Los Tilos Forest La Palma

Lush vegetation looking down from a mirador viewpoint into the gorge in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.

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Lush vegetation looking down from a mirador viewpoint into the gorge in Los Tilos Forest in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Los Tilos or Los Tiles, its official name is one of the few strongholds left in the world when it comes to laurisilva. A dense, verdant, primitive forest full of broad-leaved Laurel trees that dominated the planet millions of years ago. This is the reason why Los Tilos was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 2002; a protection which nowadays encompasses the entire island of La Palma. La Palma, also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly Canary Island in Spain. La Palma has an area of 706 km2 making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.