Europe
10 reasons we enjoy walking on La Gomera
Over the last two decades I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve visited La Gomera. A friend lives in a remote valley in the heart of Garajonay National Park; so remote it’s a […]
Walking on La Gomera
Europe
Walking on La Gomera, to the Valle Gran Rey waterfall
We’d visited Valle Gran Rey on La Gomera many times over the years and had never seen a waterfall. […]
Europe
10 reasons to go Walking in the Canary Islands in Winter
This winter season (2015/2016) has been unusually warm in the Canary Islands. The hottest January day on record was recorded on Tenerife (nearly 30C) with El Hierro following closely behind. […]
Hiking
Why I Won’t Drink From the Magic Fountain on La Gomera
For the third year in a row we find ourselves huffing, puffing and sweating buckets as we climb a hot hillside on the Canary Island of La Gomera in high summer. […]
Europe
As We Walked out to the Enchanted Lake on La Gomera
Where La Gomera beats some of the bigger, and better known islands is that often you can stroll out of your quaint and quirky rural hotel and straight on to the trail. […]
Europe
A Year after the Forest Fires on La Gomera
In 2012 we walked across a decent chunk of the Canary Island of La Gomera. We did so a couple of months before devastating forest fires swept across… […]
Europe
Why Walking on La Gomera is so Difficult
The irony is that it’s not the terrain that makes walking on La Gomera potentially difficult – well, it is in so much as you’re nearly always either going up… […]
Gran Canaria
Trekking in Paradise, Walking in the Canary Islands
Having walked on five of the seven Canary Islands, or six of eight if you include La Graciosa, we’ve been wowed by every one… […]
Atlas Mountains
Ten Outstanding Ways to Arrive at a Destination
On occasions, the mode of transport that we’ve used to get to a destination has added a tasty dollop of exotic spiciness and adventure to the whole experience. These have been some of our favourite ways to arrive at a destination. […]
Hiking
Walking La Gomera, Sometimes This Job is Just Amazing
When Inntravel sent us the itinerary for their walking in La Gomera holiday that they wanted us to update and amend, we knew we were in for a challenge. What we didn’t know, was that it would be such an incredible week. […]
Hiking
A Photo Tour of Six Days Walking on La Gomera
On La Gomera you’re either going up or you’re going down, so six days of checking walking routes for Inntravel was an opportunity to get in some serious barranco hiking… […]
Hiking
Walking on La Gomera
The hikers’ Canary Island of choice, La Gomera has long attracted the walking stick wielding brigade and one look at its terrain confirms why. […]