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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!
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