Mirador del Balcón
Description
The glass-floored walkway of the Mirador del Balcón juts out beyond the edge of the cliff, letting you look straight down several hundred metres to the Atlantic. The recent renovation added information panels and improved access, while maintaining the view it has always offered: one of the most vertiginous and extraordinary on any island road in Europe. Several birds nest in the rock face and can often be watched as they hunt.
The GC-200 road that brings you here is as much of an objective as the viewpoint itself: this road clings to the edge of the cliff for kilometre after kilometre with nothing but ocean on one side and rock on the other. Traffic is light, the road surface quality is good, and the rhythm of the curves is relentless in the best sense of the word.
The stop is quick and accessible; there is no need to walk to reach it.
