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 by mocca
If you go, the biggest problem will be getting there (if you fly directly) Because there are enough hotels, motels guesthouses and whatever to accomocate the tourist now (let hope it wil stay like that, and not get like Gran Canaria), but the flights are limited. Leave a Comment
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 prehistoric inscriptions,
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We visited the easy reachable and good signposted ones in La Zarza in the north west part of the island near Garafia and the ones in the caves of Belmaco in the south east part near Mazo.
We liked most trying to find also some of the other locations during our walks.
It's not known, who made the inscriptions and why. Some engravings are identified as dancing prehistoric people, others as signs of the Libyan alphabet.
All researchers think the alphabetical signs originate from North Africa, because there are found similar signs in the Sahara. Leave a Comment
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 Cumbre Nueva with its clouds
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This mountain ridge divides the island in a wet end dry part. The rains of the eastern part hardly reach the western dry part.
Coming from the east with heavy rainfall you will come in a clear blue sky at the sunny side after passing the tunnel at the mainroad between Santa Cruz and Los Llanos.
What you see mostly from the western side is the unique clouds crawl above the Cumbre.
The island of La Palma is a minicontinent with several climates and vegetation. Leave a Comment
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 Caldera de Taburiente by sachara
The caldera is no vulcanic crater, as thought for a long time, so the use of the name caldera is not right. After long survey the opinion developed, that erosion by water and collapses formed the caldera.
The origin of all the Canary Islands was ever volcanic, but that was 30 million years ago.
The Caldera de Taburiente has a diameter of 10 KM and is surrounded by peaks of around 2400 M.
At the south west side the caldera is open. From the ocean you have a nice overview and a good look in the caldera with its form of an horseshoe.
Our walk deep down in the caldera and the breathtaking views from the edges. Leave a Comment
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 by beodde
Take a hike along the vulcanic-route with breathtaking views over the island and after that enjoy a cortado (special coffee) at the main place in Los Llanos.
The absolut best is the possibility to hike on high mountains and after that go swimming in the sea. The highest point on La Palma is the Roque de los Muchachos with 2426m. Leave a Comment
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 Charco Azul by lup
One of them is called Charco Azul, near San Andrés. It has two pools, a large one, deep enough to dive into, and a smaller one, where fish also swim in. The sea fills the pools, each time a wave comes in, but there are no real currents, so that swimming is save for everyone. The real ocean is often to wild to swim in. Sometimes, when the wind comes from the right direction, the waves can be very high.
The entrance is free. There is also a restaurant/bar. Leave a Comment
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Many walking guides are available for La Palma.
Since the island is subjected to continuous change and development, it is also good to buy a detailed map with the walking trails, indicated with the letters GR (long distance), PR (medium distance) and SL (local trails).
We mainly used the Dutch "ANWB Wandelgids La Palma", second printing 2005, originally written by Susanne Lipps. This guide mainly describes hikes with the same start and finish. This is very easy because you can park your car somewhere and get back to it. However, some of the walks in the second printing were not fully correct anymore due to changes in roads etc. Be warned, the first tunnel in walk #18 was closed with a gate when we were there in Januari 2008 (however, we went under the gate :-)
We also had the Sunflower La Palma and El Hierro guide by Noel Rochford. This guide describes mainly walks that go from one point to another (different start and finish) and therefore is very suitable for people that want to use public transport. This guide also uses a web-based update service to make sure you can always have the latest information about the hikes. See for public transportation: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/6117e/40867/9/ Leave a Comment
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