Towns in the island of La Palma



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The Island of La Palma was conquered in 1493, has an extension
of 706 kilometers square, has 14 municipalities

Garafia

It hits by its steep landscapes, their powerful reliefs and their wild orography. In its summits is the highest point of the island, Roque de los Muchachos (2,426 ms), place chosen for the location of one of the observatories more important astrophisicists of the world. The cleaning and clarity of our sky make possible it.

Puntagorda

It is the full North cliff coast, with capricious vegetation, of peculiar species like the dragon trees that form small colonies in Buracas. Although the main protagonist is the canary pine, that dominates natural means with majesty

 

Tijarafe

Place of calmness in rural atmosphere, the platanero is agriculture par excellence.
The valley of Aridane can be observed in all its splendor from the viewpoint of the Time


 

Los Llanos de Aridane

It is the neurological center of the region of the valley has foundations and wicker of great city. Powerful platanera agriculture is the main motor of wealth of this nucleus, has coasts like Puerto Naos

 

Tazacorte

Door to the sea and intima relation with the level ones, has contributed historically force of work, nonsingle in the sector of agriculture but also in its fishing. Its port, nowadays in expansion, the beach that accompanies it, one of the favorite places for the palmeros and tourists who look for relax that she offers the ocean.


El Paso

Heart of the island, counts on the boiler like main possession, I authenticate orchard of nature and geology recognized like the natural Park from 1954. The boiler has several accesses by highway to the viewpoints and a network of footpaths signalized
for hikes.

Fuencaliente

The climate of the center of the island is but extreme that in the coast. The great summits wrap to these seeded territories of pedregales and lavicos fields, lands affected by the volcanic action, lunar landscapes similar to those of Lanzarote, vinícola agriculture of
tradition, attractive coasts al shelter of tradewinds del NE, small coves and beaches
of sea in calm, with smooth climate that delight to those who they love to enjoy
the fullness del sea in calmness and retirement.


Villa de Mazo, Breña Baja y Breña alta

This slope this of the island resists with the driest and sunny slope the west. Both
are united through tunnels that cross the Earth, which accentuates the climatic difference.
This earth conserves of the best way rooted traditions, celebrating like few celebrations loaded of folclore.












Los Llanos Santa Cruz de la Palma







As much in Mazo as Fuencaliente, the Llanos of Aridane, Tazacorte we can find urbanizations done of stone, very typical of the island The Island of the Palm has a singular beauty and a great power of seduction that becomes a destiny differentiated within the canary archipelago.

La Palma is world-wide reserve of the biosphere on the part of UNESCO. Few places of the planet show such diversity in one reduced surface, landscaping as as much anthropological, where the respect to natural and cultural means is conjugated.

The form to make I authenticate tour around the island is in the tourist buses, with guides who explained with better detail these more concrete aspects to him of the island, like construmbres, history, life form.

Its capital is Santa Cruz de la Palma, one of the admired cities more of the Atlantic,
thanks to its historical legacy. Nowadays it is one of the most important ports of Europe, shutdown forced in the marine connections with America. Puntallana, San Andrés
and Sauces to Barlovento, Located to the North of the Island, to greener and humid landscapes, sources and springs follow one another in these municipalities. Fertile earth
to great grief that its territory this furrowed by and deep precipices.

The climate favors the conservation of laurisilva, a type of own wooded mass of the tertiary one, I authenticate living natural fossil. Here the original nucleus of the Reserve of the biosphere in 1983 was laid the foundations: The property of the Channel and the
linden trees. Account with beaches of Walnuts like Puntallana, or natural swimming
pools in San Andrés or the Fajana in Barlovento


Places of Interest The Pretty Cave Observatory Astrophisicist Caldera Taburiente
Route of the wine Popular celebrations Artistic Monuments Links of La Palma



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