The primordial wilds of La Gomera

Approached on the ferry from Tenerife, La Gomera – the second smallest of the Canaries – looks like "the island of King Kong", with its lush green mountainsides and "chimneys of volcanic lava" encircled by "doughnuts of mist". Close up, it is yet more awe-inspiring, said Mark Stratton in The…

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