Strictly speaking, the San Cristóbal viewpoint is not actually a viewpoint. It is a staircase that leads up to a mountain where the church of San Cristobalito stands. In fact, the staircase itself, as well as the view of San Cristóbal from up there, is a thousand times better than the church – which you can’t even get into, by the way.
But from the beginning: I found the viewpoint of San Cristóbal by chance. I had seen from afar that you can go up there somewhere and thought to myself ‘Maybe the view is quite nice’, marked it on my app map and then at some point, when most of the points on my San Cris map were ticked off, I walked there.
The whole thing is a bit out of town (i.e. not in the centre). You therefore have to walk a short distance to get to the steps. The steps of the staircase aren’t actually very high, so you can walk up at a relaxed pace and admire all the graffiti along the way. There are some really nice ones here!
In between, I always turned round to enjoy the view. Of course, there wasn’t much to see at first. Over time, however, I got higher and higher and from a certain point you have to turn round quite regularly so that the view isn’t obscured by the trees that line the path and grow on the mountain.

In fact, at some point I found a place where the view was really great and you could sit down and…. You know that feeling when you suddenly know you’ve arrived at your favourite place in the city you’re in? I don’t have that feeling in every place, but sometimes it comes over me. I fall in love with a place within a millisecond and know that it’s one of ‘my places’. I just have that sometimes. It happens without me really being able to do anything about it. But that’s exactly how it was in San Cris. I saw the view, noticed the peaceful and quiet atmosphere and simply felt at home, in harmony with myself and the place and felt good. As a result, I stayed there for a long time and returned frequently on my next visits 😀
And I found a locked bike at the top of the mountain, the sight of which really raised a bunch of questions in my head that are still unanswered today 😀
To go or not? Definitely yes! The wall graffiti is really beautiful, the view is really nice and it’s just wonderful there when it’s sunny 😊