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I have been to La Palma many times, after I visited it for the first time in the nineties. Most of the visits have been related to culture, events in which I have had the pleasure of participating.
However, this time the visit was touristic, because my son had never been on this beautiful island and we decided to schedule the visit for the days before Easter, before the holidays because the hotels and airports are at their best.
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The truth is that the island of La Palma is an island that never ceases to surprise you, because wherever you go you always find something that leaves you with your mouth open, especially its lush vegetation that rises from the coast and is becoming increasingly leafy as you climb to the summits of the island.
We didn't waste any time, and the first day we dedicated them to stocking up and visiting Santa Cruz de La Palma, a city that, in its old part, seems as if you had travelled back in time.
On the second day we enter the interior of the island and visit the cubo de la Galga, a path whose vegetation represents the ancient Laurisilva forests that were in most of the Canary Islands.
After visiting the La Galga ravine, we went straight to the Charco Azul, to the coast, to the municipality of San Andrés and Sauces to take the first bath of the year and the water was crystal clear, but very cold; it was in and out.
After the bath we returned to the mountain to visit the waterfall of Los Tilos, which is in the municipality of San Andrés and Sauces, but with such bad luck that there was no waterfall because the water had been diverted to irrigate the banana plantations, but still the place is impressive.
The next day we visited the Roque de los Muchachos and the international observatories that are in the area, with a landscape worthy of being visited that offer us a spectacular view of the Caldera de Taburiente.
On our next day we visit the south of the island, where the volcanoes of San Antonio and Teneguía are located. These volcanoes were the protagonists of the last eruptions that took place in the Canary Islands.
That same day we went down to visit the lighthouse of Fuencaliente and the salt mines that are in that same place. A salt mine that produces salt that is marketed on the island of La Palma and exported.
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The last day we toured the western part of the island, Los Llanos, Tazacorte, Puerto Naos and Tijarafe.
Undoubtedly an island to visit and enjoy its people and its magnificent landscapes.
