{"id":42915,"date":"2016-10-09T01:13:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T00:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2016\/10\/la-gomera-magnifique-et-tranquille\/"},"modified":"2016-10-09T01:52:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T00:52:36","slug":"la-gomera-magnificent-and-calm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2016\/10\/la-gomera-magnificent-and-calm\/","title":{"rendered":"La Gomera: Magnificent and Calm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stopover in La Gomera was an opportunity for participants to discover the spectacular scenery and tranquil atmosphere of this island, one of the smallest in the Canarian archipelago, designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2012.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-1-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Sebastian de la Gomera and its marina &#8211; Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In order not to overcrowd the marina at San Sebastian de la Gomera, the fleet of boats were divided in two, and each benefited from a warm and professional welcome.<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of the first fleet coincided with the feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, patron of the island of la Gomera, which meant the sailors were able to enjoy a music  of traditional folk music, and the procession of the Virgin around the chapel of Puntallana.<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-2.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Folk music concert<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-3.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/> <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-4-Meyer-Peter.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Procession of the Virgin around the chapel of Puntallana &#8211; Photo: Isabelle Meyer-Peter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sailors also enjoyed a bus excursion organised by the <em>Tourism Office of La Gomera<\/em> in order to discover the delights of the island.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-5.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sailors on their excursion<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-6-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The valley of la Hermigua, a great producer of bananas &#8211; Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-7-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lofty Mirador de Abrante normally has views of the Mount Tiede, on the day unfortunately covered in clouds &#8211; Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-8-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the visitors centre, the sailors listened to the guide&#8217;s explanations next to a model of the island &#8211; Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-09-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walk in the ancient forest of the Garajonay national park, a UNESCO world heritage site &#8211; Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-10-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Typical volcanic scenery, the lava cone of the  Roque de Agando looms out of the mist &#8211; Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-11-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The valleys in La Gomera with their distinctive steep slopes &#8211; Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LaGomera-161008-12-Sprogoe.jpg\" width=\"680\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Christian Sprogoe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The two fleets have now continued on to La Palma, a little to the north, where they will be reunited for an evening social before continuing on their way through the Canaries to El Hierro.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Barbados 50<\/strong> is sponsored by Barbados Tourism Marketing and Tenerife Port Authority.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puertosdetenerife.org\/index.php\/en\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/logo-Puertos-Tenerife.jpg\" alt=\"logo-Puertos-Tenerife\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitbarbados.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/logo-barbados-tourism-mkt.jpg\" alt=\"logo-barbados-tourism-mkt\" width=\"240\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stopover in La Gomera was an opportunity for participants to discover the spectacular scenery and tranquil atmosphere of this island, one of the smallest in the Canarian archipelago, designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2016\/10\/la-gomera-magnificent-and-calm\/\">Read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":42910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"odyssey":[250,288,249],"destinations":[319,173],"class_list":["post-42915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neues","odyssey-die-islands-odyssey","odyssey-die-barbados-50","odyssey-die-canaries-odyssey","destinations-la-gomera-de","destinations-atlantic-ocean-de","odd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42915"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42926,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42915\/revisions\/42926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42915"},{"taxonomy":"odyssey","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/odyssey?post=42915"},{"taxonomy":"destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destinations?post=42915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}