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Walking guide to La Palma in the Canary Islands, describing 45 day walks and sections of the new, waymarked, long-distance trails GR130 and the GR131 around all the islands. The first in a comprehensive five-book series covering all the Canaries, it includes routes in Caldera de Taburiente national park and from Santa Cruz, all illustrated with detailed contour maps. Suitable for walkers of all abilities. The dramatic volcanic landscape of La Palma, reputed to be one of the steepest islands in the world, is little-known outside the Canaries, but offers an ideal winter walking destination for walkers of most abilities featuring rocky treks and mountain paths on the steepest island in the world. Lots of background information on geology, wildlife, plants and flowers as well as practical information on accommodation, currency and language.
About the Author
Paddy Dillon is a prolific walker and writer, with over 40 books to his name, many published by Cicerone. He has contributed to many outdoor publications and appeared on radio and television. Living on the fringes of the English Lake District, Paddy has led guided walking holidays and walked throughout the UK and Europe, as well as in Nepal, Tibet, and the Rocky Mountains. He has also walked extensively throughout the Canaries.
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I used this guide while completing a full traverse of the GR131 through all the islands in winter 2011/12. I used Cicerone guides exclusively and my comments relate to all Cicerone guides to the islands. (Gran Canaria and Lanzarote were not waymarked at the time of my walk).
First, these guides are up to Cicerones usual high quality. The route descriptions are excellent and you are unlikely to get lost even without a map. The info on accomodation and buses is very useful. Ferry info is necessarily vague as the timetables change regularly.
The guides are obviously aimed at day walkers using a fixed base for their walks and as such there is some important info missing for long distance hikers on the GR131, notably water supply points. I often found water at ermitas and picnic places (particularly in the western islands) although the text didn't always mention this. Consequently I often carried much more water than I needed. In the eastern islands water was mostly scrounged from cafes and bars and it was normal for me to carry up to 5 litres.
As wild camping is illegal the guides don't give any suggestions for night halts under canvas. On the forested islands it's easy to find somewhere discreet for the night, on Fuerteventura and Lanzarote much less so.
Trekking the GR131 in a "oner" is possible but it's pretty tough mainly because of the lack of water and legal campsites.
Probably the best guides available in English.
First, these guides are up to Cicerones usual high quality. The route descriptions are excellent and you are unlikely to get lost even without a map. The info on accomodation and buses is very useful. Ferry info is necessarily vague as the timetables change regularly.
The guides are obviously aimed at day walkers using a fixed base for their walks and as such there is some important info missing for long distance hikers on the GR131, notably water supply points. I often found water at ermitas and picnic places (particularly in the western islands) although the text didn't always mention this. Consequently I often carried much more water than I needed. In the eastern islands water was mostly scrounged from cafes and bars and it was normal for me to carry up to 5 litres.
As wild camping is illegal the guides don't give any suggestions for night halts under canvas. On the forested islands it's easy to find somewhere discreet for the night, on Fuerteventura and Lanzarote much less so.
Trekking the GR131 in a "oner" is possible but it's pretty tough mainly because of the lack of water and legal campsites.
Probably the best guides available in English.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This is a good walking book for the very serious walker but lacks an adequate large scale map of La Palma and I would also have expected for so small an Island a general synopsis of the "must see" sites.
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