flights to La Palma - Canaries

xxyyzz

Anybody been? I'm looking to book a holiday at the end of March and La Palma has caught my eye however I cannot find any reasonable flights. Anybody got any suggestions?

vicwatson

Go to www.skyscanner.net

xxyyzz

vicwatson wrote: »

Go to www.skyscanner.net

Thanks, Looks like its a bit of a nightmare to get there. I'll have to try elsewhere.

Savman

Aer Lingus and Ryanair both fly direct from Dublin, how is that a nightmare?

Canaries is certainly one of the easier holiday spots to get to from Ireland.

xxyyzz

Savman wrote: »

Aer Lingus and Ryanair both fly direct from Dublin, how is that a nightmare?

Because I don't think I could swim from Lanza/Fuerte/Tenerife/GC to La Palma island.

vicwatson

Savman wrote: »

Aer Lingus and Ryanair both fly direct from Dublin, how is that a nightmare?

Canaries is certainly one of the easier holiday spots to get to from Ireland.

Not to La Palma they don't

Savman

Sorry my bad, didn't know there was an island with the same name as the Airport in Gran Canaria...in my defense it's an easy mistake to make

xxyyzz

Savman wrote: »

Sorry my bad, didn't know there was an island with the same name as the Airport in Gran Canaria...in my defense it's an easy mistake to make

vicwatson

Savman wrote: »

Sorry my bad, didn't know there was an island with the same name as the Airport in Gran Canaria...in my defense it's an easy mistake to make

There isn't

The airport in Gran Canaria is in Las Palmas Airport or "Aeropuerto de Gando"

Savman

vicwatson wrote: »

There isn't

The airport in Gran Canaria is in Las Palmas Airport or "Aeropuerto de Gando"

Now you're waffling. The airport is LPA or Las Palmas - according to any aviation or travel site. More or less the same name as this island of which you speak, bar an "s" or two.

Hardly matters anyway, moving swiftly on...

vicwatson

Savman wrote: »

Now you're waffling. The airport is LPA or Las Palmas - according to any aviation or travel site. More or less the same name as this island of which you speak, bar an "s" or two.

Hardly matters anyway, moving swiftly on...

Matters not unless it's you on the side looking the clown

The island is not the same name as the airport in Gran Canaria !!

Build a bridge.....and get over it :D

"Gran Canaria inhabitants usually call the Las Palmas Airport "Aeropuerto de Gando". The official IATA-Airport-Code for Las Palmas Airport Gran Canaria is LPA "Las Palmas Airport", the spanish airport-company AENA often uses only the phrase Gran Canaria Airport."

vicwatson

xxyyzz wrote: »

Thanks, Looks like its a bit of a nightmare to get there. I'll have to try elsewhere.

I'm sure if you google you'll find a regular ferry company that goes to La Palma from Tenerife

djrichard

You can get a ferry from Santa Cruz De Tenerife to Santa Cruz La Palma. It would be much quicker just to take a short flight though, its only 30 minutes on the plane. Assuming you are going via Tenerife, which is the closest island, you would have to fly from Tenerife Norte (Northern airport near Santa Cruz). Most, if not all flights from Ireland probably fly to Tenerife Sur (Southern Airport). There are public buses regularly which will take you to the Northern airport. Its not expensive, the last time I took a bus from the South to the North to go shopping, it was about 9euros. The flight will be about 25euros I believe for a tourist. I got 50% off because I have a residencia (resident card which entitles me to half price flights anywhere in the canaries to anywhere in Spain).

There is an airline which isnt usually on the typical UK/Irish flight search engines. They fly between the Canary islands and are fairly cheap, even for a tourist.

https://www.bintercanarias.com/

Its certainly not the most touristy of places, so I hope youre after a bit of traditional culture and not a lively Brit (I know youre probably Irish) abroad karaoke vacation!

xxyyzz

vicwatson wrote: »

I'm sure if you google you'll find a regular ferry company that goes to La Palma from Tenerife

Great idea. Thanks.

xxyyzz

djrichard wrote: »

Its certainly not the most touristy of places, so I hope youre after a bit of traditional culture and not a lively Brit (I know youre probably Irish) abroad karaoke vacation!

Thanks a lot. My own personal hell is the Karaoke vacation