Los Llanillos: Holiday apartments between culture, coast and starry skies

In Los Llanillos stands the Ermita de Los Llanillos, a small single-storey building with a pitched gable roof made of flat roof tiles and a cladding of local stone.

When staying in a holiday apartment in Los Llanillos, you can compare travel dates, room categories and cancellation conditions on the offer pages. Check this information for your own period and preferred type of stay before comparing the characteristics of the area with your personal travel plans. The characteristics of the area focus on different aspects: architectural history and cultural heritage, traditional houses and gardens, the historic path, the coastal pools, and stargazing. You can assign different priorities to this combination when planning personally and compare them with your preferred type of stay.

Culture

The Ermita de Los Llanillos was extended in 1994 to accommodate its sacristy.

A small dry-stone building, the Casa del Ataúd, forms part of the cultural heritage of the municipality of La Frontera.

The Casa del Ataúd houses an old coffin that was used until the early years of the 20th century to transport deceased residents to the burial site.

Townscape

Los Llanillos has traditional houses with flat roofs and visible cornerstones, painted in harmonious colours.

The traditional houses have beautiful gardens filled with flowers.

Many of these traditional houses have been converted for rural tourism.

History

The Los Llanillos–El Pinar route is a traditional path that generations of El Hierro residents used for seasonal moves between Los Llanillos and the town of El Pinar.

The route begins at the bus stop next to the square in Los Llanillos.

Its first section passes through abandoned cultivated areas with dry-stone walls used to separate plots and protect fig trees.

Coast

Charco Azul is located in the coastal district of Los Llanillos.

Charco Azul consists of two natural saltwater pools that have been adapted for use by locals and tourists.

A staircase was installed to provide safer access to the pools.

Starry skies

The Mirador Astronómico Charco Azul has an information panel explaining the constellations visible from the surrounding area.

The Mirador Astronómico Charco Azul also has a post aligned with Polaris for improved observation.

The Mirador Astronómico Charco Azul is suitable for observing starry nights, although cloud cover sometimes limits observation there.

The Mirador Astronómico Charco Azul is located near the settlement area of La Frontera and is one of the places in the municipality with comparatively low light pollution.

Culture, townscape, route, coast and starry skies can therefore be considered side by side when categorising Los Llanillos. They offer different thematic perspectives: the buildings and houses show the architectural and traditional side of the area, the path points to earlier land use, Charco Azul to the coast, and the mirador to observing the night sky. When planning personally, these aspects can be considered separately.

For the overarching travel overview: Frontera.