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Welcome !

The islandGEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION: In the Atlantic Ocean, in the Northwest of the Canary Islands. Together with Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro it makes up the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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GETTING TO:BY AIRPLANE

DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM MADRID (Iberia)

DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM OTHER CANARY ISLANDS WITH Binter Canarias AND Islas Airways:

TENERIFE yGRAN CANARIA

IN SUMMER DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM/TO BILBAO, SEVILLA AND BARCELONA

GETTING TO: BY BOAT:

From the port of Los Cristianos (In the South of Tenerife): Fred Olsen every day Also with Naviera Armas 3 times a week

ATTRACTIONS:

The whole island is a World Biosphere Reserve (declared in 2002).

Los Cancajos

Main tourist areas:

Puerto Naos – Tazacorte

Main tourist areas:

FuencalienteMain tourist areas:

Barlovento

Main tourist areas:

Varied accomodation offer:• Hotels • Parador

• Self-catering appartments• Bungalows

• Country Houses

...active leisure:

• DIVING

• CYCLING

• PARAGLIDING

• HIKING

• ASTRONOMY

DIVING

•3rd FotoSub Isla de La Palma Contest (Tazacorte)

TOURS BY BIKE

• 6th Bike Marathon La Palma (march,14th)www.bikelapalma.com

PARAGLIDING

3rd Desafío de Parapente Isla de La Palmawww.flylapalma.com

HIKING• More than 1.000 km of hiking tours signposted according to

international rules: GR, PR and SL (Long-distance, short-distance and local ones).

EVENTS RELATED TO HIKING

• TRANSVULCANIA

• WALKING FESTIVAL

• FOTO NATURE

www.senderosdelapalma.com

Marco Olmo – The oldest participant

Winner in 2009 – Vicente Blanco

HIKING FOR THE DISABLED

• Joëlette: * Joëlette is a type of vehicle which was invented by the French Joël Claudel in the end of the 1980s. It is a kind of wheelchair which permits those who cannot walk to go along all kinds of hiking paths.

Categorías

Master Classes

Astrophysics

• The Law of the Sky

• Biggest observatory in the Northern Hemisphere

• Gran TeCan: the largest telescope: 10m.

Beaches

Beaches on La Palma are volcanic black-sanded.

The Caldera de Taburiente National

Park.

The most important laurel forest

in the Canary Islands. The Los Tiles laurel

forest.

The most recent volcanic eruption in Spain: Teneguía

(1971).

TRADITIONAL CUISINE

• CHEESES: WITH DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN “ISLA DE LA PALMA”.

• WINES: DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN, MANY INTERNATIONAL PRIZES.

• BANANAS: MAIN CULTIVATION ON THE ISLAND.

CRAFTS

• POTTERY • SILK MANUFACTURE• EMBROIDERIES

Thanks very much for your attention and see you soon!