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What to see and do in El Pinar de El Hierro

What to see and do in El Pinar de El Hierro (El Hierro, Santa Cruz de Tenerife): 14 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 4 Nature · 4 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones

When to go to El Pinar de El Hierro: festival calendar

January: Fiestas de San Antonio Abad (January 17)
May: Fiesta de la Cruz (May 3)
June: Fiestas de San Juan (June 24)
July: Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen (El Pinar) (July 16)

How far each place is from the centre of El Pinar de El Hierro

Towns near El Pinar de El Hierro

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What to see and do in El Pinar de El Hierro

El Pinar de El Hierro
Village
The youngest municipality in the Canary Islands: it broke away from Frontera on 8 September 2007 and was formally established on the 15th of that month, as the ninetieth Canarian municipality, after nearly a century of friction with Frontera, aggravated by the 2005 dispute over the Bajada de la Virgen de Los Reyes. It covers the south of the island, with Taibique, Las Casas and the fishing port of La Restinga.
Faro de Orchilla y Monumento al Meridiano Cero
Monument
The lighthouse stands at Punta de la Orchilla, the westernmost point in Spain, through which passed the meridian that Ptolemy took as the zero reference long before that role passed to the Greenwich observatory in 1884. A monument next to the lighthouse recalls this past as a prime meridian.
Parque Cultural de El Julan
Monument
A Bimbache archaeological site with podomorphic, geometric and zoomorphic rock carvings, as well as Libyco-Berber inscriptions still undeciphered, at the sites known as Los Letreros and Los Números. The Government of the Canary Islands has proposed it for UNESCO World Heritage status, a proposal that has not to date been approved.
Reserva Marina de La Restinga-Mar de las Calmas
Nature
Created by Ministerial Order of 24 January 1996 and by Decree 30/1996 of the Government of the Canary Islands, it was one of the first marine reserves of fishing interest in Spain. It covers 1,180 hectares off La Restinga.
Mar de las Calmas
Nature
A protected marine area off the island's south coast, with especially calm waters, which gives its name to the La Restinga marine reserve.
Punta de la Restinga
Nature
The southernmost point in Spain, next to the fishing port of La Restinga.
Punta de la Orchilla
Nature
The westernmost point in Spain, where the Orchilla lighthouse stands.
Erupción submarina del volcán Tagoro
Historical milestone
Between 2011 and 2012 an underwater eruption off La Restinga formed the Tagoro volcano, more than 300 metres high measured from the seabed, with its main crater at a depth of 88-89 metres. The episode forced the temporary evacuation of part of La Restinga's population.
Segregación de El Pinar de El Hierro
Historical milestone
El Pinar separated from Frontera on 8 September 2007 and was established as a municipality on the 15th of that same month, after years of tension that intensified over the 2005 dispute regarding the Bajada de la Virgen de Los Reyes.
El municipio español más alejado de la capital
Curiosity
El Pinar is the southernmost municipality in the Canary Islands and, at around 1,916 kilometres by road and sea from Madrid, is cited as the one furthest from Spain's capital.
Fiestas de San Antonio Abad
Activity
The patronal festival of El Pinar.
Fiesta de la Cruz
Activity
A local festival in El Pinar.
Fiestas de San Juan
Activity
A local festival in El Pinar.
Fiestas de la Virgen del Carmen (El Pinar)
Activity
The festival of the patroness of fishermen in La Restinga, within the municipality of El Pinar.