Oceania Cruise to Spain - August 2014
Museum in Santa Cruz
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Oceania Cruise to Spain - August 2014 |
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| Canary Islands, Santa Cruz De La Palma | No Tour=We went ashore on our own | ||||
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| Volcanically formed landscape | Pier at La Palma | ||||
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| Some of the Santa Cruz's narrow streets are traffic-free. Many of the old shops have wooden doors and shutters. | |||||
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| This mock-up of Columbus's ship The Santa Maria near the northern end of the boulevard in Santa Cruz houses the maritime museum. | |||||
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Old house fronts (many renovated) just north of the Maritime Museum in Santa Cruz |
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| Aroond 15,000 fowk live athin the ceety limits, wi the remainin population residin in ither dounsets. The ceety is locatit at sea level an the heichest elevation is aroond 1,800 m. | |||||
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| Colonial buildings and fort on the shoreline of La Palma | |||||
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