El Julán

In the municipality of El Pinar is on the southern slopes of El Hierro, here is El Julán, a hillside with a strong slope that descends to the El Gofio Valley.

In addition to the beauty of its landscapes, the highlight of this part of the island is the archaeological site of El Julán.

The first inhabitants of the island of El Hierro were the Bimbaches, some. These aborigines left many petroglyphs, which are symbolic designs that are engraved on rocks and that even today have not been deciphered. The petroglyphs that are in this environment are the most extensive that exist on the island, especially those that are named The El Julán signs.

After discovering this important archaeological site, the Rock Art Interpretation Center was founded to extend the knowledge of this archaeological zone to all visitors.

Close to this archaeological zone you can also find the remains of the old meeting place called Tagoror. In the Tagoror was where the ancient Guanche aborigines met and their assemblies took place.

In El Julán it is also possible to carry out a guided tour through the archaeological zone and to know in depth how the first settlers lived in El Hierro. They have discovered primitive tools, utensils, containers, even buried in caves mummified bodies.

The Julán, centuries later was also a place where the shepherds led the flock to take it to graze, the curious thing of this is that it was not limited to nearby historical times, but that the primitive ones already realized it Herreños, with the same aims, take the cattle to the communal lands.

The whole area of the Julán also have hiking trails where it is possible to enjoy all these prehistoric vestiges, while enjoying the views.