Flights to La Palma via Barcelona

Looking for flights to La Palma in the Canaries?

Santa Cruz de La Palma

First stop then is Thomsons for direct flights from both Gatwick and Manchester (Manchester in winter only).  They fly every Friday - but what if a Friday flight doesn't suit you?
Then there is a whole range of indirect flights to La Isla Bonita, this little known island in the Canaries.
A flight to Tenerife and then on to La Palma is a real favourite. From there you can either fly by Binter or Canary Fly, the inter-island airlines from the north of Tenerife or take a ferry with Fred Olsen or Naviera Armas from Los Cristianos in the south.

Naviera Armas ferry docked in Santa Cruz de La Palma

Another excellent way to get to La Palma is via Madrid or even Gran Canaria.
New kid on the block though are flights via Barcelona. Flights to La Palma from Barcelona start on Saturday, 1st June and continue throughout the summer. So if a Saturday flight to the Canary Islands is what you are looking for, check out Vueling flights.
For your flight to Barcelona from the UK, Skyscanner is - as always - a great website for finding some of the cheapest flights around. Just to give you a quick example, there are flights from Manchester to Barcelona from just 49€.
Whether you are flying direct to the Canary Islands or with an indirect flight - there are heaps of options out there. So take a break and head south to the Canaries!

Flight options to La Palma

Through reading our blogs on La Palma, I hope by now that you have an idea where I'm coming from - or at least I hope you soon will. To give you a few clues (well, the relevant ones anyway), I'm passionate about La Palma - its majestic beauty, its tranquillity, its quirkiness and its amazing ability to surprise. And that's probably why I'm also passionate about finding you guys cheap travel to the Canaries and doing everything I can to encourage you to come and see this great island yourself.
Low-cost flights to La Palma is probably one of the better ways.

 Let me start (again) with flights to Santa Cruz de La Palma, airport code SPC. I was reading a Tenerife forum thread recently in which a poster asked, 'Is it possible to get direct flights to La Palma?' Ooh, this is going to be great, I thought. This is a chance for somebody to enlighten the poster about the direct flights from Gatwick and Manchester to the island. Yes, you guessed it but I have to admit I really was dumbfounded when the reply came, 'No, you can't get direct flights, you'll have to fly via Tenerife or go by ferry.'
I was of course by now hopping up and down in my seat. What! There have been direct flights between the UK and La Palma for eleven years that I personally now about. So please, come one, let's fly the flag and let a few more people know about it.
Let me explain a little more though because there is something else which those looking for direct flights to La Palma might need to know about, especially if searching a site such as Skyscanner, a personal favourite of mine. During the summer months, Thomsons do not always offer direct flights from Manchester although the flights from Gatwick continue. And that means, if you search for flights between Manchester and La Palma, you'll come up with a big fat zero. But that's not to say that there aren't direct flights from Gatwick!
However, if flying from Gatwick to La Palma isn't convenient for you then definitely consider flying via Tenerife or Madrid airport. Not only can you choose what day of the week to fly, especially when flying via Tenerife, but you can often pick up cheap flights that way and even, if you're crafty, fit in a mini-holiday at either end of your holiday on La Palma.
Personally, I usually travel via either Tenerife or Gran Canaria which tends to fit in better with my chosen destination airport in the UK which, these days is either Edinburgh, Glasgow or Manchester.
Hey look, this is me flying to Tenerife from La Palma in January this year!

All in all, we like to think we know a bit about travelling from the UK to the western islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma in particular, so don't hesitate to ask for advice or information. That also extends to finding accommodation on the Canary Islands - watch out for our hotel and apartment reviews coming soon.
And above all, we hope that you too get to enjoy a holiday visiting the magical Islas Canarias!

A tour of the Canary Islands

From time to time, we are asked if it is possible to have an island hopping holiday in the Canary Islands, travelling by plane or ferry in between each one. It's a lovely idea and what a wonderful journey that would be. Unfortunately, it's not quite that easy because the islands are not in a close cluster as one might imagine. If travelling from, for example, the airport in El Hierro in the south west of the Canaries to the airport in Lanzarote in the north east, the distance is approximately 430 miles. But at least, every single one of the islands has its own ferry port and airport - in fact, Tenerife has two airports!

So with options of both flights and ferries, it really is worth doing a little exhaustive checking to find not just the right method of transport on the right day but also the right price.
Now it might not be on your mind to travel between the islands. Maybe your aim is to holiday on La Palma, La Isla Bonita, and you want to get there are quickly and easily as possible. I can't say I blame you with the snowy northern European weather at the moment. Oh yes, I've tried it and can fully understand the appeal of enjoying some winter sun in the Canary Islands!

However, if the direct flights to La Palma don't quite suit you then it might be well worth considering travelling via Tenerife - especially as Naviera Armas ferries are offering tickets between Los Cristianos in the south of Tenerife and La Palma for just 16€ each way. Very handy for the south international airport of Reina Sofia and a bit of a cruise thrown in!
Mm, at that price, I could perhaps consider a little island hoping ...

Flying Directly

Great news - the direct Manchester to La Palma flights with Thomsons are back on again!

After a summer with Thomsons offering direct flights to La Palma from only Gatwick, with some jubilation I see the Manchester ones have made a come back.  And it looks like it wasn't just me that  was pleased to see them as it certainly created a flurry of enquiries from people looking for accommodation on La Palma - and I'm not surprised with the prices they are offering.

For example for one week from the 25th November to the 2nd December, the price is £114.00 return.  That is a brilliant price!  Great to team it up with a week in the rural north of La Palma in a traditional Canarian house or bag a beach break with a self-catering apartment overlooking the sea in Tazacorte. 

On behalf of owners, we've got some fabulous apartments for rent on La Palma at the Puerto de Tazacorte. You can check them out here.

And if the Thomson itinerary doesn't suit, you can of course find flights to La Palma via Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Madrid, Germany, Holland or Belgium seven days a week. 

Happy Holidays!