In natural beauty, La Palma rivals all the other Canary Islands put
together. Its immense, abyss-like crater, the Caldera de
Taburiente, is considered to be the largest of its kind in the
world. Deep within its pine-speckled, towering walls is a
year-round abundance of gushing streams, boisterous cascades, and a
plummeting waterfall. Outside the crater, high on the
cloud-catching hillsides, 20 million-year-old laurel forests grow
as dense as a jungle. In the southern half of the island, hills
pitted with volcanic craters and mini-deserts of black lapilli
speak of the island's volcanic past. This stark, striking
landscape, all the more dramatic for its stabs of volcanic reds,
oranges, and yellows, is far removed from the lush and verdant,
tree-clad north. El Hierro, the least-visited of all the Canaries,
at first appears to be a dried-up, sprawling mountain of rock,
rising straight from the sea, treeless and barren. But Noel reveals
the island's hidden charms - as remarkable as any in the
archipelago. Whether you tour La Palma or El Hierro by car or
discover them on foot, Noel introduces you to the islands' best
beauty spots.For La Palma: 3 car tours (with accompanying touring
map), 38 long and short walks (illustrated with 1:50,000 topo maps
showing the official trail numbers), 22 picnic suggestions. For El
Hierro: 1 car tour (with accompanying touring map), 12 long and
short walks (each with 1:50,000 topo map), 8 picnic suggestions.
Plans of Santa Cruz de la Palma and Valverde (El Hierro). Free
online update service with specific route change information on the
publisher's website, maintained daily. The 'Landscapes' series,
with 50 destinations, has been dubbed 'the blue Bibles' by the
Sunday Times and led to Sunflower being one of only four publishers
(from a field of 18) chosen as a Which? Recommended Provider of
Guidebooks.
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