It is the westernmost and southernmost island of the Canary islands archipelago, the youngest, the smallest and the least touristy, the most uncontaminated, simply the last frontier of Europe.
Until the discovery of America it was considered the western end of the world, “the end of the known world”. Before referring to Greenwich, conventionally the Meridiano Zero passed through here.
The atmosphere that reigns in El Hierro is actually mystical, as if the island lived immersed in a splendid enchantment all its own, and the serenity that surrounds its inhabitants is contagious.
Panoramas of wild beauty that take your breath away, a real paradise for nature lovers.
It is called the island of a thousand volcanoes and has eight different microclimates; the multiplicity of its ecosystems and the temperate climate gave life to the most spectacular landscapes in all of Spain.
The entire island has been declared by the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and you will just have a look around, the landscape of lava, the amazing vegetation, the Sabinar trees shaped by the sole force of the wind, the strange phenomenon of horizontal rain, to understand the preciousness and the rarity of this territory.
A star-studded sky does not exist anywhere else in the world. It ‘a sky that is not just above the head, but embraces you completely. The stars seem closer, alive, no longer distant lights that shine by the physical laws of the universe, but presences that flood you with living beauty. Just as alive as a field of flowers that inebriate you with their perfume, so is the sky of El Hierro: you get drunk with splendor and open the infinite before your eyes.
Looking at the sky on the terrace of the small Hotel Puntagrande is the experience closest to infinity that you can live, a total harmony with nature that also opens the heart. Here’s what happens under the sky of El Hierro: the eyes shine, the mind faces infinity and the heart opens to the beauty of the universe.
Puntagrande Hotel
Lugar Las Puntas, 38911 Frontera
El Hierro, Spain
+34 611 28 59 83