My Favourite Wine

Viña Frontera, from La Frontera, El Hierro.

Like all the Canary Islands, El Hierro has several different wines. One of my favourites is Viña Frontera. As you can see, there are several varieties. Personally I like the sweet white wine best, even though I know perfectly well that dry wines are considered posher. You can normally expect to pay about 4€ for a bottle of the sweet white (blanco afrutado) and usually more for the other varieties.

La Higuera de Abuela Restaurant

The courtyard of La Higuera de Abuela

There are lots of nice places to eat on El Hierro, but one of my favourites is La Higuera de Abuela in Echedo. It means "Granny's Fig Tree".

The courtyard's lovely, the food's great and the service is friendly.

The restaurant's in the village of Echedo, just north of Valverde town. They open 11 am - 4pm and 7:30 pm - 11 pm, with Tuesdays off.

Give my love to the goldfish.

The entrance of La Higuera de Abuela

Roque La Bonanza

This unusual rock is called Roque La Bonanza. It's on the road from the port to the Parador (Paradors are posh, state-run hotels, and very nice too). We promptly christened it the teddy-bear rock, because to us it looks like a teddy bear pushing something along.

The rock is just on the Parador side of the long tunnel.