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LA PALMA

Los Sauces
Terraced hillside, maximizing cultivation in the lush green Valle Gran Rey, on the island of La Gomera
Puntagorda
Caldera de
Taburiente
Breña Alta Santa Cruz 0 kilometres 25
Los Llanos de Aridane de la Palma
Tazacorte El Paso 0 miles 10
LA PALMA
MONTES
DE ANAGA
LA LAGUNA
Fuencaliente Tacoronte Playa de Las Teresitas
T E N E R I F E SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
PUERTO DE LA CRUZ El Rosario
Buenavista Garahico LA OROTAVA
del Norte
Punta de Teno CANDELARIA
Güimar
Pico del Teide
3718m PARQUE NACIONAL
LA GOMERA DEL TEIDE
Guia
Vallehermoso Agulo Parador de
Cañades del Teide
Vilaflor
Parque Nac.
de Garajonay Punta de Abona
Valle Gran Rey Adeje Granadilla
de Abona
San Sebastián Playa de las Arona
LA GOMERA Américas
Allajero LOS CRISTIANOS El Médano
Santiago Punta Roja Getting Around
Silencio
Punta de la Rasca Costa del From mainland Spain there are
flights (see p626) and ferries
(see p627) to the Canary Islands.
Transport to the small islands is
mainly from Tenerife. La Gomera is
EL HIERRO easily reached by ferry or hydrofoil
Valverde from Los Cristianos, or by plane
Frontera Puerto de from Gran Canaria or Tenerife.
Ermita de la Estaca
los Reyes Airports on La Palma and El Hierro
are served by regular flights from
EL HIERRO
Tenerife’s northern airport of Los
Rodeos. Unless you take an
La Restinga
organized coach trip, a car is
essential to see the island scenery.
Roads are improving, but great care
The wild landscape of Punta de Teno in western Tenerife is needed for mountain driving.
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