The official travel agency of our international symposium is Viajes Kiara. Viajes Kiara is the leading travel agency of La Palma, and it is very skilled in helping you to find the best routes and prices of your tickets. Viajes Kiara also offers a complete list of hotels in the area with special rates for the participants of the symposium. Its offer is complete with a car rental service and several tours to enjoy the beauties of La Palma after the symposium.

You might like to read the following information for planning your travel to La Palma:

Santa Cruz de La Palma has airport code SPC, and should not be confused with either Las Palmas (de Gran Canaria - on another Canary Island), Palma (de Mallorca - on the Baleares in the Mediterranean) or Santa Cruz (possibly more than one in the Americas).

Flights from Continental Europe

Scheduled Flights. Apart from a number of inter-island flights (see below) there is one daily direct return flight La Palma - Madrid, operated by Iberia (part of the OneWorld alliance with American Airlines). You can usually connect to this flight from Europe and other continents.

Charter and Low Cost flights. There are a large number of charter flights direct to La Palma from several cities in Germany, and from the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK. Some of these flights can be booked as scheduled flights, in connection with intercontinental flights. From flights from Germany to La Palma, check out Condor, Air-Berlin or Hamburg International; Thomas Cook from Amsterdam and Brussells to La Palma; Transavia from Amsterdam to La Palma; and Thomsonfly from Manchester to La Palma. Another way to travel to La Palma is arriving to Tenerife (or Gran Canaria or also Fuerteventura or Lanzarote), and take a flight to La Palma (see below) since they are plenty of charter and low cost flights offers to these islands.

Inter-island Flights. There are frequent inter-island flights from Tenerife (north airport, TFN) to Santa Cruz de La Palma, and also from Gran Canaria (LPA). Binter (a member of the Iberia group) and Islas Airways operate these flights. Flights to La Palma should be booked in advance with the main ticket as seats are not always available in these small planes unless booked early. Flights take about 20 minutes from Tenerife and 50 minutes from Gran Canaria.

There are many scheduled and charter flights to Tenerife and Gran Canaria. Most charter flights to Tenerife operate from the south airport (TFS) and a transfer to the north airport will take at least one hour driving time, so at least about 3 hours must be accounted for. You can travel between airports by taxi (cost maybe around 60 euros), by bus (direct or via Santa Cruz de Tenerife) or by rental car (ask for one-way to the north airport, there are often cars available at a cheap rate).

More information about your travelling at La Palma Turismo.