Attractions in the Canary Islands: Guide & Directory

Parque Arqueológico El Tendal

A Benahoarita site in the final stretch of the Barranco de San Juan, in the Los Galguitos district of San Andrés y Sauces, inside the Las Nieves natural park. Its core is a huge natural cave more than sixty metres wide that was lived in for at least two thousand years. Around it lie dozens of caves, three burial grounds and a small station of rock engravings, together with a visitor centre completed in 2019.

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Parque Arqueológico El Tendal

A Benahoarita site in the final stretch of the Barranco de San Juan, in the Los Galguitos district of San Andrés y Sauces, inside the Las Nieves natural park. Its core is a huge natural cave more than sixty metres wide that was lived in for at least two thousand years. Around it lie dozens of caves, three burial grounds and a small station of rock engravings, together with a visitor centre completed in 2019.

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Mirador Jardín de Las Hespérides

The Mirador Jardín de Las Hespérides looks out over the La Galga ravine, in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces on the island of La Palma. It offers wide panoramic views and holds the monument to the Garden of the Hesperides, a tribute to the ancient classical myth and to its link with the Canary Islands. It is reached by car along the northern LP-1 road, at the Los Galguitos neighbourhood.

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Mirador Jardín de Las Hespérides

The Mirador Jardín de Las Hespérides looks out over the La Galga ravine, in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces on the island of La Palma. It offers wide panoramic views and holds the monument to the Garden of the Hesperides, a tribute to the ancient classical myth and to its link with the Canary Islands. It is reached by car along the northern LP-1 road, at the Los Galguitos neighbourhood.

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Punto de Información Ambiental de Los Tilos

A visitor and environmental information point inside the Los Tilos forest, next to the Barranco del Agua in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces, in the north east of La Palma. It introduces the Canarian laurisilva, an ancient type of laurel forest that survives here in unusually good condition. The trail towards the Marcos y Cordero springs, known for its rock tunnels, starts from this area.

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Punto de Información Ambiental de Los Tilos

A visitor and environmental information point inside the Los Tilos forest, next to the Barranco del Agua in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces, in the north east of La Palma. It introduces the Canarian laurisilva, an ancient type of laurel forest that survives here in unusually good condition. The trail towards the Marcos y Cordero springs, known for its rock tunnels, starts from this area.

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Playa Puerto Espindola

A black sand beach beside the fishing and leisure harbour of Puerto Espindola, on the coast of San Andrés y Sauces in the north-east of La Palma. The settlement served for centuries as the commercial port of the municipality. There is parking nearby, and divers and snorkellers use the beach as their entry point to the water beside the breakwater. The Charco Azul pools lie a short walk away.

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Playa Puerto Espindola

A black sand beach beside the fishing and leisure harbour of Puerto Espindola, on the coast of San Andrés y Sauces in the north-east of La Palma. The settlement served for centuries as the commercial port of the municipality. There is parking nearby, and divers and snorkellers use the beach as their entry point to the water beside the breakwater. The Charco Azul pools lie a short walk away.

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PR-LP 6 Marcos y Cordero - Los Tilos

Trail to the Marcos y Cordero springs that passes through thirteen tunnels carved into the rock down to the Los Tilos forest.

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PR-LP 6 Marcos y Cordero - Los Tilos

Trail to the Marcos y Cordero springs that passes through thirteen tunnels carved into the rock down to the Los Tilos forest.

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Cascada de los Tilos

A waterfall at the end of a short, easy trail through laurel-forest tunnels, in the Los Tilos Biosphere Reserve (San Andrés y Sauces). One of La Palma's most popular walks.

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Cascada de los Tilos

A waterfall at the end of a short, easy trail through laurel-forest tunnels, in the Los Tilos Biosphere Reserve (San Andrés y Sauces). One of La Palma's most popular walks.

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Piscinas Naturales de Charco Azul

A complex of sea-water natural pools carved into the volcanic rock of northern La Palma, in San Andrés y Sauces.

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Piscinas Naturales de Charco Azul

A complex of sea-water natural pools carved into the volcanic rock of northern La Palma, in San Andrés y Sauces.

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