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Animals / Fauna / Wildlife

No lions, tigers or birds of paradise here, I'm afraid. In fact there are very few wild mammals at all. But we have plenty of birds. And if you like creepy crawlies (OK, so I'm weird) we have a good selection.

• Red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax barbarus
• Giant Lizards
• Lizards
• Giant Lizards on El Hierro
• Geckoes
• Colias crocea Butterfly
• Cochineal (and prickly pears)
• Strange Caterpillars

Archaeology / Benahora

• Cancajos Salt Pans
• La Zarza Rock Carvings
• Belmaco Cave
• Where did the Benahorita Come From?

Art

• Rosa Vidal
• Amazing Baroque Altarpiece
• Flemish Art
• Peter Hermans
• Helen Bennett

Astronomy / Observatory / Roque de los Muchchos / Telescopes

• The Inauguration of Grantecan
• GranTeCan
• Star Gazing
• Visiting the Observatory
• The William Herschel Telescope
• Asteroid Strike
• SuperWASP, the Planet-Hunter
• The MAGIC Telescope
• More MAGIC
• R.I. P. Florien Goebel
• The Swedish Solar Tower
• Roque de Los Muchachos

Barlovento

• The Battle of Lepanto
• Photos of the Battle of Lepanto (August)
• More surrealism in Barlovento
• Piscinas La Fajana

Breña Alta

• The Scenic route over the ridge
• Meeting the Devil in San Miguel
• San Isidro Livestock Fair
• Twin Dragon Trees
• Fiesta de la Cruz,2007
• The Cistercian Convent

Breña Baja

• Cancajos Salt Pans
• Corpus Christi in San Jose
• Mother's Day Again
• Cancajos
• Mother's Day
• Romeria de San Antonio (July)
• Corpus Christi in San Jose
• Busstops
• San Jose Manor House, R.I.P.

Churches

• Amazing Baroque Altarpiece
• The Church of San Juan
• The Cistercian Convent
• St Maurus's Church, Puntagorda
• Our Lady of Anguish, Tijarafe

El Paso (including the Caldera de Taburiente)

• The Silk Museum
• The Scenic route over the ridge
• Sacred Heart Procession
• Sacred Heart Archways
• Sacred Heart Salt Carpets
• Wine Museum
• La Glorieta Square
• Lava Flow
• The Caldera
• The Caldera again
• Strange Caterpillars
• The Cloud Waterfall
• Prehistoric Rock Carvings
• Napoleon
• The Caldera Campsite

Events / Fiestas

• Meeting the Devil in San Miguel
• Sacred Heart Procession
• Sacred Heart Archways
• Sacred Heart Salt Carpets
• San Juan Bonfires
• Corpus Christi in San Jose
• San Antonio del Monte Livestock Fair
• Corpus Christi in Mazo, 2009
• The Virgin of Fatima
• San Isidro Livestock Fair
• Mother's Day Again
• The Kings (Reyes)
• Blessing the Animals, Fuencaliente
• Carnival: Los Indianos
• Carnival: Sardine's Funeral
• The Ambassador's Parade
• Carnival Murgas
• Holy Week Processions
• Fiesta de la Cruz,2007
• Fiesta de la Cruz,2008
• Fiesta de la Cruz,2009
• Mother's Day
• Our Lady of Monserrat
• Corpus Christi in Mazo
• Corpus Christi in San Jose
• Canary Day
• San Juan (St John the Baptist, June 25th
• Romeria de San Antonio (July)
• The Battle of Lepanto (August)
• Fiesta del Carmen
• The Devil's Dance (7th Sep)
• Fufu horses (Sep 29th)
• Isla Bonita Car Rally
• All Saints, the day of the dead (1st Nov)
• San Martin (11th Nov)
• Constitution Day
• Nativity Scenes

The 2009 Fire

• Re-birth already
• Fire Damage
• The Fire from Space
• Photos of Firefighting

Food and Drink

• Gofio
• Balcon Taburiente Restaurant
• Wrinkly Potatoes
• Puntallana Farmer's Market
• Wine Museum
• Canarian Green Beans
• Puntagorda Farmer's Market
• Mazo Farmer's Market
• Fish
• Mojitos
• Sopas de Miel

Fuencaliente

• Landslides in Fuencaliente
• Blessing the Animals
• Salt
• San Antonio Volcano
• Teneguia Volcano

Garafía

• La Zarza Rock Carvings
• San Antonio del Monte Livestock Fair
• Roque de Los Muchachos
• Los Andennes Viewpoint
• How to Drive Quickly Across Garafía
• Robert's Wall

Geology

• Lava Flow
• Tsunami Risk
• San Antonio Volcano
• Teneguia Volcano

Legends

• Princess Arecida
• Twin Dragon Trees
• The Lover's Leap
• Robert's Wall

Los Llanos

• Balcon Taburiente Restaurant
• La Cancelita Viewpoint
• San Juan Bonfires
• Argual Flea Market
• The Barranco de las Angustias

Los Sauces

• The Rum Factory
• Los Tilos: Ancient Forest
• San Andres
• Charco Azul Footpath
• Our Lady of Monserrat
• Sardine´s Funeral
• Los Sauces Bridge

Mazo

• The Embroidery Museum
• The Corpus Christi Museum
• Corpus Christi in Mazo, 2009
• Belmaco Cave
• Corpus Christi in Mazo
• Mazo Farmer's Market
• The Molino Museum
• Pre-hispanic Ceramics
• Salemera Beach

Miscellaneous

• Where the heck is La Palma anyway?
• My Top 10
• A book and map for driving holidays
• Public Transport
• Prices on La Palma
• Pigs
• Where's the Village gone?
• Camp Sites
• Fugeddaboutit!
• Satellite Photo of La Palma
• Flags Galore
• Money

Museums

• La Zarza Rock Carvings
• Belmaco Cave
• The Embroidery Museum
• The Corpus Christi Museum
• The Molino Museum
• The Silk Museum
• Wine Museum
• Casa Lujan Museum

Music

• Music of the Stars
• More on the Music of the Stars
• Palmeran Hip Hop

Palmerans / People

• Manolo Blahnik

Plants / Flora /Flowers

Because it's an island, the plants here evolved in isolation, and in many cases the plant on La Palma is a different sub-species from the plant in neighbouring Tenerife.

• Los Tilos: Ancient Forest
• Bananas
• Book recommendation
• Wild Peas
• Poppies
• Dragon Trees
• Dragon Tree Viewpoint
• Burr Marigold
• The Palmeran Violet
• Prickly Pears (and cochineal)
• Almond Blossom
• Pointsetias and cardon
• Wild Cherry Tomatoes

Puntagorda

• Almond Blossom
• More Almond Blossom
• St Maurus's Church, Puntagorda
• Puntagorda Farmer's Market

Puntallana

• Casa Lujan Museum
• Lujan Craft Shop
• Puntallana Farmer's Market
• The Church of San Juan
• The Lover's Leap
• Cubo de la Galga

Santa Cruz

• A quick visit to Santa Cruz
• The Island Council's Exhibition Room
• Las Nieves
• More At Las Nieves
• The Santa Maria
• The Kings (Reyes)
• Fiesta de la Cruz,2008
• Nativity Scenes
• Rooftop Viewpoints
• Balconies
• Santa Cruz Tourist Office
• Artesanía Christina
• Living Statues
• Mr. Whiskers
• More Living Statues
• The Living Statues 2009
• Santa Cruz Flea Market

Shopping / Souvenirs

• A Craft Shop with a Difference
• The Silk Museum
• Lujan Craft Shop
• Annual Craft Fair
• Art of Fire Glassblowing
• Argual Flea Market
• Artesanía Christina
• A book and map for driving holidays
• Star Finders (planispheres)

Tazacorte

• Fufu horses (Sep 29th)
• Fiesta del Carmen

Tijarafe

• El Time Viewpoint
• Amazing Baroque Altarpiece
• the Virgin of Fatima
• The Devil's Dance (7th Sep)
• El Time Viewpoint
• Our Lady of Anguish
• The Barranco de las Angustias

Walks and Hiking

• Los Tilos: Ancient Forest
• Charco Azul Footpath

Weather

• Snow
• What to put in your suitcase
• Sahara Dust (calima

Where to Stay

• Camp Sites
• The Caldera Campsite
• Rural Houses