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Transportation La Palma
Location
The Canary Archipelago ("Islas Canarias" in Spanish) is situated 150 Km of the African coast and 1,350 of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain) and Europe. The distance translated in time is two hours and a half flight of Madrid, about four hours from the main European cities and six hours of North America.
Coming by Plain
The small
airport of La Palma (code "SPC") is situated in "Brena Baja" village, 5 Km of Santa Cruz de La Palma and 2 Km of the "Los Cancajos" tourist area.
It opperates some 50 flights daily and about one million passengers anually.
The airport counts with a tourist information bureau, cashier, telephone service, police station, cafe bars, restaurants, pharmacy and a few store free of taxes, besides a gas station in its immediate vecinity.
Inter-Island Air Companies
The two companies Binter Canarias and Islas Airways opperate daily flights to/from La Palma via Tenerife on a hourly basis.
A round trip Tenerife - La Palma fare starts from about 70 Euro.
Direct International Flights to La Palma (SPC)
One national and six international companies opperate flights from Europe directly to La Palma: Iberia, Condor, Air Berlin, Thomson, Transavia, Jetairfly and Thomas Cook.
The fare round trip per person starts around 300 Euro.
The following table resumes flights and locations.
| Germany |
| City/Company | Condor | Air Berlin |
| Dusseldorf (DUS) | Tue | Wed+Fri |
| Frankfurt (FRA) | Tue | --- |
| Munich (MUC) | Tue | --- |
| Stuttgart (STR) | Tue | --- |
| Berlin-Tegel (TXL) | --- | Wed+Fri |
| Hamburg (HAM) | --- | Sat |
| Nuremberg (NUE) | --- | Wed |
| England |
| City/Company | Thomson |
| London Gatwick (LGW) | Mon twice/month |
| Manchester (MAN) | Rarely |
| Holland |
| City/Company | Transavia |
| Amsterdam (AMS) | Mon+Fri |
| Switzerland |
| City/Company | Air Berlin |
| Zurich (ZRH) | Fri |
Direct National Flights to La Palma (SPC)
| Spain |
| City/Company | Iberia |
| Madrid Barajas (MAD) | Tue+Thu+Fri+Sun |
Indirect Flights Europe - La Palma (SPC)
There are many connections with La Palma via other major islands of Canary, namely Tenerife (North or South airports), Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura or Lanzarote.
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Coming by Boat
The harbour of Santa Cruz of La Palma is connected with all major islands of Canary Archipelago: Tenerife (two harbours: North - Santa Cruz (SC) de Tenerife and South - Los Cristianos), La Gomera (San Sebastian), Gran Canaria (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Fuerteventura (Puerto del Rosario) and Lanzarote (Arrecife). There are two companies opperating daily these links: Naviera Armas and Fred Olsen.
Trasmediterranea Company operates a weekly link with the Spanish pensinsula, namely the harbour of Cadiz (South of Spain). All companies admit both passengers and cargo (including vehicles). The duration of the journeys is around three hours between Tenerife and La Palma and the two and half days from Cadiz.
The fare round trip per person starts around:
Tenerife - La Palma - Tenerife: 50 Euro
Cadiz - Tenerife - La Palma - Tenerife - Cadiz: 200 Euro
The following table resumes cruises and locations.
| Armas |
| SC de Tenerife - SC de La Palma | SC de La Palma - SC de Tenerife |
| Tue+Thu (18:30-00:30) | Wed+Fri (07:00-13:00) |
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| Tenerife Cristianos - SC de La Palma | SC de La Palma - Tenerife Cristianos |
| Mon+Tue+Wed (18:30-22:15) | Tue (04:00-08:00) + Fri (04:00-08:00; 22:30-01:30) + Sun (Sun 14:30-23:00; 16:00-20:00) |
| Fred Olsen |
| Tenerife Cristianos - SC de La Palma | SC de La Palma - Tenerife Cristianos |
| Mon-..-Fri (19:00-21:15); Sun (14:30-16:45) | Mon-..-Sat (06:00-08:25); Sun (17:30-20:10) |
| Transmediterranea |
| Cadiz - SC de Tenerife - SC de La Palma | SC de La Palma - SC de Tenerife - Cadiz |
| Tue 17:00 - Thu 18:00 (Tenerife) - Fri 08:00 (La Palma) | Fri 16:00 (La Palma) - Fri 23:30 (Tenerife) - Mon 12:30 (Cadiz) |
How to move in La Palma
In La Palma, buses, taxi and car rental are the usual way of transportation.
Taxis can be found in the airport and in a few places across the cities. The website of Taxi La Palma and their services can be found here. Taxi de Santa Cruz phone is (+34)922-420893, taxi de Brena Baja (+34)922-434046.
The fare trip airport - Cancajos: 7 Euro;
The fare trip airport - Santa Cruz: 10 Euro;
Buses connect the airport with Santa Cruz of La Palma and Cancajos main tourist area, which are very closed to each other (5-10 min by taxi or bus) and the bus frequency is 30 min (weekdays) or 60 min (weekends and legal holidays). Buses frequency across the island is more rarely (timetable in this PDF file).
The fare trip per person is 1.30 Euro (airport - Cancajos - Santa Cruz).
For groups, two bus companies, Transportes Insular de La Palma and Palmaguagua offer several alternatives to know the Island of La Palma: excursions in autobus to any place of the island and guided visits around the island.
Rental cars is the best option for families, being quite cheap and very simple to learn the island (there is not crazy traffic here).
Fare per coach start from around 25 Euro/day, including insurance.
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