El Faro Lighthouse

Steve and I usually walk everyday anywhere from 5-7 miles;changing up our route around the city.  Today we took the Sablo Centro bus to end of the line and then walked up to the El Faro Lighthouse.

A little history on the lighthouse: El Faro Lighthouse , one of the highest operating lighthouses in the world, constructed in 1879.

The original El Faro lighthouse lamp was fabricated in Paris, and was an oil lamp with mirrors and Fresnel lens to focus the light.  This much brighter light source meant that El Faro was visible from a greater distance, but since the light was static, it was often mistaken as a star.

In 1905 the El Faro lighthouse lamp converted to Hydrogen gas and was made revolve, and in 1933 it was converted again, this time to electricity.  It's 1000 watt bulb is focused by a Fresnel lens and is equivalent to 600,000 candles.

The El Faro Lighthouse can bee seen for 30 nautical miles and still serves as an important navigational tool in the ear of GPS.  Constantly maned by Farerros- lighthouse keepers- El Faro's beacon is powered by our electric company CFE, has back-up generator and has proved to be extremely reliable having weathered countless storms.

El Faro is a great day hike at nearly 750 meters and featuring over 325 steps and over 500 ft elevation change.  Well worth the hike the views were spectacular!

We finished our walk along Olas Atlas to the Old City where we had a nice lunch at the Plaza.