Montaña de Fasnia is one of the oldest volcanoes in the southeast of Tenerife. However, the dry climate of the area has allowed it to reach our days in a good state of conservation, keeping many of its original shapes fresh, which give it that horseshoe shape open to the sea that characterises it. This mountain is one of the most representative natural symbols of the municipality, as well as one of the most recognisable landscape icons of the region.
This natural viewpoint, from where you can enjoy one of the best views of the coastline of the southeast of Tenerife, is a religious reference point for the local population, being one of the most important places of pilgrimage in the region, where residents of Fasnia and the surrounding municipalities and districts would go to offer votive offerings to the Virgen de Los Dolores, as a sign of gratitude for her mediation on behalf of the sick and the destitute.
The history of this small chapel indicates that it was the result of a promise, but for its construction it counted on the collaboration of many people, as each visitor who came to contemplate the small image carried a stone to build the walls of this sanctuary. In the 1970s, a new chapel was inaugurated next to the old one, but it was demolished in 2005 after a storm hit the islands.
