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Canary Island La Palma
The island La Palma lies in the west of the Canarian Islands, covering
a surface area of 706 km2, and with the highest peak at 2.426 m. The
island has a population of 80.000 inhabitants. The geographic position
of the island is responsible for a mild dimate the whole year.
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On La Palma is existing a great diversity of flora, a lot of it is only
existing here and is having a scientific value.
The island's fauna is
also very intresting, with several amazing species of birds and insects.
The green lung of the Isla bonita is biospheres - reservation and
exists apart from orange and banana plantages. |
Typical for the island are large forests, volcanoes and mountain
massives, which you can find especially on the east side of the island.
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Points of interest
Even though the island is small, La Palma offers a huge variety of
landscapes, constantly changing if you start to come higher or if you
change the direction.
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The National Park of "La Caldera de Taburiente",
which is truely impressive with majestic geological formations is just
one of the examples. There are several roads leading to the viewpoints
of the "La Caldera" and as well there is existing a great number of
footpaths.
A visit to the San Antonio and Teneguia volcanoes
in
Fuencaliente provides a surprising contrast. Teneguia last erupted
spectacularly in 1971, and you can still feel the beat of the crater on
the soles of your feets. |
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EI Bosque de Los Tilos (Laurel Forest), near Los Sauces, is
declared as a Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO.... a "must" for nature
lovers.
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Several interesting
examples of architecture, in civilian, religious and military buildings,
are to find in the towns and villages on the island, besides the
traditional Canary Island style of houses. |
Santa Cruz de La Palma is
certainly a unique historical and artistic setting. Nobody would expect
to find such a wealth of art in that remote corner of the Atlantic
Ocean. However, there is a collection of flemish carvings and paintings
which arrived on the island during the 16th and 17th century, thanks to
the lively Irade and cultural exchange with the Netherlands at that
time. The different items are housed in several churches of the island.
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Then there are clusters of the legendary dragon tree, at La Tosca
(Barlovento) and at Buracas (Garafia).
There are also fine volcanic-sand beaches on La Palma, such as Puerto
Naos and Charco Verde (Los Llanos de Aridane), Los
Cancajos (Brena
Baja), Playa Echentive and La Zamora (Fuencaliente) and Playa Nogales
(Puntallana).
The natural pools of Charco Azul (San Andres
and Sauces) and of La Fajana (Barlovento) are also very popular.
Among the island's crafts, special mention should be given to silk
goods, hand-made cigars, embroidery, basketry and pottery.
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The typical
restaurants offer the culinary delights of canarian kitchen and the
island's own specialities with cheeses, confectionery and the wines of
Mazo, Teneguia and Fuencaliente.
La Palma, the island in between the Atlantic
Not less interesting as at the surface La Palma is very
intresting underwater too. You should not miss to visit it. If
you are still not diving you can realize your
dive course here
on La Palma.
Here on
you can not expected a very colorfull and lovely
looking underwaterworld like an aquarium. The Atlantic Ocean is
looking more rough and it is having a lot of character. It is
not the Red or the Caribean Sea. But you can be sure that you
will not get disappointed
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