Day 9 - La Palma Have not visited this island before, one of the youngest Canary Islands. Our tour today took us from the one side of the island to the other passing through mountain roads, & banana plantations. We arrived at a pretty town, El Paso, where we visited a unique silk museum. La Palma has produced silk since the 16th century. We saw a demonstration showing all 14 silk production stages. Very interesting to silk being weaved by hand following the traditional methods. This is the only place in Europe where this method is still used. We stopped at Parque Antonio Gomez Felipe - a pretty park in the middle of Los Llanos de Aridane town. Beautiful metal work on gates, stairs and fences. Mosaic flooring as well as the entry guarding lizards, a
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