La Palma ...in a diferent way! Travel Guide 2020

By Andrea Müller

1st edition 2020La Palma, the small Isla Bonita, is the greenest and most versatile Canary Island of the archipelago. The travel guide La Palma...in a different way! 2020 brings you with numerous detailed maps and exact information to all highlights. Start with a detailed described city tour through the capital Santa Cruz de La Palma and let your discoverer heart beat faster. The main shopping street O'Daly leads you along magnificent buildings to the Plaza de España with the towering Iglesia de Salvador. Learn all about the important capital festival at the Bajada de La Virgen Interpretation Centre, which is held in honour of the island's patron saint. Visit the old market hall La Recova and the large island museum Museo Insular. Admire the wooden balconies Balcones Tipicos, which are the symbol of the capital, and take a breath of discovery on Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria in the Museo Barco de la Virgen. In Breña Alta, shop with nuns at the Monasterio El Cister and see how hand-rolled cigars are made at the Museo del Puro Palmero and Puros Artesanos. Bathe on the beautiful lava beaches of the popular town of Los Cancajos and smile at the legendary history of the twin dragon trees of San Isidro. In Villa de Mazo, visit the Corpus Christi Museum Museo Casa Roja, watch ancient Canarian pottery being made at Ceramica El Molino and visit the aboriginal caves Cuevas del Belmaco. At the southern tip you can enjoy fabulous views during a crater hike in the centre of Volcán de San Antonio and meet salt workers in the Salinas de Fuencaliente. Visit the new Centro Reserva Marina next to the Faro de Fuencaliente lighthouse and taste the excellent wines at Bodegas Teneguia. Be sure to visit the Casa Museo del Vino wine museum in Las Manchas, where you can taste and buy all the island wines. The newly opened Caña del Fuego explains the earliest volcanic eruptions on La Palma. Do not miss to book a guided tour through the dark volcanic cave. A guided tour will tell you the history of Tazacorte. Go to a banana plantation next to the Museo del Plátano or spot dolphins and whales on a boat trip from Puerto de Tazacorte. In El Paso, visit the silk museum Museo de la Seda and see the petroglyphs El Verde and La Fayana. From the Centro de Visitantes de El Paso you start to the world's largest erosion crater Caldera de Taburiente. After a shopping trip in Los Llanos de Aridane you will dive into the history of the natives in the archaeology museum Benahoarita. From the sleepy Tijarafe with its restored mansions, you will set off for the popular weekend market Mercadillo de Puntagorda. In the hippy village Las Tricias you will expand your knowledge in the vivid gofio museum MIGO and you will be impressed by the dragon trees and the cave Cueva de Buracas. Discover the secret rock carvings of La Zarza and La Zarcita and look out over the neighbouring islands of Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hiero from the highest point of the island at Roque de Los Muchachos. A visit to the astrophysical observatory La Palma should also be on your schedule. In San Andrés y Sauces you can splash around in the beautiful natural swimming pools of Piscina's Naturales Charco Azul, or visit the Aldea rum factory. Walk through the primeval laurel forests of Los Tilos and explore the nature trail through the Cubo de La Galga. The new El Tandal Archaeological Park completes your knowledge of the indigenous people. In the small village of Puntallana, the ethnographic museum Casa Luján with its lovingly designed rag dolls is one of the highlights and, like the Fuentes de Puntallana springs, is well worth seeing. Finally, let the day end with a glass of wine against the fantastic backdrop of the spectacular sunsets in Puerto Naos.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrea Müller
• Release date: Mar 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9783968589602

Andrea Müller

Die deutsche Autorin Andrea Müller lebt seit 7 Jahren auf Lanzarote. Nach ihrem ersten Urlaub zog die facettenreiche Vulkaninsel mit dem milden Klima sie dermaßen in ihren Bann, dass sie sich nach mehreren Aufenthalten entschloss, dauerhaft auf der Insel zu bleiben. Um Urlaubern die einzigartige Faszination der gesamten Kanaren zu präsentieren, bereist Frau Müller seit 2013 die kanarischen Inseln und veröffentlicht diverse Reiseführer unter der Marke "mal anders!" Die Autorin legt gesteigerten Wert mit detaillierten Informationen und umfassendem Insiderwissen sowie hilfreichen Tipps, Urlauber gezielt über die Kanaren zu führen. Sie sagt: "Die Kanaren wollen eben entdeckt werden".

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1      Imprint La Palma... in a different way! Travel Guide 2020

2      The history of the Canary Islands

3      LA PALMA

4      City walk Santa Cruz de La Palma

5      Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Snow

6      Museo Camarín Virgen de las Nieves

7      BRENA ALTA- BRENA BAYA

7.1      Monasterio El Císter

7.2      Maroparque

7.3      Museo del Puro Palmero y Museo de La Fiesta de Las Cruces- Tobacco Museum and Cross Festival Museum

7.4      Puros Artesanos- Handmade cigars

7.5      Mirador de la Concepción

7.6      Iglesia San Pedro Apostol

8      BRENA BAJA- LOS CANCAJOS

9      Dragos Gemelos- The twin dragon trees of San Isidro

10      VILLA DE MAZO

10.1      Ceramica El Molino

10.2      Escuela de Artesania- School of arts and crafts

10.3      Museo Casa Roja- Museo del Bordado y del Corpus Christi- Corpus Christi Museum and Embroidery Museum

10.4      Templo Parroquial de San Blas

11      Belmaco Cave Archaeological Park - Archaeological cave park Belmaco

12      FUENCALIENTE- LOS-CANARIOS

12.1      Bodegas Teneguia

12.2      Artesania Artesol

12.3      San Antonio Volcano

12.4      Volcán Teneguia

12.5      Volcanic Interpretation Centre San Antonio

12.6      Bodega La Casa del Volcán

12.7      Bodegas Carballo

12.8      Faro de Fuencaliente

12.9      Centre of Interpretation of the Reserva Marina

12.10      Salinas de Fuencaliente

13      LAS MANCHAS

13.1      Casa Museo del Vino

13.2      Wine and more: The history of wine growing on La Palma

13.3      Plaza de La Glorieta

13.4      Volcanic Caves Interpretation Center - Caña del Fuego

13.5      Virgen de Fatima

14      TAZACORTE

14.1      Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel

14.2      City walk Tazacorte

14.3      Museo del Plátano- Banana Museum

14.4      Banana cultivation in Tazacorte

14.5      Santuario de Las Angustías

14.6      Puerto de Tazacorte- boat trips- dolphin watching and voting...

14.7      Sugarcane cultivation in Tazacorte

15      El PASO

15.1      Museo de la Seda- Las Hiladeras- Silk Museum

15.2      Mercadillo El Paso

15.3      Natural food El Campo

15.4      Petroglifos El Verde and La Fajana

15.5      Centro de Visitantes de El Paso

15.6      Ermita de la Virgen del Pino

15.7      La Cumbrecita

15.8      Palmex

16      LOS LLANOS DE ARIDANE

16.1      Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios

16.2      Museo de Pintura en la Calle

16.3      Museo Arqueológico Benahoarita- Archaeological Museum Benahoarita

16.4      Rastro Argual Abajo Los Llanos- flea market

16.5      Artefuego La Palma- Art glassworks

16.6      The Mirador El Time

17      TIJARAFE

17.1      Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria

17.2      Casa de La Décima

17.3      Museo Etnografico del Traje- José Luis Lorenzo Barreto- Ethnographic Museum of Costume

17.4      Casa del Maestro- house of the teacher

17.5      Danza del Diablo- dance of the devil

17.6      El Local en la casa del Trigo

18      PUNTAGORDA

18.1      Mirador Los Dragos

18.2      Mercadillo de Puntagorda

19      LAS TRICIAS

19.1      Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen

19.2      Museo de Interpretación del Gofio- MIGO- Gofiomuseum

19.3      Buracas

20      SANTO DOMINGO DE GARAFÍA

20.1      Mirador El Serradero

21      La Zarza Cultural Park

22      National Parks Caldera de Tamburiente

22.1      Roque de Los Muchachos

22.2      Observatorio Astrofisico- Astrophysical Observatory La Palma

22.3      Flora de Cumbres- Tajinaste Rosado

23      BARLOVENTO

23.1      Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario

23.2      La Laguna de Barlovento

23.3      La Fajana

24      SAN ANDRÉS Y SAUCES

24.1      Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Montserrat

24.2      Charco Azul- Piscinas Naturales

24.3      Aldea Distilleries - Sugar Cane and Rum Interpretation Centre

25      Los Tilos

25.1      Centro de Visitantes Los Tilos

25.2      Puente Los Tilos

25.3      Cubo de La Galga

26      El Tandal Arqueológico Park

27      PUNTALLANA

27.1      Iglesia de Juan Bautista

27.2      Museo Etnográfico Casa Luján

27.3      Biblioteca Bila

27.4      Fuentes de Puntallana

28      Beaches of La Palma

29      Life and Death - Bathing Accidents in the Canary Islands

30      Summary Miradores - Viewpoints on La Palma

31      History Hotels Airport

32      General Information Canary Islands

By Andrea Müller

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Photography:            Andrea Müller

Number of pages Print variant: 112 pages

Number of images: 288 images/Maps

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Kanarischen Inseln

The archipelago consists of the 8 islands La Graciosa, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Politically they belong to Spain and geographically to Africa. They are located 1200 km from the Spanish mainland and between 100 and 500 km west of Morocco. All islands are of volcanic origin, their age decreases from east to west.

Millions of years ago, huge masses of magma pushed their way up through fracture lines of the earth's crust, exploded in violent volcanic eruptions and formed the islands with their basalt lava flows. In several eruption thrusts of varying duration and intensity they formed the present island profiles.

Fuerteventura with approximately 22 million years, Lanzarote and La Graciosa with 15.5 million years are the oldest islands of the archipelago. Gran Canaria originated approximately 14.5 million years ago, Tenerife 12 million years ago and La Gomera 11 million years ago. La Palma and El Hierro are with 2. and 1.2 million years respectively the youngest Canary Islands. The natives are descended from North African Berbers and developed different cultures on the individual islands, independently of each other. In Lanzarote they were called Majos, in Fuerteventura Majoreros, in Gran Canaria Canarios, in Tenerife Guanchen, in La Palma Benahoaritas, in La Gomera Gomeros and in El Hierro Bimbaches.

They lived at the Stone Age level in caves and fed on collected plants, cultivated cereals and legumes, products from animal husbandry, especially goats, and near the coast on fish and shellfish.

The conquest and thus the subjugation of the Canary Islands took place between 1403 and 1496 by the Spanish Crown.

La Palma has a total area of 718 square kilometres. Volcanic activity can still be seen in many places today, such as the Volcano Route on the Cumbra Vieja and the crater of the Caldera de Taburiente. With its striking relief, La Palma has the highest elevations in the world in relation to its surface area. The volcanic mountain range that extends over the whole island is over 2000 m high. The Roque de Muchachos is with 2426 m the highest mountain and after the Teide in Tenerife the second highest mountain of the archipelago. La Palma is also known as Isla Bonita = beautiful island and Isla Verde = green island, as it is the most wooded island with 40% of the forest cover compared to the other islands. It has retained its charm and original character, as mass tourism has disappeared.

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La Palma has a total of 83,000 inhabitants, 16,000 of whom live in the capital.

The tour starts at the tourist information [1]. From here, walk up the street inland and you will come to the Plaza de La Constitución