Casa Jacaranda

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What our guests say!

What do our guests think about La Palma and Casa Jacaranda?
Here are recent comments:  

Hello Michael and Jill. Just a quick email to let you know that we really enjoyed our holiday at Casa Jacaranda. Indeed the tree even was starting to flower. Thank you so much, it's a lovely little cottage. The people in the village were friendly, and Connie is excellent, very helpful. I've not walked so much in years! We did the Caldera de Taburiente one day, then Roque de Los Muchachos and the observatory another, and Los Tilos, The Volcanoes in the south, Cubo de la Galga and also Cuervas de Balmaco. We also really liked wandering round San Andres ans think Santa Cruz is a beautiful, historic little city, but of course you will know all this. The hardest part was the steep walk up to the bar in the evening. Thank you once again, David and Linda

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Hello Michael & Jill

 We are back from a lovely week in your cottage in Puntallana  which we thoroughly enjoyed.  We were blessed with sunshine for the whole week (to appreciate your terrace!) and had great fun exploring the island, although we never made it over to the west coast.   It is such a beautiful and verdant island, so many wonderful flowers everywhere... and your jacaranda was in full bloom.  Could you please pass on our thanks to Victoria and Conny for their help while we were on the island. Thank you so much for 'lending' us your home - we so enjoyed seeing the life of the little village. 
Best regards, Wendy and Alan

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Dear Michael & Jill

Just to let you know that we are now back down to earth after a wonderful week on La Palma. Your instructions were perfect and we found the Casa easily although in the dark as our  flight was  delayed.  I read them with a torch (which I had thankfully popped into the hand luggage) as Chris drove the hire car.  The Casa is a delightful property and once we'd spotted Mt Teidi were able to pick it out most days and some nights we could see the lights on Tenerife - even fireworks once. We adored the gekkos who came to see us every evening on the terrace by the front door. As planned we went all over the island and were thrilled with everything we saw from the spectacular heights and caldera to the laurel forest and the black south.  Spotted La Gomera and El Hierro several times too. I think the only thing that could have further enhanced our visit would have been to see the Jacaranda Tree in bloom! 

With our thanks for all your help. M. & C.

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Dear Jill and Michael,

Finally I find the time to let you know we had a wonderful time in your Casa last Christmas. The weather wasn't all that good: we started off with quit a storm. But we managed, thanks to the good advice of Conny, to do some good walks in the north, where the weather was somewhat better. Unfortunally on the 26th of December I fell down a slippery path and broke my elbow. In the hospital in Breña Alta they put my whole arm in a cast and the following week I could manage walking, reading, sitting in the sun quite well. In Holland they took the cast off the 5^th of January; everything was in place, so I just had to put my arm in a sling. It is much better now. It did in no way ruin our holiday! The Casa was comfortable and the weather the second week nice. The food in the restaurants great (especially in Puerto Espindola). Next year we probably will go to Tenerife again, but when we will visit La Palma again, we will consider trying to hire your Casa. Thanks again for all the nice things we found on our arrival.

Mariette and Bram

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Dear Michael & Jill Just writing to say a very big thank you for making it possible for us to stay in your lovely house.  We had a very relaxing time there, and I think were very lucky with the weather.  It was raining in Sevilla when we were there, as it had been doing before our arrival and continued to do so after we left.  In la Palma, luckily, the heavy rain had been (causing avalanches, road and path closures) and gone.  Officially, all the hiking paths were closed, but Connie advised us they weren't so bad around where we were, so we walked from the front door nearly to Pico de la Nieve (we should have got up earlier to make it to the top!). We confess to breaking one of the yellow and white mugs, and left a little cash and message in the house for a replacement.  Frustrating that that happens when we can go years in our own home without breaking anything.  We apologise, but chose not to buy the first we saw, as we were aware that the colours were just right for the house. I meant to write it down in the folder - did you know that you can buy fresh fish in the port?  And amazingly, they are open all day.  I didn't get the exact times, but we went at 3pm, having been told about it in the market in town, and it was open.  It's just beyond the ferry port - the first turning off that mini-roundabout you take to get to the ferry.

Happy too to get the internet connection on the coach that was parked in the village two days running (the ciber-bus).

Eleanor S.

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Dear Michael  & Jill
 
This is such to say how delightful we thought Casa Jacaranda was and that we hope very much to make a return visit in the future.
 Your information was very helpful and comprehensive. Thank you for allowing us to make use of your lovely house.
 
Kind regards
 
J. & N.

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Dear Michael  & Jill

We had a marvelous experience visiting La Palma, and have brought back many happy memories of the island. We would love to go there again some day in the future. Everything was better than we imagined and there is so much to see and do. The Caldera Taburiente must be added to the wonders of the world! Luckily, our stay coincided with the Carnivale week in Santa Cruz and we joined in the celebrations, getting well plastered in talcum powder.
Casa Jacaranda was great - everything we needed was there. The house was bigger than we imagined and more than spacious enough for our party of three people. I would recommend your house to anyone wanting to stay on the island.

T, W and A.

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Dear Michael  & Jill

Returned from La Palma last week relaxed and refreshed after a lovely holiday. Your recommendations were excellent and did especially add to getting the most of our short stay. We would add the following.
We ate at Casa Astero - basic and nice - meat only though - no fish- enjoyed! 
Near Barlovento Piscinas de la Fajana- saltwater pools safe for swimming, and a really nice restaurant with stunning views, La Gaviota- great for Lunch and seafood is excellent-highly recommended.
Hiking in Los Tilos excellent- visitor center very helpful and provide good easy to follow maps. The same in El-Paso, for hiking in the Caldera de Taburiente, visitor centre top class and again very good maps, helpful staff and well laid out trails for all levels of hiking. The drive to los Muchachos and the hiking anywhere in this area is excellent with spectacular views. 
The beach at Puerto Noas is worth a visit for a bit of rest and relaxation. The drive south is spectacular and the little restaurant at Punta Larga is a definite must. We were not overly impressed with the beach at at Fargo de Fuencaliente, but it was a poor day which may have contributed to this. A little further up the coast Playa de la Zamora and Playa Chic were really nice and worth a visit- recommended 

Casa Jacaranda was beautiful, nice and private and very comfortable and peaceful .............and we would not only highly recommend it, but we would ourselves like to visit La Palma again sometime in the future and would not hesitate in using Casa Jacaranda. Your 'Casa Jacaranda and La Palma Guide' was really useful and I hope some of the above info. will help other guests as much as your info. helped us. That's it for now once again thanks for everything and hopefully we will be in touch sometime in the future.

Kind Regards,
L. and A.

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Dear Michael  & Jill

Interesting little island isn't it? Enjoyed the driving round all the tiny little roads and so on and were able to get a day when the views from the top were superb. Didn't do a lot of walking though, as we really needed to know how to get back from where we'd started, not many of the available walks being circular. Didn't eat out as much as we'd expected to for various reasons, but found that lunches in small wayside "tavernas" were good eating and reasonably priced. It was a bit of a mission getting there and in some ways it paid off. No English fish and chips, no English roast dinners - bliss! I assume it's authentic Spain. Got by on sign language and gestures. People quite friendly on the whole. I think you would have enjoyed watching us asking for eggs in one supermercado!

 Travel arrangements "gelled" well, although the buses between North and South on Tenerife not as frequent as we might have thought. Had to go for a taxi ride half way thro' bus journey to make sure we got our connection. Certainly we think it worth re-visiting, it's still delightfully unspoilt and your little house is a great place to stay. Should you wish to get us to give other prospective guests a positive view of it, feel free to pass on our e-mail address. 
Only Gomera and El Hierro to go and we'll have collected the set. Got to say that Tenerife has changed a lot from what we remembered of it - not entirely for the better either!

Kind regards,

B. and M.

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Dear Michael  & Jill

Just got back to a cold and wet England!  We had a lovely time on La Palma and certainly plan another visit.  Casa Jacaranda is an excellent place to stay and thank goodness for the wonderful fireplace which hosted a roaring fire each night, fuelled by wood 'foraged' on the hillside above the village.

The guide you provide in the house was invaluable and we used it a lot, particularly the restaurant recommendations.  We thoroughly enjoyed the fact that the island is quite unspoilt by the type of tourism that has grown up in the other islands, particularly Tenerife.  The fact that nobody spoke English provided an enjoyable challenge(!), and we were very  impressed with the friendliness and patience of the locals as we tried out our very halting Spanish. Hope you're now settled into your new home -  probably ready for a bit of R & R in Casa Jacaranda I should imagine!

L and S.

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