LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS

Departing the quayside, we will cross over Santa Cruz de La Palma via Maritime Avenue, with its typically Canarian architecture. From here we will go to Las Nieves to visit the insular Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Las Nieves, which gives shelter to various Flemish sculptures.

We then proceed to Breña Alta to the viewpoint La Concepción – a natural balcony that overlooks Santa Cruz, its bay and the eastern coast of the island. The road then crosses over the arable lands of Breña Alta, an area known for fruit trees, ornamental flowers and tobacco used in the manufacture of handmade cigars.

After travelling through the dorsal mountain chain by tunnel we can see the difference between the eastern slope, covered with Laurisilva trees, and the western area, brighter and arid with pine trees. Once up at the viewpoint La Cumbrecita, we will visit the National Park of La Caldera de Taburiente, one of the most impressive and peculiar landscapes of the Canaries.

Continuing to El Paso and Fuencaliente in the south of the island, we visit the volcano of San Antonio, where we can walk along the edge of the crater with a fantastic panoramic view of the Teneguia volcano, the southern point of the island and the salt flats.

We return along the eastern coast, where we will pass through the towns of Mazo and Breña Baja. In Mazo, we shall visit the aboriginal pottery workshop El Molino, before returning to Santa Cruz de La Palma.

TOUR NOTES: This tour includes some optional walking, some of which is over uneven ground, and there are some steps to be negotiated. This tour is dependent upon favourable weather conditions. Passengers are advised to wear comfortable walking shoes and to bring a jacket.

DESCRIPTIONS CORRECT AT THE TIME OF PUBLISHING.