 La
Palma
La Palma, the beautiful island, is -with its 728 square kilometres
and 80,000 inhabitants - the green island par excellence. It
has the greatest heights in relation to is circumference. In
the centre of the island lies the largest known crater: La
Cadera de Taburiente, a National Park. It has a circumference
of 28km full of dense pine forests and depths of up to 770m.
The greatest height is called Roque de los Muchachos (2,423m),
and there is the Astrophysical Observatory. The impressive
grandeur of la Cadera can be observed from the observation
platform of La Cumbrecita because it can be viewed in detail
and visited from that point.
Santa Cruz de la Palma
This is the capital of the island with an important port and
18,000 inhabitants. It lies on the east coast of the island
on the slope of the mountain and on the edge of volcanic crater
called la Cadereta. Its form is that of an amphitheater which
gives the town a curious look. Its picturesque Real St, the
centre of Official, commercial and social life, leads to España
Sq, where El Salvador's and the Town Hall stand, two valuable
examples of the 16C. Santa Cruz de la Palma has a Museum of
Natural History with magnificent zoological examples and traces
of the original population as well as a large library.
The seaside avenue skirts the sea and there are modern buildings
alongside large old houses with huge, wooden balconies which
are typical of the island. 500m from the pier there is the
Parador on this avenue.
Near the town stands the Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora
de las Nieves, the patron saint of the island.
Places of interest
Los Llanos de Aridane
It is an important commercial and agricultural centre of the
island and lies in one of the loveliest valleys of the Canary
countryside which can be viewed in all its beauty from the
observation plataform of El Time.
From there it is also possible to see La Cadera de Taburiente
and Tijarafe.
Tazacorte
It lies in surroundings full of banana-trees and it has a
small, very typical harbour and good beaches.
Puerto de Naos
It is a small, very tourist-oriented village with an excellent
beach of fine, back sand.
Fuencaliente
This is the most southerly village of the island. It is surrounded
pine forests and vineyards contrasting with its volcanoes,
the most famous of which are San Antonio and Teneguía.
The later erupted in 1971.
Mazo
There is Belmaco Cave with prehistoric inscriptions and an
observation plataform with splendid view overlooking the coast.
The is where La Palma airport lies.
Breña Baja
Its Cancajos beach is a series of small coves with transparent
water. It is an interesting place from the point of view of
its tourist promotion.
San Andrés y Sauces
It has a very beautiful lime-tree forest, one of the densest
in the archipelago, with eye-catching giant fern.
Cueva Bonita
This natural grotto lies near Tijarafe and is flooded by the
sea.
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