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La Palma Holiday Accomodation
Bungalows Los Guanches, La Palma,
Canary Islands, Spain

Travelling to La Palma

First an important hint to note before you make any booking. We don't want you to wind up booking a non-refundable ticket to Las Palmas on Gran Canaria or in Mexico or La Palma in Calafornia or even Palma on the Balearic Islands! Ensure that you are going to La Palma, THE CANARY ISLAND.

The most simple way to go to La Palma is to fly directly. This takes the stress out of the journey and is much the quickest way to get there without worries about missed connections, etc.

The only direct flights to La Palma (Airport Code:SPC) are by Thomson (www.thomsonfly.com) who fly one flight a week there and back from Manchester and Gatwick on Mondays. These flights are currently at a reasonable time of day (morning out and ariving back in the evening).

There is no logic in Thomson's pricing or seat availbility so the following notes may be useful to you:

Thomson are primarily a holiday company and they sell off their spare capacity on the aeroplane as and when they think that they cannot fill it with package tour holiday makers. This means that one day there may be no seats available on the aeroplane and the next day they make some available when they think that they cannot fill the aeroplane with customers on package tours. The moral is keep looking.

Failing that reasonable deals can usually be found by using two or more operators with a change-over at Madrid (Airport Code: MAD), Gran Canaria Las Palmas (Airport Code:LPA) (but note the warning at the top of the page!) or Barcelona (Airport Code:BCN). Going via Madrid involves a terminal change but this is fairly painless, just follow the lighted signs. Avoid going to Tenerife South on these indirect flights (see next paragraph) as it is quite a long trip to the other airport or ferry, at least doubling your travelling time. If you are making a connection on Tenerife aim to do it at Tenerife North. There are many flights into La Palma from various German cities and also a few from Holland and Belgium but these tend to be expensive.

Another way to go is via Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) airport (Airport Code:TFS). From there you can then take a taxi (approx. 80 euros/50 mins) or a Titsa bus (or buses) up the island to Tenerife Norte (Los Rodeos) (Airport code:TFN) airport and board a Binter or Islas flight to La Palma. The relevant Titsa bus is the No. 111 which runs up the Island to Santa Cruz de Tenerife bus station every half hour taking about 1 hour. From the Santa Crus Bus station you change onto a 102 to the Aerpuerto Norte, a journey that takes about half an hour. There is a 340 (or 343) bus that run directly between the two airports, taking about 1 hour. It is infrequent but worth considering if the times coincide with your trip. See here for Titsa's timetable.

Aeroplanes stop flying between Tenerife and La Palma at about 20:00 and if you get on the last aeroplane you may well find it more expensive than an earlier flight. You can pre-book your flights with Binter Canarias or Islas Airways or just go on the next available flight by going to one of their ticket offices.

Alternatively you can take a Titsa 111 bus to Los Christianos, walk half a mile down to the harbour and get the Fred Olsen Express ferry. The journey only takes 2 hrs. The Ferry currently leave Los Christianos at 19:30 for the journey out and leaves Santa Cruz de La Palma at 06:00 for the return trip. You can book on www.fredolsen.es or buy a ticket at the ferry terminal.

Useful links are:

Generally useful links: SkyScanner
Flying from GB to Canaries: Monarch, EasyJet, Ryanair
Flying via Europe to La Palma and/or Tenerife North: Transavia, Thomas Cook, JetAirFly, Air Berlin, Condor
Flying from Spain to La Palma: Iberia
Inter-Canary Island flights: Binter Canarias, Islas Airways

Information about holidaying at the self-catering holiday homes of Bungalows Los Guanches on the Canary Island of La Palma
How to get to La Palma Bungalows, Canary Islands, Spain - English version