The Spanish armed forces set up gun batteries in the late 19th century at a strategic site overlooking the strait separating Lanzarote from Isla Graciosa. In 1973 the ubiquitous César Manrique left his mark, converting the gun emplacement into a spectacular lookout point. There are vertiginous views of the sweeping lava flows – frozen in time – that fall to the ocean, and of Isla Graciosa and the surrounding islets. There is a good bar and souvenir shop.
