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The pedestrian road infrastructure of La Gomera was in the past the support of an economy based on agriculture and livestock. Today, this heritage legacy, preserved to this day, is the basis on which a new activity with great potential is based: hiking.

You are next to Garajonay National Park Visitor Center, in the northern foothills of a high plateau that occupies the entire central sector of the island. You may have noticed that here we do not find the gigantic ravines that characterize Colombina Island. The surrounding territory has a much gentler relief than the rest of La Gomera, with an altitude always above 600 meters.

The Caldera Natural Monument corresponds to the best preserved volcanic cone on the island, where there has been no eruptive activity in the last million years. The predominant vegetation is the tabaiba. The most relevant aspect of this area is its uniqueness, both geomorphologically and landscape-wise

The Alajeró Cliffs Site of Scientific Interest is a space of difficult access from land and remarkable beauty from the sea. They constitute a representative and well-preserved geomorphological unit, as well as a singular element of the landscape, where biological values of first rank converge. The main plant species found are the tabaiba (Euphorbia berthelotii), the balo (Plocama pendula) and occasionally some cardones (Euphorbia canariensis).

Three rocks form a place surrounded by magic, in the highlands of the island. Together they represent the perfect union between the natural landscape and the cultural landscape of the Bentayga, the full spiritual axis of the aboriginal world of Gran Canaria.

Marcell Jacobs is the world’s top sprinter. After winning the 100 metres at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, he’s taken over from Usain Bolt as the fastest man in the world. Since 2017 he’s been training in the Canary Islands, where he also did some of his preparation for the Olympics, at Estadio Antonio Domínguez Alfonso athletics track, in Arona. If you ask him why, he doesn’t hesitate: “When it’s winter in Italy I can’t wait to come and train in Tenerife”.

We’re always saying that the eight Canary Islands have a choice of beaches to suit all tastes, and it’s absolutely true. Today we’re going to tell you about beaches where you can do nudism.