Article by Tom Stainer, Lonely Planet
Stargazing
The piece features the stargazing experience available through Ad Astra La Palma. Visitors can book tours where they use telescopes to observe extraordinary celestial phenomena.
Highlights include “a clear-as-you-like arm of the Milky Way stretching out across the sky, and the dimpled craters of the moon in astonishing detail.” Guide Elena provides commentary during observations, making the experience as educational as it is breathtaking.
The author captures the emotional dimension of the experience: observing from a windswept mountainside on an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean while gazing upward, “you’ll have never felt more insignificant and overawed.”
Full article available at Lonely Planet’s website.
