From La Isleta we can also head east, towards Las Negras. As we leave the village between the moored fishing boats, we see the small headland, barely joined to the land, that gives La Isleta its name, with seagulls playing on the air currents and the Los Frailes mountains as a backdrop.
On the way we pass Cala de los Toros, where a tiny pine wood seems to wonder how it ended up in the driest place in Europe. Ahead is the Amatista viewpoint, beneath whose cliff you can find amethyst, a beautiful variety of quartz. We continue to El Carnaje, a beach of lava boulders rounded by the sea, with La Polacra (the “black stone”) and Cerro de los Lobos above. From here the La Polacra strictly protected reserve begins, and the route overlaps with the Las Negras route as far as El Playazo.
