El Hierro's magic
Classified biosphere reserve, El Hierro is the second steepest island in the world. Its layered landscapes offer all kind of environments: from a volcanic shore and its endemic lizards to a Mediterranean landscape and its almond trees, a Pyrenean forest, or an Irish pasture with sheeps and cows.
Geological and prehistoric heritage is unique there, mysterious bimbache's petroglyphs decorate the entire island, and a full range of publications on the subject are available in information centers, tourist offices and island bookshops; very few regions in Spain are that openly educated and conscious of their own environment. The vegetal ecosystem is also unique because of these geological and morphological parameters : living proof of this are El Garoé and El Sabinar, unbelievable creeks displaying landscapes and plants from another world.