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La Gomera Holiday Accommodation
Book private apartment & villa holiday accommodation on La Gomera direct with owners.
The Island covers approximately 368 square kilometres. The island is mountainous with an ancient forest in the Parque National de Garajonay where you can go for long walks along its many trails alone or with guides. La Gomera is a relatively wild and sparsely populated against the other Canary Islands and is more akin to the adventurous traveller.
The Island has escaped any volcanic activity in recent years leaving an absence geological evidence. The production of bananas is still probably the most important part of the Islands economy. The island also has a thriving crafts industry. The inhabitants of the Island have an old whistling language called El Silbo which is still used today and indeed is compulsory in primary schools an optional in the higher schools. The origin of El Silbo was to overcome communicating across the barrancos or deep ravines which separated villages. All over the island there are remote beaches some are only accessed by boat. Travelling by boat to the north of the island you can see the Los Organos a formation of rocks resembling church organ pipes, you may on your boat trip see dolphins which often follow the boats or maybe even a whale. The island has an established tennis school situated in the Hotel Jardin Playa Santiago.
