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La Palma – Isla Verde – Isla Bonita

Since about 20 years I’m coming to La Palma, this little magical spanish island far out in the Atlantic Ocean. Year after year I’m getting pulled to this island again like a magnet.
Being a guest once, I got addicted to the special flair this island has to offer. It’s a magical power that grabbed my heart and my soul, like I came to Disney World’s Magic Kingdom the first time.
It’s a magic, mixed of an overwhelming, pure nature, incredible panoramic views from just about everywhere, the permanent presence of the Atlantic Ocean, this closeness to the universe, which seems touchable. The clean, salty air, different smells from uncountable sorts of flowers, bushes, herbs and exotic plants all over the island.

La Palma – Isla Verde, the true green island of the seven Canary Islands, which are build on volcanoes. There is usually not much growing on lava. Even lava is loaded of minerals, root’s can hardly find there way into the hard stone.
La Palma has incredible woods with pines they survived even the hot lave stream centuries ago. Blooming bushes, wild flowers, wild herbs, blooming trees just everywhere. It makes an exciting new experience, being in La Palma’s very natural surroundings.
But the true magic is based on the very friendly, giving, and naturally smiling “Palmero’s”, the island people. Living here since history, nobody exactly knows sine when, they shaped their island to an incredible beauty, we participate from every day. This was never an easy task, because there has nothing been than lava and plants in the very beginning. Those people had a true though life throughout the centuries, to get a living from the island.
Nevertheless, hard work, spring- and summer- season all year round, the always present ocean, the constant fresh breeze mostly from north-east winds, the moist and fruitful soil where fruits and vegetable growing year round, black lava fields with red- and white wines which having the deep taste of sun and fruity, hot lava.
Those Palmero’s have been in Cuba and Venezuela in history and for ages, to work there, to build families here and there and of course, smoking cigars and having always a great wine at the “fiestas” celebrated uncountable times over the year and all over the island. Those people, are influenced only by hard work, nature, beauty and a salty ocean, they are one of a kind and not to find elsewhere in the world.
I believe God made La Palma, to enjoy life in the most beautiful and natural way with everything you can imagine to celebrate every single day, having friends and family around, always having the ocean close and a good meal and a terrific wine. after that take your boots and hike into the volcano just to get excited. Enjoy.