Los Llanos de Aridane suits couples and walkers who want La Palma's sunnier west side and easy access to the Caldera de Taburiente. It has a real town centre. Homes are small, mostly with a garden, and few have a pool. The beaches are a drive away down on the coast, and the airport transfer takes over half an hour.
Los Llanos de Aridane is the largest town on La Palma, a modern place in the Aridane Valley ringed by banana farms fed by mountain irrigation canals. The centre has real life: the Plaza de España with its Indian laurels and Cuban royal palms, the church of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, and murals painted on building walls as an open-air art museum. The homes are spread through the surrounding countryside, not in the centre. This west side is sunnier than the cloudier east, and the coast below has black-sand beaches rather than golden ones. Bananas and tourism drive the local economy, so it feels lived-in rather than built for visitors.
A natural black-sand beach on the coast below the town, with a seafront boulevard, which has held a Blue Flag.
A black-sand cove south of Puerto Naos with an old hot spring once used for medicinal purposes.
A national park crater about 9 km wide, ringed by peaks; its inner area is reached only on foot, through the Barranco de las Angustias.
A 16th-century shrine at the mouth of the Las Angustias gorge, holding a Flemish carved figure of the Virgin.
La Palma airport is about 37 minutes away by car. The bus needs a change and takes over an hour and a half, so hire a car for the stay. Flights reach the island from the UK as well as from Tenerife and Gran Canaria, which helps if you need to connect.
Usually, yes. The east of La Palma catches more cloud from the sea, and drivers crossing the island often come out of cloud into sunshine on the west side, where Los Llanos sits.
You can. The only way into the crater's inner area is on foot up the Barranco de las Angustias, whose mouth and 16th-century shrine are close to Los Llanos.
Black sand. Puerto Naos has a natural black-sand beach with a boulevard and has held a Blue Flag, and Charco Verde, just south, is a smaller cove with an old hot spring.
About 37 minutes by car. By bus it takes around 1 hour 40 minutes with a change of line, so most visitors pick up a hire car at the airport.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed November 2026.
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