Key places in La Gomera work as entry points into its natural, historical and symbolic meanings.
Among its main reference points are Silbo Gomero, Garajonay, Atlantic stopover, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. These places are not presented as a tourist list, but as points from which to read historical, natural and cultural processes.
Each site links landscape, heritage, settlement and memory within a coherent reading of the island.
Key points
Parque Nacional de Garajonay
Centro ecologico y cultural de la isla; se puede recorrer a pie por senderos bien señalizados que pasan por el punto mas alto de La Gomera y la laurisilva mas densa del archipielago.
San Sebastian de La Gomera
Capital historica con la Torre del Conde, la plaza de las Americas y el lugar donde Colon aprovisionó sus barcos en 1492 antes de cruzar el Atlantico.
Valle Gran Rey
El barranco y el pueblo del mismo nombre resumen la tension entre agricola y turistico; las cascadas, los bancales y la playa negra lo hacen uno de los paisajes mas fotografiados de la isla.
Agulo
Considerado uno de los pueblos mas bonitos de Canarias, Agulo se asoma sobre el mar con vistas al Teide desde su plaza; es ejemplo de la arquitectura historica gomera.
Municipalities of La Gomera
See all →- AguloAgulo is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- AlajeróAlajeró is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- HermiguaHermigua is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- San Sebastián de La GomeraSan Sebastián de La Gomera is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- Valle Gran ReyValle Gran Rey is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- VallehermosoVallehermoso is a municipality of La Gomera, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.