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La Gomera: Car Tours and Walks (Sunflower Landscapes)
La Gomera Car Tours and Walks - Sunflower Landscapes Author:Noel Rochford GOMERA AND SOUTHERN TENERIFE 1-85691-483-6 This guide ? two books in one ? is the ideal countryside companion for those staying either on La Gomera or in the south of Tenerife ? or those enjoying a two-centre holiday. For La Gomera the book describes 2 car tours (with accompanying touring map), 50+ long and short walks (each with 1:50,000 topo m... more »ap) and 18 picnic suggestions. For Tenerife there are 4 car tours covering the entire island (with accompanying touring map), 10 walks in the south (each with 1:50,000 topo map) and 13 picnic suggestions. The two islands are just 50 minutes apart by high-speed car ferry. The drives explore both islands thoroughly. For walkers, there are detailed descriptions of all the top hikes on La Gomera, as well as the most popular routes in the south and southwest of Tenerife. (Note: those going to Tenerife for a long walking holiday, who will be based in the south, should ideally have this book and Sunflower?s Landscapes of Tenerife which covers Las Cañadas, the Orotava Valley and the Teno and Anaga peninsulas.) The best months for walking on both islands are October to June (for the wild flowers, foliage and freshness in the air) but, increasingly, hikers are exploring all the Canary Islands on foot in summer as well. Key features: - 60+ long and short walks for all ages and abilities - 1:50,000 topo maps - latest news on officially waymarked trails - 6 car tours, highlighting access to all the walks en route - 2 fold-out touring maps with walk locations ? ideal for planning - plans of San Sebastián, Playa de las Américas, Los Cristianos - 31 picnic suggestions, many suitable as short walks and leg-stretchers - timetables for local transport - drawings of indigenous flora - online update service This guide is part of the Landscapes Series, with 50 destinations ? dubbed ?the blue Bibles? by the Sunday Times and chosen by readers of Which? as one of the four top travel guide series (from a field of 18). We bought the book and used it to guide us as to where we should base ourselves on each island. I will do the same again when planning our next trip. All the book's walks we did went very smoothly thanks to the excellent instructions, and accurate maps. On first glance, the maps in the books may look simple and lacking in detail, but what you find when using them is that ... they actually have just the detail you need. By contrast we also took another guide to walking on La Gomera with us, and tried its walks on 2/3 occasions. Each time was a bit of a disaster thanks to misleading instructions and maps that 'looked' detailed, but actually didn't tell you what you really needed to know. We quickly decided that for walking, Sunflower is the only way to go. --(RN, Amazon)« less