City, Church, Lookout, Tower
La Frontera is the second largest city on the island and consists of several smaller municipalities, the most important of which is Tigaday. While the town centre itself isn't very important and doesn't offer much of interest apart from a few restaurants, shops and the Ternecio supermarket (9am-9pm, until 1:30pm on Sundays), one of the most visited monuments, El Hierra, towers over the town. [btn "The 10 best hotels - El Hierro" https:/…
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Church, Cave
In the orphaned western half of El Hierro you will find very few signs of civilization. One of them is the beautiful church of Our Lady of the Kings, located in La Dehesa Natural Park. [btn "Top 10 Hotels - El Hierro" https://booking.com/region/es/el-hierro.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-hierro-ermita] The church here was built in honour of the island's patron saint, Our Lady of Kings, who, according to legend, supplied El Hierro with rain…
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Monument, Cape
About 1.5 km from the Orchilla Lighthouse, visit the interesting monument of the Ferro Meridian, the historical zero meridian, which was defined by the island of El Hierro (Ferro). This monument is also associated with the commemoration of the nearby and hardly accessible westernmost point of Spain. [btn "The 10 best hotels - El Hierro" https://booking.com/region/es/el-hierro.en.html?aid=2380460;label=p-hierro-meridiano] Historic zero…
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