Season's greetings to all

Valle Gran Rey Christmas programme 2019

Above the programme for the Christmas season in Valle Gran Rey. First there's the annual 'Noche en Blanco' with live music and late shopping in Vueltas this Saturday. A similar event takes place a week later in La Playa. The New Year's Eve fiesta happens in La Playa this year and then we'll have the main Los Reyes Christmas fiesta from the 5th to the 7th of January 2020 in El Guro.

Snowy Christmas 2018 in the capital

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas 2018. The 'snow' in the island's capital San Sebastian de La Gomera can only be found in an optician's shop window near the town's main square and the polar bears would suffer if they were to be sent out into the warm weather. Well, the one in the back has donned sunglasses anyway...

Christmas under palm trees

... to all readers of this blog with this palm tree decorated for Christmas in Valle Gran Rey

Weather contrasts

The weather this holiday weekend is a bit mixed and as you can see in the picture above people were enjoying the sunshine on the harbour beach in Vueltas, Valle Gran Rey, yesterday afternoon. However, the image below shows the fairly grey skies this morning and there has been a steady light rain falling since before dawn. It is also fairly cool for this time of the year in La Gomera today and the forecast for tomorrow is for similar weather. There will also be a few brighter and even sunny spells today and tomorrow and a general improvement is forecast from Monday - see the regularly updated weather column on the top right.

There's still room at the inn

Nice double bed in a cosy cave in the mountains ready for you with fresh greens included free of charge.
(I took this photo a few years ago in the deserted settlement of 'Cuevas Blancas' in La Gomera's northeast.)

Ferry schedules for holiday season

There will be a revised ferry schedule operating over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. The most important changes are on Christmas Day and on New Year's Day when both ferry companies Fred. Olsen and Naviera Armas will operate only one crossing between Los Cristianos on Tenerife and San Sebastian de La Gomera and only one return journey on this route, and all those sailings have evening departures. Intending passengers over the busy holiday period are advised to book in advance and to check ferry times. For direct links to ferry schedules and bookings in English you can go to my TRAVEL page.

Programme for festive season 2016 in VGR

Above is the programme for the Christmas and New Year season in Valle Gran Rey (click image to enlarge). The New Year's Eve and New Year's Day fiestas take place in the harbour of Vueltas this year.
It all culminates in the main Christmas fiesta on January 6th 2017 at the chapel above El Guro/Casa de la Seda which begins as always with the procession from La Calera at midday.