La Gomera

Whistles spread in its ravines, pleasant sounds of ancestral memories, eternal loves of Gara and Jonay to the rhythm of chácara and drum with calacimbre. We go through the Colombian island and from the Torre del Conde we see the pilgrims who go in search of their brunette from Puntallana, the Virgin of Guadalupe.

La Gomera is nature in its purest form: lush forests, steep ravines, cliffs of impossible shapes and towns that preserve their most ancient traditions to offer you a different vacation. Island of trails, hamlets and remote places of incalculable ecological value, La Gomera puts at your fingertips all the charm of a welcoming land where you can live your best rural tourism experience.

Intimately linked to the discovery of America and the Columbian voyages, the Island awaits you with corners full of history, such as the Torre del Conde, but, above all, with natural treasures that you will not forget.

Discover the Garajonay National Park, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986, and its laurel forest, a dream forest that once covered the entire Mediterranean basin and is considered today as a true living fossil.

Respect and love for its traditions make La Gomera a place for discovery. Only there you will be able to know the Silbo, a unique language with which the Gomerans used to bridge the distances opened by its intricate orography; Traditional festivals of great flavor and a gastronomy full of unique elements, such as watercress stew or palm honey, an exquisite delicacy made from guarapo, the name by which the palm tree sap is known.

From the sea, the Island of La Gomera will surprise you with Los Órganos, a spectacular cliff created by lava, which erosion has revealed as gigantic pipes of an impressive organ that is embedded in the depths of the ocean to also draw the most amazing seabed.

In La Gomera you will be able to relax in the highest quality accommodation and you will enjoy magnificent days of golf among dreamy landscapes and very close to small beaches of great beauty.

The island of La Gomera, with an area of ​​372 km², is located in the group of the western Canaries; more or less rounded, its maximum altitude is at the top of Garajonay, at 1,487 meters above sea level.

It is the only island in the Canary Archipelago that has not experienced modern eruptions (for approximately two million years).

Its configuration is closely related to the erosion of the waters that have furrowed a wide network of radial ravines, gradually widened to the point of allowing most of the Gomeran population and their agricultural activities to have settled at the bottom of these ravines.

La Gomera has always been appreciated for its exceptionally preserved forests. This exemplary conservationist behavior is a source of pride for the people of Gomera, which over the years has contrasted with the destructive plunder characteristic of the central islands of the Archipelago, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria. And people of Gomera also like the rolex replica for daily wear.

The economy of La Gomera has been focused on the activities of the primary sector, especially agriculture, and livestock, although fishing has also stood out for its importance, reaching, comparatively, the highest level in the western islands.

Regarding internal communications, the abrupt orography has made it extremely difficult to develop a road network adequate to the needs of the island's inhabitants. Suffice it to say that the main population centers were not communicated by road until the 1960s.

If Columbus's trip to America is considered one of the most important journeys ever made, we must not forget that it was precisely from here that the Genoese sailor cast off on his way to immortality.

La Gomera is, therefore, history, and these important historical manifestations that it has are unique, since they are intimately linked to the Columbian deed, and to the deepest ancestral traditions.

The remains preserved today may be modest, but nevertheless the rich value that made this island the route to the New World is preserved unscathed. All this, together with the benignity of its mild climate, the multiple cultural and natural values ​​that it possesses, as well as the incomparable beauty of its towns and a national park considered a World Heritage Site, make the Colombian island an ideal place for the quality tourism.