Travel to La Gomera
How to get to La Gomera?
Most international flights land at Tenerife South Airport (Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur). From there, you can reach the ferry port in Los Cristianos by rental car, bus, or taxi.
Ferry Tenerife La Gomera
From Los Cristianos, you take the ferry to La Gomera, to the port of San Sebastian, the capital. The journey takes about 50 minutes. There are two ferry companies from Tenerife to La Gomera:
You can book the tickets online. You don’t have to do it months in advance; usually, it’s still possible the day before the trip.
La Gomera Rental Cars
Our tip for rental cars on La Gomera is Cicar. Cicar offers good service, has offices at Tenerife airport and Los Cristianos port, and is one of the few car rental companies that allow traveling to another Canary Island by car.
To reach our apartment by car from the port of San Sebastian, you first have to leave the port and follow the signs to Valle Gran Rey.
You’ll drive through various towns and serpentine roads, leading through the beautiful landscape of La Gomera.
Once you reach Valle Gran Rey, continue straight until you reach a roundabout. Take the first exit and immediately follow the left curve that the road makes. After about 500 meters, you’ll see the brown house on the right side of the road, where our vacation apartment is located. You can turn right and park immediately in front of it. If all the parking spaces are taken, you can find more parking spaces on the main road and on the other side of the house.
Bus La Gomera
You can also take the public bus from San Sebastian to Valle Gran Rey. However, the bus does not start at the port but at the bus station in San Sebastian, which is about one kilometer away. It takes about fifteen minutes to walk there.
We like to travel with Autobuses Mesa, which offer transfers directly from the airport to Valle Gran Rey.
Both buses stop right in front of our vacation apartment, and the bus stop is called “Casa Maria”.
La Gomera Airport
La Gomera also has a small airport. It is only served by flights from the other Canary Islands. Occasionally, you can find good connections from Germany to La Gomera, for example, with a stopover in Gran Canaria.
Where is La Gomera?
La Gomera is one of the Canary Islands and is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa. It belongs to Spain and is one of the seven main islands of the Canary Archipelago.
