Go there: Leisure travel will start direct charter in October. A week with three star accommodation costing from around $ 5,000 in november. Scheduled flights from Gran Canaria.
Best time: Throughout the year. On average 19 degrees in January and 28 in August. Water temperature 19-24 degrees. Not much rain.
Currency: 1 euro = approximately 8.60 kronor.
Price Level: Prices in Spain is around 75% of the Swedish under Forex holiday index.
Live: A few major and several smaller hotels and guest houses in the tourist resorts and in Santa Cruz. Several homes in the surrounding countryside (Casas rurales).
Canary Island of La Palma is not really a new charter destination. But previously it had go through and in combination with Tenerife. Then took the trip out there for at least nine hours. In October, the first charter plane from Arlanda to La Palma Airport, six hours of flight time.
Recreational resort, new destination is a different kanarieö. It lies farther to the Northwest, and unlike their grannöar not tourism as main source of income. Instead it is bananas that draw most of their money. This means that it can run past the huge plantations with or without a greenhouse, but few beaches.
Many travel to La Palma to walk. There are approximately one hundred miles of hiking trails on the island, which is just over half the size of Öland. The more spectacular the tours include the rim along the Caldera de Taburiente at 2,000 metres. Another popular walk is the 24-km-long Ruta de los Volcanes (Volcano Trail) which runs from North to South along a ridge.
La Palma is (as well as the other Canary Islands) is a volcanic island with numerous small and large craters. The last eruption was in 1971 when the Teneguia in the southern part of the island gained life. The eruption lasted for a month, and killed one person.
Swim? Isn't it? Yes, but the banks cannot compete with Maspalomas on Gran Canaria. The longest is Puerto Naos at the island's western side. This is the sand dramatically black as it should on a volcanic island. It sits unprotected in the entire Atlantic Ocean in front of them so it can breathe properly and walk high waves. On the eastern side lies the La Palmas largest seaside resort Los Cancajos. There are more hotels, but less beach. The proximity to the island's cozy with capital Santa Cruz is the main advantage of the hotels here.
Santa Cruz is (or was at my visit some years ago) almost unaffected by tourism. Yeah, we saw a few souvenir shops but it was the local community that dominated in the village, with children who rode in front of the Church while their grandparents took an evening stroll.
At La Palma is also one of the world's most important astronomical observatories, Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos. It consists of several telescopes, including a Swedish. The reason why lies precisely here is that it is often clear skies and that night is not contaminated by light. All the street lights are yellow and pointing downwards in order not to spread the light. The entire island goes off down a couple of times a year for night astronomiforskning.
The Observatory is possible to visit after the booking, but not at night.
Best time: Throughout the year. On average 19 degrees in January and 28 in August. Water temperature 19-24 degrees. Not much rain.
Currency: 1 euro = approximately 8.60 kronor.
Price Level: Prices in Spain is around 75% of the Swedish under Forex holiday index.
Live: A few major and several smaller hotels and guest houses in the tourist resorts and in Santa Cruz. Several homes in the surrounding countryside (Casas rurales).
Canary Island of La Palma is not really a new charter destination. But previously it had go through and in combination with Tenerife. Then took the trip out there for at least nine hours. In October, the first charter plane from Arlanda to La Palma Airport, six hours of flight time.
Recreational resort, new destination is a different kanarieö. It lies farther to the Northwest, and unlike their grannöar not tourism as main source of income. Instead it is bananas that draw most of their money. This means that it can run past the huge plantations with or without a greenhouse, but few beaches.
Many travel to La Palma to walk. There are approximately one hundred miles of hiking trails on the island, which is just over half the size of Öland. The more spectacular the tours include the rim along the Caldera de Taburiente at 2,000 metres. Another popular walk is the 24-km-long Ruta de los Volcanes (Volcano Trail) which runs from North to South along a ridge.
La Palma is (as well as the other Canary Islands) is a volcanic island with numerous small and large craters. The last eruption was in 1971 when the Teneguia in the southern part of the island gained life. The eruption lasted for a month, and killed one person.
Swim? Isn't it? Yes, but the banks cannot compete with Maspalomas on Gran Canaria. The longest is Puerto Naos at the island's western side. This is the sand dramatically black as it should on a volcanic island. It sits unprotected in the entire Atlantic Ocean in front of them so it can breathe properly and walk high waves. On the eastern side lies the La Palmas largest seaside resort Los Cancajos. There are more hotels, but less beach. The proximity to the island's cozy with capital Santa Cruz is the main advantage of the hotels here.
Santa Cruz is (or was at my visit some years ago) almost unaffected by tourism. Yeah, we saw a few souvenir shops but it was the local community that dominated in the village, with children who rode in front of the Church while their grandparents took an evening stroll.
At La Palma is also one of the world's most important astronomical observatories, Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos. It consists of several telescopes, including a Swedish. The reason why lies precisely here is that it is often clear skies and that night is not contaminated by light. All the street lights are yellow and pointing downwards in order not to spread the light. The entire island goes off down a couple of times a year for night astronomiforskning.
The Observatory is possible to visit after the booking, but not at night.
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