La Gomera - Magic Island
	General Information
	At a distance of about 400 km from the African coast you can find La Gomera, the smallest but one of the Canary Islands. Surrounded by Tenerife, La Palma and El Hierro, the island, showing almost circular shape (22 by 25 km), is located in the climatic zone of eternal spring.
	Since 1982, the connection between the central governments in Madrid and the Canary Islands (Canarias) has become less strong. The islands received an autonomic state. Besides tourism the cultivation of platanos, which means bananas, is an important economic factor for the island. Bananas thrive best with temperatures continuously higher than 20° C.
	San Sebastian is the capital of La Gomera and seat of the authorities. The town is also renowned as the last stop of Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) on his first discovery tour to America – or India, as it was meant to be.
	Compared to the other Canary Islands, Gomera is relatively old. According to the geologists’ results, the basalt complex originated 15 – 20 million years ago. Together with the basalt layers, which are 10 million years old, it builds a ring round the mountainous central region of the island.
	The highest mountain on La Gomera is the Garajonay with 1,487 m. An area of 40 km2 was pronounced protected national park in 1981 and has been registered as world cultural heritage by the UNESCO.
	The world famous and almost forgotten whistle language (El Silbo) has been taught in school for some years again now.
	Deep gorges, bizarr volcano peaks, a unique flora with many endemic plants, solitary ways and villages and the national park Garajonay (laurel forest), which belongs to the world cultural heritage according to the UNESCO, are ready to be discovered.
	La gomera - the journey there
	You fly to Tenerife-Sur (TFS). At the airport Tenerife-Sur you take a cab to the harbour of Los Cristianos (El puerto). The trip takes about 20 minutes and ought to cost about 20,00 Euro. From the harbour, you take the ferry to San Sebastian de La Gomera (about 45 min.) or the Garajonay Exprés directly to Valle Gran Rey. You reach your accommodation in Valle Gran Rey by taking a cab in San Sebastian. This ride will take about 1 hour and cost about 40,00 to 45,00 Euro.
	Ferry timetable La Gomera – Tenerife
	Departure times Benchijigua Express and Bonanza Express (time for the journey: appr. 35 min.) Los Christianos (Teneriff) -> San Sebastián (La Gomera) Departure Mon Tue Wed Thu Fre Sat Sun+Hol 09.00 am • • • • • • • 01.30 pm • • • • • • • 05.30 pm • • • • • • • 08.30 pm • • • • • • • San Sebastián (La Gomera) -> Los Christianos (Teneriff) Departure Mon Tue Wed Thu Fre Sat Sun+Hol 07.30 am • • • • • • • 10.30 am • • • • • • • 04.30 pm • • • • • • • 06.30 pm • • • • • • • Departure Ferry Armas (duration appr. 70 min.) From Destination Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday San Sebastián Los Christianos 07:00 11:30 17:00 07:00 11:30 17:00 07:00 11:30 17:00 07:00 11:30 17:00 07:00 11:30 16:30 16:30 11:30 16:30 Los Christianos San Sebastián 08:45 14:00 18:30 08:45 14:00 18:30 08:45 14:00 18:30 08:45 14:00 18:30 08:45 14:45 08:45 08:45 14:45 Departures Garajonay Exprés Time for the journey Los Cristianos to Valle Gran Rey appr. 110 min. Los Cristianos (Tenerife) -> La Gomera 08.30 13.55 18.15 San Sebastián -> Playa de Santiago 09.30 14.50 19.10 Playa de Santiago -> Valle Gran Rey 09.50 15.10 19.30 Valle Gran Rey -> Playa Santiago 06.30 11.10 16.00 Playa Santiago -> San Sebastián 07.00 11.40 16.30 San Sebastián -> Los Cristianos (Tenerife) 07.20 12.00 16.50

All time information without guarantee,
as at April 2007

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