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Discovering La Palma, again

Bejeques (house leeks) the size of small bushes burst from cracks in dry-stone walls. Sweet peas, snapdragons, and California poppies devoured whole sections of embankments outside traditional cottages. On grassy tracks between hamlets, wild flowers – proud tajinastes and aromatic wild lavender – took over the reins. […]

La Palma

Seven Wonders of La Palma

In the space of twelve months we visited the Canary Island of La Palma four times. We explored towns and trails and went off the beaten track on an island where everywhere is basically off the beaten track in order to help design two slow travel holidays… […]

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La Palma

A stranger to the mainstream tourism market, heart shaped La Palma lies on the western edge of the Canary Islands with Tenerife, La Gomera and El Hierro in her sights and untold wonders in her […]