A Pebble in the Atlantic

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One of the barbecue grills Hoya del Morcillo is a lovely picnic and barbecue area deep in the pine woods of El Pinar. Like most of these pl...

The "Homage to the Bajada" statue. I love this statue. It stands about a kilometre outside Valverde, on the road down to the port ...

The path down to El Pozo de las Calcosas Although El Hierro only has one real beach, it has a lot of natural inlets which have been develope...

The footpath down to the spring at Isora Water is an important resource on El Hierro, like all the other Canary Islands. It's not so lo...

One of the windmills El Hierro plans to be the first island in the world to be self-sufficient in electricity from renewable sources. There...

One of my favourite places to eat in El Hierro is the Parilla in Isora. Parilla means grill, and they mostly serve grilled meat with salad...