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Advantages: Hot, beautiful Disadvantages: long journey, not much to do
I would like to tell you about my holiday experiences on the island of LaGomera.
LaGomera is one of the lesser known Canary Islands. It's got lots of dramatic scenery, lots of fabulous walks and great all year round weather. It is nothing like any of the other Canary Islands. It doesn't have great beaches, but it does have a rain forest. The main way tourists reach it is by flying to Tenerife and getting a boat across. That's my first negative about the island. Tenerife is approximately 4 hours by plane from the UK, so if you get an early flight, you can be on the beach by mid afternoon, but not if you are going to LaGomera. You have to travel from the airport, we hired a car at the airport, to take over to LaGomera with us; travel to the harbour in Los Cristinos and wait for the ferry. We pre booked on the catamaran, which takes ...
vkitten 10.10.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of La Gomera
Advantages: Quiet, scenic, fine weather Disadvantages: Cabin-fever
LaGomera is a smaller Canary island which can clearly be seen from the coast of Tenerife.
It can be reached by roll-on car ferry from Los Christianos, and the journey is similar to a Channel crossing in length, only the water's bit deeper, since both of the islands are effectively dormant/extinct volcanos rising from the Atlantic floor. Along with nearby Tenerife, it was the last re-victualling point for Columbus' many trips to the New World.
The island's shepherds and hill-farmers have developed a unique language of whistles for communicating with eachother on account of the rocky terrain and the depth of ravines, which make sharing the odd joke rather difficult.
By the time you read this, the island may well have an airport, which could alter the character of the place. It is thought to be a short runway affair intended ...
BNibbles 16.12.2000 (08.03.2001)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Gomera (Spain)
Advantages: magnificent view Disadvantages: you must climb a lot of steps
I visited Pension Stankovic, Dubrovnik in the spring of 2009. We spent tree days in Dubrovnik an
It is not easy to find the house
We arrived in Dubrovnik in the evening. We were tired and it was dark. The navigation system showed us a road which was forbidden for the car. I get out of the car, took the navigation system in my hands and started to follow the commands. I was really surprised when I saw that to reach the address I had to climb at least 100 steps. I didn't have any choice and I climbed the steps. After climbing all the steps, I understood that this was not the right street. I went down and I tried the next street with the same number of steps... :-) After the third try I found the street which was at least 200 steps far of the car.
At the end we found the address and we parked in fornt of the house in front ...
