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The Isla Bonita podcast: pirates, volcanoes and legends, verified down to the footnote. What is fact comes with its source; what is legend is told as legend.

  1. 4h ago

    Belmaco and the Petroglyphs of La Palma

    In 1772 Viera y Clavijo called the Belmaco engravings «mere scribbles». Who saw them first, what is known of their age and meaning, and where the UNESCO bid stands. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/belmaco-petroglifos/

  2. 1d ago

    The Tsunami That Never Came

    In 2001 a model put waves of up to 25 m off Florida from a Cumbre Vieja collapse. What the small print said, how the wave shrank and what 2021 showed. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/tsunami-cumbre-vieja/

  3. 5d ago

    Those Who Came Back Rich… and Those Who Didn't

    Talcum powder is documented in the Santa Cruz de La Palma carnival from 1867; the parody of the landing dates from the 1920s. What dates from 1981 is that the two came together. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/los-indianos-carnaval/

  4. 5d ago

    The Forest That Reinvented Itself

    The Los Tilos laurel forest is no intact Tertiary fossil: it is a reassembled forest that makes water out of fog. And before it was a reserve, it was for centuries a quarry for plant stakes. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/laurisilva-los-tilos/

  5. Sep 17

    The bee that became something else

    On La Palma it is illegal to keep bees of any but the local race. Its origin is disputed, the admixture has a municipal map, and the honey wins medals without a seal. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/abeja-negra-canaria/

  6. Sep 17

    The biggest cheese in Spain

    Palmero cheese was not Spain's first goat cheese with a Designation of Origin — that was Majorero. Its claim is size, law and a red goat. A documented guide. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/queso-palmero/

  7. Sep 17

    Green gold: not from here, and not what you think

    The plant is Asian, the variety was brought by an Englishman in the 19th century, and plátano and banana are the same fruit. It is sweeter because it grows more slowly — and that is measured in an official specification. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/platano-de-canarias/

  8. Sep 17

    The treasure of the sloop Rosa

    Two chests of gold buried on a La Palma beach. A single piece of evidence: an 1859 letter from the Ceuta prison that, as it happens, asked for an advance. The full story, with sources: https://lapalmago.com/en/historias/tesoro-balandro-rosa/

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The Isla Bonita podcast: pirates, volcanoes and legends, verified down to the footnote. What is fact comes with its source; what is legend is told as legend.

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    La Palma Go
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
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