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Puntagorda is a small village in the North-West of La Palma. It has a population of around 2000 people. The village has two main centres. The first one you encounter, El Pino, is dominated by a very, very large pine tree overlooking a square. It contains the town hall, two bars, a restaurant, a cafe, chemist, bank, dentist, pension and several other shops. |
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The magnificent pine trees in the main square of Puntagorda.
Close inspection reveals a small altar embedded in the main trunk of the tree. |
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The modern clock in the center of the town square next to the pine tree with a bar in background and the town hall on the right. |
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The Puntagorda Town Hall. Some tourist information is available from the desk and there are usually posters for forthcoming events hanging on the notice boards under the arch. |
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The Centro Medioambiental in Puntagorda, which an exhibition about the nature in the Puntagorda area. |
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The clock tower in Puntagorda was a present to the village from an old villager now living in Los Llanos. |
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A mixture of old and new houses in Puntagorda. |
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Puntagorda Town Hall in 2006, before the new lift was added. |
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The church in Puntagorda village with a bank and the pharmacy lower right. |
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The pine tree in Puntagorda village. |
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Puntagorda clock tower and church. |
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The terrace of a holiday home in Puntagorda. |
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View from the Mirador Miraflores in Puntagorda looking north over the El Pinar and El Fayal parts of the village.
Google earth locatie (.kmz):
Mirador Miraflores |
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The Puntagorda public swimming pool is open in the summer months.
There is a chair lift for disabled persons.
Google earth locatie (.kmz):
Puntagorda openbare zwembad |
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The road entering Puntagorda passes over a viaduct across a small gorge. |
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Montbretia (Crocosmia) growing wild in front of an old house just above the village in Puntagorda |
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Puntagorda Town Hall 2008, with the new lift added on to the right side of the building. |
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The Puntagorda junior school |
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A quiet square behind the church n Puntagorda |
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The Church bells in Puntagorda |
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