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A natural volcanic pool in El Golfo (Frontera, El Hierro), with a turquoise basin beneath a basalt arch, parking and a wooden sun deck.
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.
Volcanic natural pools in the El Golfo valley of El Hierro, with a shallow kids' area and services.
A monument at the western tip of El Hierro, on Punta de Orchilla, beside the lighthouse that for centuries marked the prime meridian. El Hierro is known as the Island of the Meridian thanks to Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian astronomer who placed the origin of longitudes here in the 2nd century, where it stayed until it moved to Greenwich in 1884. The spot is reached by car and sits well off the usual routes.
Hoya del Pino is a forest recreation area in the north of La Frontera, on El Hierro, set in dense laurel forest at a little over a thousand metres. It is reached by the HI-1 summit road and has tables, benches, barbecue stands, a playground, toilets, drinking water, parking and footpaths leaving from the site itself. At this altitude the trade wind mist rolls in often and temperatures stay well below those on the coast.
Charco de Los Sargos hides at the foot of a cliff on the El Golfo coast, in the municipality of Frontera, close to La Maceta and Las Puntas. The sea has cut a series of clear water basins into the lava, more exposed to the swell than the neighbouring pools. A short path leads down from the parking area. There is no lifeguard, so bathing is best at low tide with a calm sea.
Glass viewpoint at 1,250 metres over the El Golfo valley.
Lighthouse at the westernmost point of El Hierro, in a rugged volcanic setting.
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