Location
Hacienda San Jorge
What to do in La Palma?
La Palma is often described as “a small continent” thanks to its numerous microclimates. In just over an hour by car, you can go from swimming at the beach to playing in the snow on the mountains. And don’t be surprised if a bright sunny day turns into a rainy afternoon after passing through a tunnel barely a kilometre long.
Few destinations offer such an extraordinary variety of landscapes and microclimates in such a compact space, allowing visitors to enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities all year round.
Sights to see on the Island of La Palma
Beyond the spectacular nature of La Palma, the island boasts great wealth dating back to the settlement of the first sugar mills in the 16th century and subsequent wine production. Among the region’s wines, the Malvasia variety stands out, famously cited by Shakespeare in his works. From then on, the island took on great commercial importance. The timber wealth of the island’s forests allowed for the construction of shipyards, creating sailing ships that would depart for the Americas.
Other places to visit in La Palma
This economic relevance reached levels of grandeur, and the port of La Palma was considered the third most important in the Empire, alongside those of Antwerp and Seville. The capital, Santa Cruz de La Palma, hosted the first Court of the Indies.
As a legacy of that golden age—when La Palma was undoubtedly the most important island in the Canary archipelago—and other subsequent periods of commercial boom, today we find numerous works of art, especially of a religious nature, as well as historic buildings of great value and in a splendid state of conservation.
