A small rock in the Atlantic

La Cancelita Viewpoint

The view of Los Llanos from La Cancelita

La Palma has even more glorious viewpoints then the other Canary Islands. One of my favourites is La Cancelita, where you get two amazing views for the price of one. The good view covers Los Llanos and a good chunk of the surrounding plain. (Los Llanos means 'the plains' but it's not that flat by UK standards.
La Cancelita Viewpoint, Los Llanos, La Palma, Canary Islands

The view of the Caldera de Taburiente from La Cancelita

And the fantastic view sweeps down across the Caldera de Taburiente. All right, so you get fantastic views of the Caldera from almost anywhere around its rim, and from an awful lot of the Caldera floor, too. But this ones very accessible -- just a short drive from Los Llanos.
Follow the brown signs for the Caldera, and then take Calle Cancelita. You'll need to park when you run out of tarmac, and then walk along the dirt track for about five minutes. Believe me, it's worth it.

La Cancelita Viewpoint, Los Llanos, La Palma, Canary Islands

La Cancelita viewpoint

Labels: Caldera de Taburiente, Los Llanos, mirador, viewpoints

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El Time Viewpoint

La Palma has lots of spectacular viewpoints, (mirador in Spanish). Most people's favourite is the at El Time, which is perched on the northern edge of the Angustias ravine, in Tijarafe.

It's easy to find. Coming from Los Llanos, you drive down and down and down, round some pretty steep bends. After you cross the river, almost at sea-level, you drive up and up and up and up and up, until you're seventeen hundred feet up (535 m). There's a small car park on each side of the road.

You get a spectacular view, all the way from El Paso to the coast. Even better, there's a bar right on the edge. Weather permitting, you can admire the view while you sip your coffee and eat cake (rather good cake, too). There's a craft shop beside the bar. And if you're not thirsty, you can admire the view without going into either.

It's particularly spectacular at sunset.

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El Time Viewpoint

The amazing view from El Time viewpoint

The viewpoint (or mirador) at El Time is perched on the northern edge of the Angustias ravine. Coming from Los Llanos, you drive down and down and down, round some pretty steep bends. After you cross the river, almost at sea-level, you drive up and up and up and up and up, until you’re seventeen hundred feet up (535 m). There’s a small car park on each side of the road.

The view is spectacular, all the way from El Paso to the coast. Even better, there’s a bar right on the edge. Weather permitting, you can admire the view while you sip your coffee and eat cake (rather good cake, too). There’s a craft shop beside the bar. And you can admire the view without going into either, if you’re not thirsty.

A word of warning, though: the toilets are down steps. This isn’t a problem for most people, but four years ago I had a broken shoulder and broken ankle at the same time, and I needed a lot of help to get down there. It’s times like that when you really appreciate your friends!

Fit people can walk from here to the highest point on the island, at el Roque de los Muchachos. Since most of the path goes along the Caldera rim, the views are amazing. But it takes at least 6 hours.

Labels: El Time, mirador, tijarafe