Travel Guide El Mirador DEl Rio

Ten kilometres farther north, you arrive at the Mirador del Río, which dominates 480 m above the Punta de Farlones, the northern end of the island (tel 928 52 65 48. Open daily from 10 am to 18 pm (last visit at 17 pm). Entry 4,50 €. It is a restaurant-mirador designed by César Manrique in 1974, from where the view plonge over La Graciosa and extends to the other two islands in northern Lanzarote: Montaña Clara and Alegranza. It was built at the top of the Atalaya Grande, which later will take the name of Bateria del Rio. Formerly, it was a military artillery base Baterie del Rio, the spotters lined there to control the invasion of the island by the pirates. You can take a small trail to go to the Salinas at the foot of the cliff. After that, you just have to go back, courage! Along the west coast road, we get to: