Roques de Garcia

The Roques de Garcia is a group of rock formations created as a result of tens of thousands of years of erosion. Because the volcanic activity continues in the dry land, the hot gases have looked for thinner rocks to penetrate the ground, which have been like chimney flues, and the gases have heated some rocks, similar to ceramics, to become harder than others, which are then pushed out of the ground. The most famous of them is Roque Cinchado, which is also known as God’s finger or stone tree because of its tree-like shape. Older Spaniards are familiar with this rock from the back of the now defunct thousand pesetas banknotes.

From the viewing platform, you can also see the cathedral rock, which is actually much higher than you might think from above - it is used for BASE jumps with a parachute. BASE is an acronym for Building, Antenna, Span and Earth, which represent the four types of objects from which BASE jumps are performed.