Pozo de las Calcosas

El Hierro


Clustered around a natural north-coast pool, this 18th-century summer village of traditional generations-old small houses made of lava rock (called pajeros) lies 5km north of El Mocanal. The homes are owned by local villagers, who move here in July and August, together with their animals (which graze in the precipitous fields above). A steep stone path ambles down to the village; above the waterfront there are a couple of restaurants, a lookout and a tiny stone chapel.


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1. Ermita de San Pedro

1.29 MILES

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2. Charco Manso

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3. Plaza Quintero Núñez

2.99 MILES

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5. Casa de las Quinteras

3 MILES

At this cluster of small yellow-washed stone houses turned ethnographic museum, multilanguage exhibits on rural island life take in traditional clothing…

6. Árbol Garoé

3.05 MILES

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7. Mirador de la Peña

3.08 MILES

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8. Roques de Salmor

3.19 MILES

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