Caleta de Fuste Castle

A round tower of dark stone sits at the edge of the harbour, with the hotels and café terraces of the resort pressed up around it. It went up in 1743, designed by the military engineer Claudio de Lisne to guard the anchorage against raiders, and it is one of the few buildings on this stretch of coast older than the resort itself.

Walking round it takes about a minute. A small bridge leads up to the door, which stays locked, and nothing on site explains what you are looking at. The reward is the walk there: the coastline path runs past the beach and its benches to the tower. Further up the coast towards the shopping centre stand more ruins of the same kind, and this one is the most complete.

• The doors are locked: the tower is seen from outside only, and walking round it takes about a minute.
• There are no information boards at the tower, so read up on its history before you come.
• The paved walkway stops partway to the tower; the last stretch is gravel and plants.
• Toilets are about 235 m away, and free ones about 384 m away.
• Pair it with a walk along the coastline, past the beach and benches.

The tower stands at the harbour in the middle of Caleta de Fuste, and the easiest approach is on foot along the coastline from the beach, where benches line the way. By car, the nearest parking is about 120 m away in a straight line, with a second car park about 475 m away. The nearest bus stops are a little over a kilometre off, about 1.1 and 1.2 km away. The paved walkway towards the tower gives out partway, and the final stretch crosses gravel and plants.

Best: late afternoon, as part of a walk along the coastline.

Avoid: the middle of the day if you want a photograph.

Caleta de Fuste faces the sea to the east, so the evening sun comes from behind the town and lights the landward face of the tower with the harbour behind it, while a high midday sun flattens the stone.