La Gomera

Traveling to La Gomera

La Gomera is a small and little tourist island, but it is not at all neglected in a holiday to the Canaries, because it has unique landscapes, characteristic villages, bananetics, natural pools and Beautiful possibility of trekking. I therefore advise you to insert the gomera into your travel itinerary, starting perhaps by ferry from Tenerife (and obviously using a rental car, which you can Search and book at this link and that you can also load on the ferry between the islands).

The interior of the island is very humid, so much so as to be occupied by an ancient tropical forest, while the coasts are more dry: even in La Gomera the climate of the Canaries gives splendid days of sunshine and clouds pass, which in case they tend to Stop especially in the interior. On this page we describe what to see and what activities to do in a holiday in La Gomera. From San Sebastian de la Gomera also depart comfortable ferries to La palma , as well as for tenerife , in case you want to extend your trip to the Canarians.

What to see in La Gomera

The ferries arrive in San Sebastian de la Gomera, the capital which boasts a pleasant historic center, black beaches and rock rocks on the sea. From San Sebastian de la Gomera, if you take the road that goes upwards in the island you started to come across a viewpoint after another, with sensational views on Canyon sprinkled with cactus and the Atlantic Ocean, with the Teide volcano of Tenerife that often appears as a background.

La Gomera has a circular shape and is divided into cloves from impressive canyons. In the center there is the National Park of Gariajonay, green and wet like no other place to the Canaries, and also full of trekking itineraries. Forwarding along the road you can admire some beautiful rocky peaks, such as Roque de Agando.

The best trekking itineraries in La Gomera to appreciate the tropical forest and the Laurel forest of the Parco di Garajonay are those in the Alto de Garajonay, the highest point of La Gomera at 1450 meters of altitude, and the paths that connect the various points Panoramics such as Roque de Agando, Roque de Ojila and the Mirador of Morro de Agando.
Among the various steep valleys that descend from the Park de Garajonay to the ocean, one of the most fascinating is that at the Playa de Santiago. This is one of the most tourist destinations of La Gomera, although in practice out of season you will not encounter no tourist here. Along the arid canyon there are spectacular views of palm groves, prickly figs and cactus.

Once you arrive at the sea you can admire the black beach and the marina of the Rustica Playa de Santiago.

Another fairly tourist valley is that of the Gran Rey Valley, loved by the Germans, destination full of panoramic trekking routes and characteristic cottages in the middle of palm trees and cultivated fields. The Gran Rey Valley arrives on the ocean: here there are a very long black beach, a marina and fascinating cliffs; On the marina, from the fishermen's cooperative, we eat very well spending little.

Another beach reachable with a canyon is that of Alojera; about ten minutes north, along the coast and reachable only by boat, there are the cliffs of Los Organos, very particular volcanic columns.
another beautiful valley is that of Hermigua, with splendid palm groves, gigantic bananets, and Of natural ocean pools. This swimming pool with a very clear water of the Atlantic is spectacular, because it closed by the remains of El Pescante di La Gomera.

Here in Hermigua there was a gigantic structure that was used to load the products of La Gomera on export vessels. Violent storms then knocked down El Pescante di Hermigua, and today there were only imposing columns surrounded by cliffs. In addition, precisely, from El Pescante this gigantic ocean pool opens, from which to admire the waves that break on the rocks.
Not far from Hermigua there are some of the most characteristic villages of La Gomera: Agulo is very small and Overview, while Vallehermoso found on the bottom of a charming valley.

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