The season for this holiday is:
01 January 2021 - 31 December 2021
01 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
Nearest supermarket & restaurant: 1.5km
Nearest beach: 5.5km
Airport: 7km
Location: see map
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Only experienced and fully fit walkers should attempt the steep walks in the La Palma heat.
If you like bananas and avocados you will be in heaven!
La Palma is a beautiful, remote, uncrowded place in February (with the exception of Carnival of which we were not aware). The hiking is challenging and fabulous, and our accommodation at La Neolides was lovely and more than comfortable and adequate for 2, or small family with 1-2 children. The west side of the island consistently had better weather with less clouds than the east side where we stayed, and driving over the mountain took over an hour each way each day. We combined walks to make the most of various outings, doing both walks in the northwest corner on one day, two walks in the west side in a day. The longer walk in the Caldera was blocked by a land slide, and we did not ford the stream barefoot to see the Cascade de Colores due to time constraints. It was too windy to enjoy the Los Canarios walk at the southern tip the day we went there, so we walked at the volcano visitor center and left. We found several great restaurants: our favorites were Enriclai in Santa Cruz, and Las Matas near La Zarza. The bus from Tenerife South to North airport was direct and convenient, but the route (343) has only limited service on weekends. Buses are found directly outside the South airport exit hall, and are green in color with route signs and schedules on pillars. Cost is under 10 euros per person. The most photogenic walk was Las Tricias with pretty houses, plants and sea scape. The variety of vegetation from dense forest in La Zarza and La Galga to mountain pines on Pico de la Nieve, Bejenado and las Pareditas to the lava flow at Coldas de San Juan to the moon scape of volano de San Antonio was astounding.
Overall, this was a most enjoyable holiday, quiet, relaxing, vigorous, beautiful. Be ready to spend hours in a small standard transmission car making hairpin turns on small roads with exposed sharp drop offs. Don't plan to drive at night or after any alcohol. Watch out for Carnival crowds at beginning of Lent.
This is a fabulous holiday and a great way to appreciate La Palma. Casa Rurals provide a range of properties of distinction which makes for a special experience. Self-driving is a good way to get to know the island and its geography. The flexibility to choose your own walks is a real bonus here when faced with some of the steepest hills you are ever likely to come across anywhere in the world. Don't plan to do too much then you can really enjoy what you choose to do. Oh and if you have any interest in volcanoes, La Palma is a must see. The views will stay in your mind forever.
Only experienced and fully fit walkers should attempt the steep walks in the La Palma heat.
If you like bananas and avocados you will be in heaven!
La Palma is a beautiful, remote, uncrowded place in February (with the exception of Carnival of which we were not aware). The hiking is challenging and fabulous, and our accommodation at La Neolides was lovely and more than comfortable and adequate for 2, or small family with 1-2 children. The west side of the island consistently had better weather with less clouds than the east side where we stayed, and driving over the mountain took over an hour each way each day. We combined walks to make the most of various outings, doing both walks in the northwest corner on one day, two walks in the west side in a day. The longer walk in the Caldera was blocked by a land slide, and we did not ford the stream barefoot to see the Cascade de Colores due to time constraints. It was too windy to enjoy the Los Canarios walk at the southern tip the day we went there, so we walked at the volcano visitor center and left. We found several great restaurants: our favorites were Enriclai in Santa Cruz, and Las Matas near La Zarza. The bus from Tenerife South to North airport was direct and convenient, but the route (343) has only limited service on weekends. Buses are found directly outside the South airport exit hall, and are green in color with route signs and schedules on pillars. Cost is under 10 euros per person. The most photogenic walk was Las Tricias with pretty houses, plants and sea scape. The variety of vegetation from dense forest in La Zarza and La Galga to mountain pines on Pico de la Nieve, Bejenado and las Pareditas to the lava flow at Coldas de San Juan to the moon scape of volano de San Antonio was astounding.
Overall, this was a most enjoyable holiday, quiet, relaxing, vigorous, beautiful. Be ready to spend hours in a small standard transmission car making hairpin turns on small roads with exposed sharp drop offs. Don't plan to drive at night or after any alcohol. Watch out for Carnival crowds at beginning of Lent.
This is a fabulous holiday and a great way to appreciate La Palma. Casa Rurals provide a range of properties of distinction which makes for a special experience. Self-driving is a good way to get to know the island and its geography. The flexibility to choose your own walks is a real bonus here when faced with some of the steepest hills you are ever likely to come across anywhere in the world. Don't plan to do too much then you can really enjoy what you choose to do. Oh and if you have any interest in volcanoes, La Palma is a must see. The views will stay in your mind forever.
We really loved our little blue house, La Higuerita. The host was very helpful and welcoming and provided a great ‘welcome pack’. The location was good in a quiet village with the bar/restaurant, La Cascada a 10 minute walk for a great local place to eat in the evenings. However there is no longer a supermarket 200 meters away but there is a choice in El Paso (5 minute drive).
A very enjoyable holiday in an interesting location. Highly recommend the Caldera de Taburiente, Pico Bejenado and San Antonio walks. We also recommend an observatory visit, we booked with https://www.adastralapalma.com/.
The walking tours of Los Llanos and Santa Cruz a good way to spend a couple of hours after a shorter walk.
As usual our InnTravel package was excellent. El Posito was a charming traditional house which was really comfortable and in a beautiful setting - lizards in the fruit bowl and in the cereal box added to the charm. Prior to our holiday I sustained a hamstring injury and so unfortunately was unable to access many of the walks, however we did enjoy the town walk in Santa Cruz de La Palma and would certainly recommmend sampling the barraquitto coffee at El Cafe de Don Manuel. We had a lovely walk to Mirador Espigon Atravesado, parking at Los Tilos in the north east of the island. Our swim in the lava pools at La Fajana were a particular highlights. We would also recommend a visit to the salt pans near Faro de Fuencaliente where the self guided trail was really informative and the restaurant very good.
Exceptionally beautiful island - like going back 50 years - very hilly.
We had a great time on La Palma. The house was lovely and the walks were brilliant. It was very hot for the first three days and, as a result, the authorities closed all walking trails on the island! We found other places to explore; the waterfall at Los Tilos for example. We did the walk down from the Volcan de San Antonio and had lunch in the cafe above the Jardin de Sal restaurant. However, it was hot, dry and had become extremely windy and were worried about the walk back up. But, there is a bus (no. 23) every two hours and we got the one at 13:45.
On buses: we were reluctant to pay for a taxi on Tenerife [between Tenerife South and Tenerife North airports] so explored the bus option. We missed the last 343 to Tenerife North and so got the 111 to Santa Cruz bus station. However, the ongoing bus to Tenerife North airport is now the 20 (not the 102!) and runs from the lowest floor of the bus station (it took some finding!). On the return we got the 343 bus straight back to Tenerife Sud - very quick!
The island is very beautiful and quiet at the time of year we went. Our cottage was ideal and the lady who looks after it was very helpful in every way. One of the walks up towards the observatory was very hard going underfoot and was harder than we imagined from the notes and category. The other were fine. Sadly most local restaurants were closed or closing then for their holidays, so we cooked slightly more than we intended to. The Spar shop was amazing and the quality of the meat excellent, so we managed well enough. It is probably better to advise people to go into Santa Cruz to eat in the evening at that time of year. Having the pool was an absolute luxury and the car was a great way to see around the island. In all a great holiday and your brochure described it very well, as usual.
Casa Canarias on Isla Bonita is a wonderful experience. Suggest walk Caldera de Taburiente before Pico de la Nieve as the view from the Pico is wonderful to look back on the Caldera. We loved our casa experience in Casa Juanita and used the local restaurant (very local and limited menu but great experience). Santa Cruz is a wonderful town with many beautiful buildings. The Barraquito in el Cafe de Don Manuel was definitely the best on our holiday.
Lovely island great accommodation in middle of town centre with easy access to shops. Membership of local leisure facilities was invaluable
The Last Tricias walk is a delight but popular. Don't miss the Bio restaurant or the Gofio museum.
If you're interested in geology and associated natural and cultural info, the visitor centre for Caldera de Taburiente has a great 3D model of the island but is flashier and ultimately less informative and easy to follow than the display at Volcan San Antonio.
Yet another very enjoyable holiday with Inntravel, our first visit to the Canaries. The island is a walkers paradise with a large variety of different landscapes and walking routes all with superb waymarking. Santa Cruz is a lovely little town to stroll around on a 'rest day' as is the path between Port Espindola and San Andres. San Andres itself is a gem and the Restaurant San Andres in the square by the church is superb restaurantesanandres.com/. The pork chop they served at restaurant Las Goteras in the recreation area near the Laguna De Barlovento is the largest I have ever eaten! lasgoteras.com/ For a swim, the pools at La Fajana and Charco Azul and the beach at Puerto Tazacorte are highly recommended.
Our favourite walk was Las Tricias.
It is well worth the drive to the observatory.
If considering Casa Carlota ask a lot more questions as the information on the website is limited.
In Caldera de Taburiente it is possible to drive up to the car park at La Cumbrecita without booking after 4.00pm - enough time for a short walk and to see the sun set. Suggest Inntravel check if this is only at certain times of the year - we did it in Feb.
We enjoyed our stay at Casa Neolida, a snug and peaceful cottage with spectacular views and lovely birdsong. Most of the walks were wonderful, including walks we discovered on dirt roads right above the property. We'd recommend arriving early at the parking for walks, as they fill up early. When we went up to La Cumbrecita, we were pleased that we had reserved a space online beforehand, as they were turning other cars away (see website in Inntravel notes www.reservasparquesnacionales.es).
Casa Medel is wonderfully situated, and the sunsets were magnificent, with even one rather subdued but nevertheless welcome 'green flash'. The restaurant at Islas Verde has really good tasty food, and brews some excellent beers on site. Don't be put off by the mention of 'thigh-crunching' at the start of the Las Pareditas notes - you will have done worse, I am sure - and the view as you reach the lip of the caldera is worth any sore muscles. The network of paths on La Palma is ripe for self-exploration, and it is worth picking up the map of the whole Red de Senderos locally.
The self guided walks were excellent. We walked every day, the routes, gradients and timings were accurate and the varied walks enabled us to appreciate the best of the island with complete confidence.
La Palma is a beautiful island and a walker's paradise. There are so many stunning trails to choose from that one week only allows you to scratch the surface - and it will make you want to come back for more. The centre of the island - Caldero de Taburiente - blew us away with its fantastic views, unspoilt nature and spectacular and easy to follow trails. We will definitely be coming back!