Roberto's Wall

Once upon a very long time ago ... so the legend begins  ...
I love those stories, don't you?  And La Palma has quite a few legends as you would of course expect of an island 'cast adrift from mainland life.'  The legend of Robert's Wall (El Pared de Roberto) does not disappoint as, in the best of traditions, it involves a young couple deeply in love.
Now as we all know, young couples in love will stop at nothing to be together.  Which is just as well because Roberto and his young lady rather inconveniently lived on opposite sides of the island.  Not to be thwarted however, the two would make the long and arduous journey to the top of the island where they met in a secret lover's tryst.
The course of true love never runs smoothly though and imagine poor Roberto's anguish when, arriving at their rendezvous point, he discovered an impenetrable wall blocking his path.

In desperation, poor Roberto called out that he would give his soul if he could reach the other side.  Only silence followed.
At this, Roberto rather rashly bettered his offer with a promise of both his body and soul if he could pass (he was after all very in love).   At that, the devil heard him and Roberto was immediately engulfed in a ball of flames and burst through the wall, disappearing to his death.
The next morning, his young lady was found laid dead.  Her body was taken to the Roque de Muchachos and laid to rest.  And to this day, the gap in the wall remains.

If you would like to walk through Roberto's Wall, you can find it by walking between the Roque de Muchachos and the Mirador Andenes.  If you don't want the sort of long walk that takes body and soul, then approach it from the mirador end from where it will only take you about ten or fifteen minutes to reach.  Although there are several smaller walls in the area (must have been a busy spot in the old days), Roberto's wall is the most impressive and just to make it crystal clear, it is marked with the sign, 'Pared de Roberto.'

Not only will you be able to appreciate the size of the wall which even today springs up abruptly as if from nowhere but the views on a clear day are beyond awesome.