Photo Gallery: La Palma & El Hierro

Below: Walking in the Caldera de Taburiente is one of the most popular hikes on La Palma; this is the Barranco de las Angustias

Right: To walk in La Palma’s Barranco del Agua is to immerse yourself in a magnificent laurel forest

Below, top photo: ‘Levada’ walking on Las Palmas; here in the Spanish-speaking Canary Islands, ‘levadas’ are called ‘canales’

Below, second photo: Walkers on La Palma’s Ruta de los Volcanes enjoy an extravaganza of volcanic hues

Below, third photo: View across Frontera to the wall of Hierro’s El Golfo crater; a magnificent walk leads along the crater’s rim

Above: Walking the rust-coloured track to Hierro’s sacred ‘rain tree’ (Arbol Santo)

Left : A walk in the south of Hierro offers this plunging view down onto the island’s Parador at the isolated Playas, a curving line of stony beaches

Left (centre photo): Walkers will appreciate this magnificent centuries-old trail between Frontera and the Mirador de Jinama up on the edge of Hierro’s El Golfo crater

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