The island located farthest north and west of the Canary archipielago, La Palma is perhaps the most scenic of the 7 islands.

One of the last islands to be conquered by the Spanish towards the end of the 15th century.

Although the Spanish declared the island conquered in 1492, the locals continued to rebel and hold out in the Caldera de Taburiente mountains. Alonso Fernandez de Lugo of Spain tried numerous times to locate and defeat the rebels without success. Eventually, Alonso Fernandez convinced the rebel leader to meet with him to nagotiate a treaty. At the supposed "signing of the treaty", Alonso massacred the rebel leader and his army thus finally taking over the island of La Palma.

La Palma's main appeal tp its residents, then and now, has been it's ideal climate, the best of theislands for farming crops. In the 16th century sugar cane was planted. Vines and wine were also established along with the port in Santa Cruz de La Palma, the island's capital. By the 18th century, the port in La Palma was one of the most important in the Spanish empire.

In the 19th century, one of the most important crops on the island was the "prickly pear tree", famous for producing dyes. Banana plants were introduced to the island and ship-building became important to the island. Throughout the centuries the population grew from 20,000 in the late 18th century to over 80,000 in the year 2000.

Today, the base of the economy of La Palma is its banana plantations with some 130 million kilos exported each year. Farmers also rely on goat-breeding and cultivation of avocado, tobaco, silk and vineyards for La Palma's wine.

Covered more within the site are the volcanos of La Palma but the last erruption took place in 1971, lasting 25 days in the south of the island from the volcano "Teneguia"