Above the clouds in La Palma

Puntagorda, La Palma//Activities/6 min read

A night with the telescopes and a mortar of mojo the next morning.

Written with by Clara Ibáñez
Puntagorda, La Palma.

Draft. This story will spend a night above the clouds on La Palma and the morning after in Puntagorda.

Red mojo from La Palma, Mojo de Candelaria. Puntagorda, La Palma.

It will meet Yurena and Candelaria and their red mojo.

Antigua, Fuerteventura.

[The full text of this story is still to be written. Photos will go in as the story needs them.]

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The place

Canary Islands

La Palma is steep, green and volcanic, with some of the clearest skies in the world. In Puntagorda, in the north-west, village gardens grow the peppers and chillies for red mojo.

Things to love about La Palma

  • Stars above the clouds
  • Pine forests on the slopes of a volcano
  • Red mojo pounded in a mortar
Discover La Palma

Taste Canary Islands

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Red mojo from La Palma

Red mojo from La Palma

Puntagorda, La Palma
€5.00
Majorero PDO goat's cheese

Majorero PDO goat's cheese

Antigua, Fuerteventura
€15.00

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