Comments for La Palma Island

Comment on About this Blog by Kate

Kate — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:44:28 +0000

I spent 3 months in the Canary Islands in the beginning of 2000 and loved La Palma. I will visit again sometime. I enjoyed staying at the Los Rosales Apts and wonder whether that area is now over developed? How can I find other English speaking people there? Thanks.

Comment on About this Blog by Paul Redding

Paul Redding — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:37 +0000

Found your blog by chance while I was looking for info on Puntallana. We have arranged a stay in the village during July this year when we hope to explore some of your beautiful island

Comment on Ultrabike 2012 by sheila

sheila — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:37:59 +0000

La Palma’s popular with bikers – lots of marked trails through gorgeous scenery to explore. If you like biking, you should come here!

Comment on Ultrabike 2012 by Artur

Artur — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:30:24 +0000

I didn’t knew that you’ve mtb races out there Maybe someday I’ll go and have a try

Comment on Los Indianos 2012 by Wim del Arte

Wim del Arte — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:10:37 +0000

Once a year it’s snowing in Santa Cruz de La Palma.
Great photos !

Comment on Mojitos by Los Indianos 2012 | La Palma Island

Los Indianos 2012 | La Palma Island — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:47:04 +0000

[...] drink a lot of alcohol (traditionally rum and coke or mojitos) but I’ve never seen any violence and only heard of it happening once. But please [...]

Comment on Pre-hispanic Ceramics by Tijarafe Museum | La Palma Island

Tijarafe Museum | La Palma Island — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:38:48 +0000

[...] hold other displays. One is replicas of pre-Hispanic ceramics found on the island, made in the workshop in Mazo, and others are full of old photographs documents, bric-a-brac and craft work. Old school [...]

Comment on Tijarafe Museum by Coen Rooseboom

Coen Rooseboom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:26:18 +0000

Dear Sheila,
as I recommended this little museo to you some time ago, I was very pleased to see that you found your way there. Indeed it is sad that it is closed now by lack of personal (as mentioned on the door). For me it is incomprehensible that the municipality save on such small money and throw it otherwise by bulk in the barranco (figuratively). We are for 2,5 month now in Tijarafe (fleeding the dutch winter) and I visit the beautiful cemeterio just outside Tijarafe in the direction of Mirador del Time. I can (again) highly recommend it to you. It is a very splendid spot with a beautiful “vista”! I found the “children’s Corner” slightly bizar with the cradle-like graves. The way to the cemeterio it is rather steep (as it is to heaven). Enjoy a visit!
Greetings

Comment on Where on Earth is La Palma anyway? by Ashley Oulton

Ashley Oulton — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:15:58 +0000

Hi!
I just wanted to say that I enjoyed reading your article (and articles) nearly as much as the two week holiday that I spent in La Palma in August with my two young sons. We spent the first week in a beachside apartment in Tazacorte and the next week camping at three different campsites on the island. La Palma truly is a beautiful island. We have lived in Tenerife for the past eight years the first seven in Los Realejos in the north (where if we were lucky on very rare occasions we could see La Palma’s two peaks across the water) and the last year in the mountains in the south of Tenerife. It was without a doubt one of our favourite holidays for a long time!! We so enjoyed the wonderful (well marked) walks, fabulous local food and wine, friendly people and stunning countryside. Don’t get me wrong …as I am not anti my own race… but it was so special to go somewhere where I did not hear an English voice for two weeks! It used to be like that in Valle Gran Rey in Gomera many years ago!!! When I informed my friends on facebook that I was going to La Palma, they replied wishing me a good holiday in Majorca!! Ha! Ha!

Comment on The Devil in Tijarafe by Tijarafe Museum | La Palma Island

Tijarafe Museum | La Palma Island — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:57:21 +0000

[...] like old school books, and the other displays the devil costume, used for the village’s main fiesta. The house is built around central courtyard, with a tank for storing rainwater, called an aljibe. [...]