Free Walking Tour Santa Cruz de La Palma

Guided tour with our guides who will show us the Historic Center, one of the best preserved and oldest. Our Free Tour lasts approximately 2 hours, the Meeting Point will be Plaza Van Dale where our banner will be.

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We will begin by visiting the famous Typical Balconies (double balconies, of Lusitanian influence with memories of the Portuguese oleanders and whose purpose was to ventilate the homes, enjoy the sea and its trade winds...), we will continue towards the Castle of Santa Catalina (defensive system and portal of access to the city both from the north and the south and built between 1683 and 1692, today it is a Historical Artistic Monument), we will go up the Ship of the Virgin-Naval Museum (its builders, sailors, collectors of marine pieces and builders naval vessels took as a reference the Nao Santa María under which Columbus discovered America, having within the Museum a large number of pieces and documents such as correspondence of the time, appointment of officers and the Palm delegation of the Court of the Indies of the Island).

Next, we will begin to descend towards the Plazuela de la Cruz del Tercero, a local meeting and recreation place, of undoubted beauty. Tradition has it that, fulfilling the tradition, Captain General Alonso Fernández de Lugo, in 1493, proceeded to nail a cross made of wood in gratitude for his victory in the Castilian mission.

Will continue down Anselmo Pérez de Brito Street and O'Daly Street (Real Street), with obligatory stops at the Placeta de Borrero (one of the most photographed areas of the capital), the Sociedad la Investigadora (Real Casino), Plaza Vandale , Real Club Nautico, Casa Cabrera and Casa Massieu, the Town Hall, Plaza de España and Church of El Salvador In all this you will learn about the Portuguese, Dutch, and Irish influence, the maritime importance that the seaport had, being the 3rd most important in the world after Flanders and Huelva since its creation in 1493.

Santa Cruz de La Palma, with only 17,000 inhabitants, is FULL of surprises and history, you just need to know it and we will show it to you.

We want you to come back and may you FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ISLA BONITA