Ah, a mini-cruise ... I don't know about you, but my mind seems to work in pictures and images and right at this moment, I am kicking off my shoes and relaxing back into a sun lounger on the deck of my cruise liner, strawberry milkshake in hand. In my mind at least. And whilst I've no idea where the image of a strawberry milkshakes comes from, I can tell you about the cruise liner.
Well, to be more accurate, what I had in mind when I started talking about this was a ferry but who cares, even if that means they don't actually have sun loungers on the deck! It's a three and a half hour crossing on the Naviera Armas ferry which costs just 16€, around £14. Or an even smaller price of 8€ for residents in the Canaries.
So how do you get in on this amazing deal? It's easy - just go direct to the ferry Naviera Armas website and choose the Tenerife Los Cristianos to La Palma option and there you go.
This is all well and good, I hear you cry, if you are already in Tenerife. Find me a cheap flight to Tenerife! Oh that doesn't scare me one bit - after all, I've just spend a fair bit of the weekend searching for a reasonable flight from Edinburgh to La Palma during the October half-term. Aargh, those prices! With options such as via London Heathrow or Gatwick and then direct to Madrid or Tenerife and then onto La Palma or from Edinburgh or Glasgow to Tenerife or Gran Canaria and then on to La Palma, the options are many. Oh and I almost forgot to mention the obvious one - direct flights from Manchester or Gatwick to La Palma.
Now my first port of call when I'm searching for a cheap flight, or any flight to the Canary Islands for that matter, is Skyscanner. What Skyscanner does is to provide a free, unbiased and comprehensive travel comparison between major airlines such as British Airways, Iberia, Jet2, Ryanair, Monarch, Brussles Airlines, Flybe, Lufthansa, Thomas Cook, Thomsons, Vueling, KLM and so the list goes on.
You can either search by the whole month to get an idea of best prices for a range of dates or search by a specific date. I think it's a brilliant flight-finder and not just for flights to the Canary Islands - it might not be quite100% comprehensive but it's pretty close!
For me, school holiday times aside, I'd choose a cheap flight to Tenerife and then acruise liner ferry to La Palma. There might not be sun loungers but I can almost feel the warm wood of the deck on my bare feet.
Well, to be more accurate, what I had in mind when I started talking about this was a ferry but who cares, even if that means they don't actually have sun loungers on the deck! It's a three and a half hour crossing on the Naviera Armas ferry which costs just 16€, around £14. Or an even smaller price of 8€ for residents in the Canaries.
So how do you get in on this amazing deal? It's easy - just go direct to the ferry Naviera Armas website and choose the Tenerife Los Cristianos to La Palma option and there you go.
This is all well and good, I hear you cry, if you are already in Tenerife. Find me a cheap flight to Tenerife! Oh that doesn't scare me one bit - after all, I've just spend a fair bit of the weekend searching for a reasonable flight from Edinburgh to La Palma during the October half-term. Aargh, those prices! With options such as via London Heathrow or Gatwick and then direct to Madrid or Tenerife and then onto La Palma or from Edinburgh or Glasgow to Tenerife or Gran Canaria and then on to La Palma, the options are many. Oh and I almost forgot to mention the obvious one - direct flights from Manchester or Gatwick to La Palma.
Now my first port of call when I'm searching for a cheap flight, or any flight to the Canary Islands for that matter, is Skyscanner. What Skyscanner does is to provide a free, unbiased and comprehensive travel comparison between major airlines such as British Airways, Iberia, Jet2, Ryanair, Monarch, Brussles Airlines, Flybe, Lufthansa, Thomas Cook, Thomsons, Vueling, KLM and so the list goes on.
You can either search by the whole month to get an idea of best prices for a range of dates or search by a specific date. I think it's a brilliant flight-finder and not just for flights to the Canary Islands - it might not be quite100% comprehensive but it's pretty close!
For me, school holiday times aside, I'd choose a cheap flight to Tenerife and then a
