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La Gomera connects with life through its virgin nature and the richness of its marine waters.

Flavor, the true essence of the island

The great richness of the seabed calls underwater photographers from around the world with the Fotosub Isla La Gomera Contest

The island of La Gomera stands out for its incredible landscapes that, on many occasions, become even more spectacular when accompanied by one of its magical sunsets.

Original, authentic and cultish for visitors.

This museum, inaugurated in 2002, is located in a suburb of the Villa de La Orotava, Pinolere, and its 3,000 square meter facilities recreate different aspects of the architectural, agricultural, environmental and socio-cultural landscape characteristic of the midlands of the Orotava Valley. The center has a threshing floor, different earthen houses, corrals with chickens and rabbits, a vegetable garden with medicinal plants and its characteristic straw houses or haystacks, traditional constructions used as dwellings, now used as exhibition halls. A meticulous reproduction of a traditional "sale" is another of its contents of interest.

The Grain Museum in is located in the Casa de La Cilla, in La Oliva, in the north of Fuerteventura. This old stone building of great historic value was restored to house this museum. Visitors can learn about the island’s farming history and will be amazed by the importance that cereals had in the life of Fuerteventura. This interesting tour—which includes a photography exhibition that helps us to better understand the work done in the fields—shows how factors such as overgrazing helped form the island’s current austere landscape.

This building is over one hundred years old and located in the area of the historic district known as El Calvario. Used for many decades as a residence by the Alfonso family, it is a traditional Canarian house typical of the wealthier classes, with an interior courtyard, semi-basement with wine cellar, wine press and barns. One of the descendants of this family, born in the late eighteenth century, was the highest ranking military officer in the municipality during his time, which gave the building the name by which it is known today, the Captain's House. This building was restored by the City Council of San Miguel de Abona to become a museum after being damaged by a fire in 1978.

The Orchilla lighthouse sits on the western side of El Hierro facing the sea. Until a few years ago, it was the prime meridian. This iconic corner of the smallest Canary Island is really off the beaten track. The lighthouse is easy to reach by car. Located in Punta de la Orchilla, you should go to see the sky and the golden sunsets and to breathe in the peaceful air.

El Julan lookout point opens to intoxicating panoramic views over the hillside, where we can appreciate its vertiginous slope, which advances in search of the cliff that kisses the Sea of Las Calmas. We observe incipient ravines and sparse vegetation, on a slope of young soils with the volcano field of La Restinga closing the view. It is comprised of piles of volcanic materials of intermediate age. The eruptive centers played an important mixed activity during the second interval of this series, in such a way that the products emitted superficially cover the entire slope, burying the primitive relief, which in some points outcrops in the form of islets, imprinting a particular morphology to the whole.