Situated off the west coast of Africa, the Canary Islands are a chain of seven islands that have long been tied to world shipping and trade. Most famously connected to Christopher Columbus, La Gomera ...
Blessed with a temperate, spring-like climate year-round, La Gomera is ripe for outdoor exploration in every season. Here, you can truly appreciate the majesty of nature, crossing moss-covered trails, ...
In 2024, nearly 6.3 million British tourists travelled to the Canary Islands. And that's hardly surprising. From party-loving Tenerife to volcanic Lanzarote, the Atlantic archipelago has plenty to ...
On the small Canary Island of La Gomera, an ancient whistling language that once almost died out is now undergoing an exciting revival. In the rugged crags of Barranco de Ávalo, a ravine on the small ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “The thing about Gomera,” said our guide, Javier Chirivella Costa, “is that it’s like having an entire ...
I have received a few whistles in my day – albeit many years ago – but never one as shrill and censorious as this. At the time I was driving in a pitch-black tunnel through a mountain in La Gomera.