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Tazacorte is perfectly placed for exploring the sunny side of the island, well away from the more commercialised east coast. It is very close to the truly awesome volcanic lava flows from the huge and famous 2021 eruption that tragically buried so many houses, agricultural businesses and livelihoods. You can get right up onto the lava in several places within a very short drive from Tazacorte. It's also worth driving 1/2 an hour up to Mirador Astronómico del Llano del Jable for amazing views above the still smoking volcano, and to truly appreciate the massive scale of the vast river of black lava flowing down to the coast below. The town of Tazacorte is small, quiet and sedate, but it's quite characterful, and the local authority have done a decent job in making it as attractive as possible. There is limited shopping, one very good restaurant (Re-Belle), one that's pretentious and frankly not great (El Sitio), and quite a few more basic eateries in town. There is also another very good restaurant (Franchipani) up in Los Llanos - the nearest main town a 15 minute drive away. Puerto de Tazacorte (the port area and the nearest beach 5 minutes drive down the hill) is not so nice. Very run down and neglected and shows a total lack of investment. What is worse, there has been literally no attempt to improve or renovate the area in the 8 years since our last visit. It looks better after dark. The nightlife is fairly tame, with several basic tourist-type restaurants, but it's pleasant enough to wander round in the evening. I wouldn't personally wish to stay down in Tazacorte Puerto. The Hacienda de Abajo up the hill in Tazacorte is the only good hotel in the area, and that really is something very special (see reviews).

Nice and small city with everything someone might need. Enough pubs, some openly LGBTQ+ friendly, several easy to access beaches, nice banana plantation museum close by, restaurants, a couple decent supermarkets and convenience shops right there. Easy access to the only naturist beach in La Palma, and it is a charming and big one too. If that is your thing – you cannot go wrong with staying in Tazacorte. Easy access to Los Llanos and from here to the rest of the island with many hiking paths and countless places with views.

A lovely little town with attractive streets of traditional houses. A busy cafe on the main square outside the supermarket. The banana museum was surprisingly interesting. The drive down to the port and beach should be 5 minutes, but is slow due to roadworks. We went on an excellent whale watching trip from the port. Lots of beautiful places around to visit, though you can't go south at the moment because of the larva flow.

Tazacort is in 2 parts, the village and the beach and marina areas. There are 2 buses which link them and a walk of about 20 minutes downhill from the village but quite a steep haul back up. The buses are only every hour and not terribly punctual. The village is unspoiled and typically spanish, the playa area has lots of nice restaurants and bars and cafes and shops. The marina is a lovely spot to wander round and you can book boat trips for whale viewing which we recommend (but it can bee quite rough)