Here you can see that there is no road anymore. In its place — lava.
La Palma
Day 5: April 18
Tajogaite - Fuencaliente - Echentive Beach - Fuencaliente Salt Pans
5/18/2026
La Palma
Itinerary
We say goodbye to our beautiful house among the mountains and continue south of the island.
On the way, we stop to see the Tajogaite volcano.
Tajogaite volcano is the newest volcano on the island.
The eruption began in September 2021 and lasted almost 3 months.
The lava destroyed thousands of buildings and significantly changed the island’s landscape.
Tajogaite Volcano
We spend the next two nights in the town of Fuencaliente. After the previous accommodation, everything else would probably seem not very good.
We didn’t even take a single photo of the interior. There is only an exterior photo.
Our new accommodation
We’re drinking coffee with a very tasty Quesadilla pastry that we bought at the supermarket.
As it turned out, it is a traditional dessert of the island of El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands.
The main ingredient is young goat cheese, so both the taste and the smell of the pastry are very unusual, but I really liked it.
After coffee, we got our energy back, so we’re heading to the beach Playa de Echentive.
Playa de Echentive appeared after the eruption of the Teneguía volcano in 1971.
The lava reached the ocean and formed a new stretch of land and a beach.
On the way to the beach. Bananas grow along the road behind the fences
Stairs to Playa de Echentive
It’s not visible in the photo, but there are strong waves here, and it wasn’t comfortable to swim, although the water wasn’t cold.
Volcanic beach Playa de Echentive. It slightly resembles black-and-white cinema.
Next, we head to the very south of the island — to the salt mines of Salinas de Fuencaliente.
Here, sea salt is extracted by hand using an old traditional method.
Ocean water passes through several pools of different sizes, gradually increasing the salt concentration.
The salt is harvested by hand and only in summer, when it is warm and dry.
The road to the salt mines. No more banana trees. Only lava.
The largest swimming pools by size
Then the concentrated water from the large pools flows here
And here the salt is already crystallizing
Beautiful, isn’t it?