Viewpoints of Spain

The viewpoints of Spain They offer dream views both inland and coastal. Because some are on the coast, looking at the Cantabrian Sea, Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean coast, but others are found in stunning inland landscapes.

Likewise, there are those who look at great monumentswhile others are Nature in its purest form. There are also famous throughout the world or known only by a privileged few. Practically all the provinces of our country, from La Coruna but also Valencia and from Asturias but also CadizThey have some of these wonderful places. For all this, we are going to show you some of the best viewpoints in Spain.

A cappella viewpoint

El Sil Canyon It is one of the most impressive places in Galicia. It is located in the region of the Ribeira Sacra, near where this river joins the Miño. It is also an area that allows you to navigate between rocky walls and in the middle of great unevenness.

Also, you can do hiking trails such as the one that joins the monasteries of Santa Cristina and San Esteban, both in the province of Orense. It is twenty-two kilometers long and passes through natural viewpoints as impressive as those of Alberguería, Vilouxe or O Coutiño.

However, one of the ones that offers you the best views is that of To Capela. It is located in the parish of vilacha, located in the municipality of Puebla del Brollón. It is more than six hundred meters high, on the right side of the Sil River, and has been renovated a few years ago. To get there, you have to leave Vilachá on a dirt track that is not even one kilometer long. In exchange, he offers you wonderful views of the canyon with the indispensable and necessary vineyards of Vilachá itself and Torbeo village, which belongs to Ribas de Sil and is located on the opposite shore.

Know the surroundings

On the other hand, if you visit this beautiful viewpoint, go to these last locations. In it you have monuments as interesting as the Saint Clodius Abbey, XNUMXth century; the Romanesque church of Torbeo, of the XII, and the Pazo de Batanero, built in the XIX. Likewise, in Puebla del Brollón you have the St. Peter's Church, House of Fontela, an interesting Ethnographic and Wine Museum or the Chovas Cave. The latter is an old hollow enlarged as an iron mine that will fascinate you if you are fond of speleology.

Fito viewpoint

We come now to Asturias to show you this other spectacular viewpoint in Spain that is located on the road that connects the towns of Colunga y Arriondas. The Fito (or the fitu, as they call it in the Principality) is located more than a thousand meters high on a hill in the Sierra del Sueve.

Thanks to this, it offers you a panoramic view of three hundred and sixty degrees of that mountain range, of the Natural Park of Ponga and the National Park of the Picos de Europa. Also, you can see, from east to west, the towns of Ribadesella, Caravia, Colunga y Villaviciosa. Even when the day is clear, the view reaches as far as Gijón.

This impressive viewpoint was inaugurated in 1927 and is suspended a few meters above the ground to prevent trees from blocking the view. The locals call it, popularly, "the cazu" because it has a circular shape, somewhat similar to a cup. In addition, as you can guess from its location, the Fito is the starting point for various hiking trails which one more beautiful

One of the best is the one that goes to the Pienzu Peak, which is 1100 meters high. Between going and coming back, it takes about five hours and it is not very difficult. It offers you wonders such as the La Biescona beech forest, the Bustacu sheepfold and, from the peak itself, an impressive panoramic view of the Cantabrian coast.

And is that everything is beauty around the Fito. In fact, the very road that reaches the viewpoint, the AS-260 which, as we said, connects Arriondas y Colunga, has a winding layout with wonderful views. Halfway between both towns, you will find the viewpoint, which even has parking.

Arriondas and Colunga

On the other hand, the first of the towns that we have just mentioned is the capital of the parres council. In it, you have monuments as interesting as the churches of San Martín, San Juan and San Miguel. But, above all, examples of indiana architecture as Villa Juanita or chalet of the valley. In case you don't know, this name is given to the buildings built by Asturian emigrants who returned from America enriched at the beginning of the XNUMXth century. They are very abundant throughout the Principality, but, above all, in the eastern part.

As for the Colunga, you can visit in it the Pre-Romanesque church of Santiago de Gobiendes and the homonymous palace. but also the parish church of Santa Maria de Sabada, which combines neoclassical and baroque styles, and the house of the Alonso Covián, a Renaissance jewel from the XNUMXth century.

San Juan de Gaztelugache, another of the best viewpoints in Spain

We end our route to the north at this viewpoint located in the Biscayne council of Bermeo that appears on many postcards of the Basque coast. In fact, gaztelugache It is an islet connected to the land by a two-arch bridge in which there is a hermitage. This was built in the XNUMXth century on the remains of a medieval castle and is consecrated, precisely, to San Juan.

Everything in this landscape has a mystical air, but, above all, of enormous beauty. From the viewpoint located on the coast you have wonderful views of the Biscayan coastline, with the cape machichaco, Aquech and Izaro islands and the town itself Bermeo. By the way, since you visit this viewpoint, come to that beautiful seaside town.

Bermeo

In it you have a beautiful historic helmet of traditional houses. But, above all, you should visit the Saint John's Gate, vestige of the old wall; the Ercilla Tower, which dates from the end of the XNUMXth century and is currently the seat of the Fisherman's Museum; the Casino, a beautiful eclectic construction from the end of the XNUMXth century due to Severino Achucarro, or the Town hall, from the XNUMXth century and with two sundials on its façade.

As for the religious heritage of Bermeo, be sure to see the convent and gothic church of San Francisco, which houses a Baroque altarpiece and a large organ. Likewise, go to the temples of Saint Eufemia, with its baroque tower, and Santa María de la Asunción, neoclassical style. Finally, the more curious you will find the Aita Guria Center, with the homonymous whaler and dedicated to the town's past as a fishing port.

Saint Nicholas' lookout

Until now, we have told you about viewpoints in Spain where you could see spectacular landscapes. But now we are going to make one that offers you the best views of the Alhambra complex in Granada. Well it is true that you can not only appreciate that wonder. It also allows you to see the rest of the beautiful Nasrid city and, above all, one of the best sunsets in the world.

It is located in the popular Albaicín neighborhood, declared a World Heritage Site, and you can get there by bus or car. But we advise you to do it walking. You can get out of the new Square or Calderería Nueva street, popularly known as "teterías". It goes up the Slope of San Gregorio and then for him New Way of San Nicolás, which reaches the bottom of the viewpoint.

The Albaicín

If you do the tour on foot, you will be able to better appreciate how beautiful the Albaicín is, with its narrow streets and whitewashed houses. But you will also see monuments like the Monaita, Elvira or Fajalauza doors, remains of the old wall; the churches of El Salvador and San Nicolás, the first Herrerian and the second Gothic-Mudejar; the manor houses of Porras and Castril and, above all, the Nasrid Palace of Dar al-Horra, which belonged to the mother of Boabdil.

Mirador del Río

We finish our tour of some of the best viewpoints in Spain in Lanzarote. Specifically, it is located about thirty-five kilometers from Reef, in the Risk of Famara. It was excavated on a rock of the cliff almost five hundred meters high and was inaugurated in 1973.

It offers you wonderful views of both the island of La Graciosa as the Chinijo Archipelago. You can appreciate them from a large balcony over the abyss or from inside through some large windows known, precisely, as "the eyes of the beholder". Because its construction was the work of the great Lanzarote artist César Manrique, to whom are owed, likewise, the Jameos del Agua and other wonders of the island. He designed a construction that is perfectly integrated into the mountain and that offers impressive views of the aforementioned islands and, in general, of the entire north of lanzarote, with the Janubio Salt Flats and the own Risk of Famara.

Nearby

On the other hand, since you visit this viewpoint, it would be a crime if you did not go to those mentioned Jameos del Agua already the huge Cueva de los Verdes, which even has an auditorium. Also, get to know the nearby towns of Arrieta, in which the Red House stands out, and Point Women, with its typical fishermen's houses.

In conclusion, we have shown you some of the best viewpoints of Spain. But we could also have told you about others that also offer wonderful views. For example, the old one, in Cáceres, which overlooks the spectacular Meandro del Melero; the one of It's Colomer, in Mallorca, with its impressive views of the Mediterranean; the one of the New Bridge in Ronda, which overlooks the great Tagus of the town of Malaga, or the one from the valley, which allows you to get wonderful photos of Toledo. Go ahead and discover all these jewels.