Guarding the north end of central Vallehermoso, the whitewased Iglesia de San Juan Bautista was originally built in the 16th century, but destroyed multiple times over the years by floods and fires. Its current neo-Gothic incarnation grew gradually between the early 19th and 20th centuries.
Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
La Gomera
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Museo Etnográfico de La Gomera
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Parque Etnográfico Los Telares
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Iglesia de la Virgen de la Asunción
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A beautiful strip of rocky black beach pounded by waves and hemmed in by tall cliffs, 3km northeast of town. Two seasonal pools and a summer-only seafood…
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3. Parque Nacional de Garajonay
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