Next week we sail off to another Canary Island aboard Vision of the Seas. Until then, here’s our final Fun Photo Friday of Santa Cruz de La Palma favorites:
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Fun Photo Friday — Transatlantic 2022; Santa Cruz de La Palma favorites 3
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Transatlantic 2022 — La Palma; Random views near Castillo de la Virgen and back into town
After Castillo de la Virgen, Ursula and I continued uphill a bit further to explore more high vantage points of Santa Cruz de La Palma:
Near the top of our climb we came across a small park, across from which was this charming church — Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación (Parish of Our Lady of the Incarnation):
As we headed back down Carretera la Encarnacíon and back into town, we ran across several nice gardens:
We were now making our way back to Vision of the Seas, but in a slow and meandering manner that would give us more to see and photograph:
Back onto Calle Anselmo Pérez de Brito as we explored an area we previously missed:
We left Calle Pérez de Brito before it changed back to Calle O’Daly and headed over to a street that paralleled to the west. Once on Calle Virgen de la Luz we continued southwest until reaching Plaza Santo Domingo:
Back down to Calle O’Daly via some narrow, steep, and winding steps, where we passed this young fellow outside a travel bookstore as we headed back to the ship. His name is Felix Francisco Casanova:
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Transatlantic 2022 — La Palma; Museo Naval Barco de la Virgen and Castillo de la Virgen
Today’s article is still on Santa Cruz de La Palma, but this is the last week in that series before moving on to another Canary Island. Last week I left you hanging outside Castillo de Santa Catalina. In today’s installment we’ll continue north on Calle el Castillete until we reach Avenida las Nieves. It is at that intersection you will find yourself looking uphill, with some pretty spectacular colors to the northwest:
We’ll be climbing that hill in a moment (don’t worry; it’s not as bad as it looks), but first Ursula and I stumbled across a beached ship in the middle of the road. This is Barco de la Virgen:
This “ship” is a reproduction of Christopher Columbus’s small caravel, the Santa María.
And, no, unlike the ship she’s modeled after, this one is not wood. It’s realistically painted to appear as wood, but it’s some type of masonry. You can see what I mean in this closeup:
Just a few steps west of Barco de la Virgen is a footbridge that takes you from Avenida las Nieves, across a deep runoff to Calle Carías. Jog slightly left, onto what appears to be a narrow road, onto Carretera la Encarnacíon and stay on that road as it banks left. From here on you’ll be going uphill where you’ll quickly reach some great views at:
The Castle of the Virgin is, of course, appropriately painted in bright virgin white. And as I previously mentioned, you’ll get some great elevated views from here of Santa Cruz de La Palma. Here’s today’s gallery/slide show of this fortress:
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