along Calle la Montaña, in the upper part of the municipality, and its whole purpose is the panorama of the surrounding landscape, taken in from the high ground itself. A simple stop to add to an unhurried tour of Breña Baja.
Mirador Llano de Las Ventas is an astronomical viewpoint in the municipality of Breña Baja, on La Palma, standing at around 1,320 metres and looking out over the island's eastern coast. It is fitted with a marker post that points to the Pole Star, a planisphere for locating the main circumpolar constellations, and several interpretive panels. It belongs to the island network of sixteen astronomical viewpoints.
Mirador de Izcagua stands in the El Pinar area of Puntagorda, in the north-west of La Palma, right beside the Mercadillo del Agricultor farmers' market. The website of the La Palma Biosphere Reserve presents it as a set of floating viewpoints: walkways edged with glass railings that reach out over the ravine and give a sensation of flight. It is reached by car from the village centre heading north, along the camino del Pinar.
The Mirador Jardín de Las Hespérides looks out over the La Galga ravine, in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces on the island of La Palma. It offers wide panoramic views and holds the monument to the Garden of the Hesperides, a tribute to the ancient classical myth and to its link with the Canary Islands. It is reached by car along the northern LP-1 road, at the Los Galguitos neighbourhood.
The Mirador de La Punta looks over the valley of Hermigua from the GM-1 road, roughly halfway between Hermigua and Agulo. Below lie Playa de Santa Catalina, the pillars of the old loading crane and a carpet of banana plantations climbing the terraces. Montaña del Hueco and the headland of Hermigua close the background, and across the water Tenerife appears with Teide on a clear day.
The Mirador Altavista occupies the upper part of the Altavista district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the landscaped slope that links the neighbourhood with the Paseo de Chil. The city council opened it to the public in 2019, with three stepped terraces and a fourth one set aside for group relaxation techniques, along with young trees, lighting, shade pergolas and an adjoining parking area.
A viewpoint inside the Caldera de Taburiente National Park, in the municipal district of El Paso. The park's visitor guide places it on the Cumbrecita-Lomo de las Chozas itinerary, which returns by the Mirador de los Roques: a circuit of 2,880 metres, graded low in difficulty, averaging an hour and a half, with signposts at the notable points along the way.
A summit viewpoint on the rim of the Caldera de los Pinos de Gáldar, at around 1,500 metres and ringed by centuries-old Canary pines. It commands the north and west of Gran Canaria, from the volcano down to the coast. It is also one of the island's official astronomical viewpoints.
A viewpoint on the central plateau of El Hierro, inside the Frontera rural park, looking out over the escarpment of the El Golfo valley. From the rim you take in at a glance the huge landslide that dropped half the island's flank and left the valley at the foot of the wall. It is reached on a circular trail through a south-facing laurel and heath forest of tall tree heathers, ferns and lichen.
Mirador de La Cancelita stands in Los Barros, in the municipality of El Paso on La Palma, and is the end point of the Lomo de las Chozas - Mirador de la Cancelita route in the Caldera de Taburiente National Park visitor guide. That trail skirts the northern slope of Pico Bejenado through pine forest, springs and ravines, with views into the Caldera, and reaches the viewpoint at 552 metres.
Torre del Time is a small viewpoint in the municipality of Tijarafe, on the west side of La Palma, looking down into the Barranco de las Angustias and the lower stretch of the Caldera de Taburiente. It takes its name from a forest watchtower, not open to visitors, that overlooks most of the neighbouring national park. It is reached by an unpaved track or on foot along the GR 131 long-distance trail.
A small coastal spot in the municipality of Garachico, on the northern side of Tenerife. On one side the view opens over Garachico and its rugged coast, with the outline of the Roque in the foreground, the cliff of El Guincho and the sport and fishing harbour; on the other it settles on abandoned terraces that recall the crops once grown in the area. There is parking, a bus stop, adapted access and an interpretive table.
A viewpoint on the TF-21 road, the route that climbs from La Orotava towards Teide National Park. It grew out of a small rest area and was opened in 2014 by the island council of Tenerife together with the town council of La Orotava. The balcony looks out over a broad stretch of mountain woodland that the island council has been replanting, and interpretive panels explain how the area was reforested.
An open-air viewpoint in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on Calle Rodrigo de Manrique. Known as Parque de Pepe el limpiabotas, it serves as an urban lookout point inside the city, on the island of Gran Canaria.
Mirador del Cardón is a viewpoint in the municipality of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, on the island of Gran Canaria. Miradores are open-air observation points from which the surrounding landscape can be taken in.
Mirador Espigón Atravesado is a viewpoint in Los Sauces, in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces, on the island of La Palma, and its address is on the LP-1 road. Miradores are open-air observation points from which the surrounding landscape can be taken in.
Mirador Barranco del Carmen is a viewpoint in the municipality of Santa Cruz de La Palma, on the island of La Palma, and its address is on the LP-1 road. Miradores are open-air observation points from which the surrounding landscape can be taken in.
Mirador de la Caldera is a viewpoint in the municipality of Haría, on the island of Lanzarote, in the Canary archipelago. Miradores are open-air observation points from which the surrounding landscape can be taken in.
The Mirador del Corazón de Jesús occupies the summit of the montaña de La Cilla, in Artenara, and is crowned by a sculpture dedicated to the Sacred Heart. The piece, by the sculptor José Luis Marrero, was installed in 1996, is made of marble dust and stone and reaches eight and a half metres in height including its pedestal. It is reached by a stepped path that starts to the right of the gate of the mirador de La Cilla.
The Mirador de Los Brecitos stands at 1,010 metres in the municipality of El Paso, on the island of La Palma, and is a fitting place from which to take in the Caldera de Taburiente National Park and Pico Bejenao. It is also the starting point of one of the most beautiful trails on the island, the path that descends to the Las Angustias ravine. Parking is not permitted at the viewpoint, so the spot has to be reached by taxi service.
The Mirador de Las Hoyas looks out over the coast of Tazacorte, on the island of La Palma, beside the LP-213 road running down towards La Bombilla. From the terrace the eye takes in the Aridane valley, the banana plantations that reach the sea and, on clear days, the outline of El Hierro on the horizon. A designated parking area lies next to the viewpoint.
The Mirador Barranco de Los Gomeros is a viewpoint in the municipality of Santa Cruz de La Palma, on the island of La Palma. It opens directly onto the LP-1 road, so the stop is made from the carriageway itself.
A viewpoint on the GC-150 road, in the municipality of Tejeda, in the mountainous interior of Gran Canaria. A degollada is a saddle, the low point between two heights, and it is exactly that shape in the terrain that opens up the view from the road. This is a roadside stop with no facilities, on a stretch of tight bends where it is best to pull over only in the marked lay-bys.
The Mirador de La Grimona, a roadside viewpoint on the northern motorway of Tenerife, lies on the carriageway towards Icod de los Vinos, past El Socorro beach and the barranco de la Torre tunnel, in the municipality of Los Realejos. It looks over La Grimona beach, the Socorro coast and Punta del Guindaste, along the rugged shoreline of black sand coves that fringes the municipality.
Mirador del volcán Lomo Negro is one of the viewpoints of the island of El Hierro, in the municipal district of La Frontera. From it one can make out the colourful layers of the steep walls that drop towards the sea. The different colours come from different types of eruption: the ochre rock was formed where magma came into contact with water. It is one of the natural balconies from which the volcanic origin of the island can be read.
Mirador El Lagarito is a roadside viewpoint in the municipality of El Tanque, in the north of Tenerife. It opens onto Garachico and the Isla Baja, in particular towards the Volcán de Taco in Los Silos and over the lava flow that swamped the harbour of Garachico in the 1706 eruption. It also gives a clear line of sight into the protected area of the Acantilados de la Culata.
From the Mirador de La Atalaya, in the centre of Artenara, the hamlets of Las Cuevas, Caidero and Chajunco come into view. A careful look at these districts is enough to work out that this is a cave dwelling village, where most of the residents live in modern caves that are cool in summer and warm in winter. The village also sits in the middle of the pine woods of inland Gran Canaria.
The Mirador de los Canarios occupies a small esplanade at the pass of the Barranco de los Canarios, in the municipality of Pájara, inside the Parque Natural de Jandía. The point looks out from the cliff that faces the windward coast, at the south western end of Fuerteventura, and from the area the view reaches the Cofete valley and both sides of the peninsula, Sotavento and Barlovento.
A ridge viewpoint in the north of the municipality of Arafo, on the central spine of Tenerife. It is reached from the TF-24, the road linking La Laguna with El Portillo, at about kilometre 26, where a turning leads down a track to the mirador itself. There is space to park at the end. On clear days the view reaches the Güímar valley, the summit of the island and Gran Canaria across the water.
A viewpoint in the heart of the Tamadaba pine forest, beside the GC-216 road that skirts the Pico de La Bandera, within the municipality of Agaete in north-west Gran Canaria. It looks out widely over the western side of the island. Several walking routes start from the surrounding area, among them the climb to the Pico de La Bandera itself and the classic San Pedro route, which drops down towards Agaete.
Mirador de San Bartolo, also known as Mirador del Salto del Enamorado, sits in the municipality of Puntallana in north-eastern La Palma, on the hillside of La Galga. It stands at about 439 metres above sea level, above a crag of the Barranco de Nogales, and offers one of the widest panoramas of the island's eastern side. It also belongs to the island network of astronomical viewpoints.
Mirador de Tajaqué is a roadside viewpoint on the GM-2, within the municipal district of San Sebastián de la Gomera, on the island of La Gomera. The island council describes that road as the route linking San Sebastián with the Degollada de Peraza, giving access to the southern municipalities of the island, to the airport and to the Garajonay National Park.
Mirador de El Julan sits at 850 metres above sea level in the municipality of El Pinar, in the south-west of El Hierro, beside the HI-400 road. The island tourism portal describes it as opening onto panoramic views over the hillside, whose sheer gradient runs down towards the cliff that meets the Mar de Las Calmas. The volcanic field of La Restinga closes the view. There is parking at the spot.
A lookout on Calle Canadá, within the tourist area of Maspalomas, in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, on the southern side of Gran Canaria. It stands inside the resort, set back somewhat from the beach front. The municipality runs from the coast up to the summit of the island and combines beach and mountain tourism. Its coastal strip holds the Special Nature Reserve of the Maspalomas dunes.
An urban lookout in the Ciudad Alta district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Schamann and San Antonio sector, next to the housing estate that gives it its name. It corresponds to the watch point forming the north-eastern vertex of the ridge on which the neighbourhood is built, between the slopes of the Barranquillo de Don Zoilo and those of the Cornisa de San Antonio. The official city guide lists it alongside the Altavista and El Cardón lookouts.
A lookout point in the municipality of El Rosario on Tenerife, on the TF-24 road at kilometre 13, on the climb towards Teide. The stopping place occupies a clearing in the pine forest, with centuries-old specimens around it. The view takes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the farmland of El Rosario and the steep flank of the Anaga massif, and to the south it reaches the Malpaís de Güímar and the coast at El Médano. There are interpretation panels, parking and step-free access.
Mirador de Somada Alta is a viewpoint in the municipality of Puntallana, on La Palma, set within the surroundings of the Cubo de La Galga. According to Puntallana town council, it opens up a broad panorama over the landscape of the northern part of the island, in an area of considerable environmental and scenic value. The council describes it as a reference point within the path network of the municipality and of the island.
Mirador de La Tosca sits at 700 metres above sea level on the LP-1 road towards Gallegos, within the municipality of Barlovento in the north of La Palma. From it you can see the typical hamlets of rural areas with steep terrain, the districts of Topaciegas, La Palmita and Gallegos, and the cliffs of the northern coast. Below the viewpoint an ageing stand of dragon trees grows beside stone houses.
Mirador Paseo La Cornisa is an urban viewpoint on the Paseo de La Cornisa, in the Ciudad Alta district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. From it opens a wide panorama of the city, of the Atlantic Ocean and, above all, of the Puerto de Las Palmas. The municipal tourism website adds that the viewpoint was renamed in 2010 in honour of the Italian town of Martinsicuro, a place linked to the city by fishing history.
A balcony above Puerto de Mogán on the slope of the Lomo Quiebre, taking in the fishing harbour and marina, the white village and the south western coastline of Gran Canaria in a single view. It is reached on foot from the centre, up the narrow lanes that climb behind the quay, and it is one of the most sought after outlooks here in the last hours of the afternoon.
A viewpoint on the Garachico coast built around the monument to the Canary emigrant, at the Risco Partido. The council's tourism site dates its inauguration to 3 August 1990 and credits the sculptor and poet Fernando García Ramos: a two metre bronze human figure standing on a stone base of the same height, with a plaque alluding to emigration.
A lookout point inside Teide National Park, in the municipality of La Orotava, reached by a 0.4-kilometre surfaced path that starts at La Rambleta. The walk is linear, graded low difficulty, takes around twenty-five minutes and needs no permit. From the top you look out over the northern side of the National Park and much of the island, with the reddish crags of La Fortaleza standing in the foreground.
A viewpoint in the El Roque neighbourhood of Puntagorda, in north-western La Palma. A huge, emblematic dragon tree presides over the spot and gives it its name, and from here a magnificent view opens over the Barranco de El Roque. An old camino real runs right alongside, one of the tracks that linked the hamlets before today's roads existed. A small car park at the base makes it an easy stop on a drive through the municipality.
An urban balcony in the Las Coloradas district, set on a volcanic hill inside the protected landscape of La Isleta, at the northern end of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Its viewpoints give one of the best outlooks over the city and over the island's north coast, with the Atlantic opening up ahead. It is one of the capital's favourite spots for watching the sun go down, and it is reached on foot from the neighbourhood itself.
A roadside balcony above the ravine that drops from the summits towards San Sebastián de La Gomera, right beside the GM-1 at the mouth of the Aguajilva tunnels, around kilometre 7.5. From the railing four reservoirs line up along the valley floor (Llano de la Villa, Chejelipes, Izcagüe and Palacios), with the hamlets of Lomito Fragoso, Honduras and Chejelipes on the slopes. There is no car park of its own: you pull into the lay-by and walk a minute.
On the northern edge of the La Primavera estate, Mirador de Las Breñas opens one of the widest panoramas in northern Tenerife: the island's peaks on one side, the Atlantic straight ahead. The platform covers 266.73 square metres on two levels, with planted terraces of endemic species. The Sendero de Las Breñas starts here, six kilometres down the cliff of the Costa de Acentejo protected landscape.
Perched 687 metres up beside the GC-605 road, Mirador El Mulato looks straight into the head of the Barranco de Mogán. The valley falls away below and opens into a narrow window onto the Atlantic above the town, framed by the ridges of Tauro, Cruz de Mogán and Pinar de Ojeda. After dark it switches roles: this is one of Gran Canaria's astronomical viewpoints, with a clean southern horizon.
A viewpoint on the GM-2 road, on the stretch that crosses the surroundings of Garajonay National Park, facing the group of rock towers formed by Agando, Ojila, La Zarcita and Carmona. These are solidified volcanic conduits left standing once erosion carried away the softer material around them, and from here they line up one behind the other. The stop is a roadside one and takes only a few minutes. Trade wind cloud can cover the rocks within minutes, so an early view is usually the clearest.
A viewpoint on the summit of a 412 metre volcanic cone above Arucas, with four stone balconies facing the four cardinal points. From the top the whole north of Gran Canaria unfolds, from La Isleta to Montaña de Gáldar, with banana plantations below and Teide on the horizon on clear days. You can drive up or walk from the town.
A balcony over north-western Fuerteventura from the slope of Montaña de la Muda, in La Oliva, with the solitary Montaña de Tindaya as its main subject. It carries one of the eight public telescopes installed around the island. Below it lies the protected landscape of Vallebrón, with its knife-edge ridge and dry-stone field terraces.
A pass viewpoint on the GC-60 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, with a double outlook: the Caldera de Tirajana on one side, the Chira basin and the Pinar de Pilancones on the other. It is also a historic crossroads of old paths and one of the busiest trailheads in the southern highlands. Part of the official Red de Miradores of Gran Canaria.
A roadside viewpoint in the municipality of Pájara, looking down on the lagoon and sandbar of Playa de Sotavento. The tide redraws the water completely, so it never looks the same twice. Its rainbow bench has become one of the most photographed corners in the south of Fuerteventura.
Road pass and viewpoint in San Sebastián de La Gomera, overlooking the Barranco de La Laja and the southern valleys, with the Teide visible on clear days. It closes the first stage of the GR-131.
Roadside viewpoint above Icod el Alto, in Los Realejos, looking out over the whole Orotava Valley and the fertile north western coast of Tenerife. It is also a well used paragliding launch site.
Roadside viewpoint at kilometre 22.5 of the TF-21, on the climb from La Orotava towards Teide. It pairs a clear view of the volcano with the rosette shaped basalt formation behind its name.
Viewpoint at El Paso over the 2021 Tajogaite lava flow, with the new cone and the Aridane valley in sight, on La Palma.
Two lighthouses side by side at the southern tip of La Palma, in Fuencaliente, beside working salt pans and an open volcanic landscape.
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