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Evergreen plants
Take a tour through a small factory of Cactus jam. Cactus fruits from
Tuno Indio (Opuntia dillenii) are collected in Gran Canaria. They
produce an excellent traditional jam with modern methods. It is in
Spanish.
Video in English about the gastronomy in Arona.
These tourist zones are rich in flavours and cuisine in South Tenerife.
The location of this video of flavours is Arona in Tenerife.
You find lots of exotic and local dishes with a great flavours in Canary Island.
The Palmetum of Maspalomas
The Palmetum of Maspalomas is a public area of 20.000 m2 devoted to palms, in the dry and sunny South of Gran Canaria.
Palmetum of Maspalomas opened in July 2008 and now hosts a growing collection of rare palms.
The collection of palm trees is impressive Maspalomas Palmetum is very interesting.
New palm species are always sprouting in the palm nursery. Seeds take two or three years of growth and then they can be sold through the website at Canarius.com, in the palm section of the shop.
In the next few months we will add the following palm species to our catalog.
They are more than seedling now and they will reach their optimal size in few m0nths.
We await your comments and questions about our palm species for 2010.
The Palm Honey in La Gomera
It is all about palm “honey”. See how the palm sap is collected from tall, wild palmtrees in La Gomera. Spectacular images, nice music. Subtitles in Spanish. PALM HONEY is a syrup manufactured in the island of La Gomera, one of the seven Canary Islands.
The process is as follows:
This is an excellent food, very good flavor and with many properties.
The palm does not die by this process and quickly recovers. Every five years or so, it can again be tapped”. The best time is summer and extraction is most popular in the areas of Taguluche, Tazo, El Ingenio and Alojera.
You can buy different types of palm honey from the Canary Islands in the Honey Section of our Shop.
Parque Botánico Maspalomas en Gran Canaria
Nice botanical park of 12.000 m2, located Maspalomas, right at the bottom of the hill which takes you to Playa del Ingles, at the end of the golf area. It is open from 10:00-18:00h except from Sundays and holidays. There is no entrance fee.
Great video, showing the traditional process of palm honey production.
You can buy different types of palm honey from the Canary Islands in the Honey Section of our Shop.
Miel de palma de La Gomera
La miel de palma es un sirope que se fabrica en la isla de La Gomera, una de las siete Islas Canarias.
El proceso es el siguiente:
Se trata de un excelente alimento, de muy buen sabor y con muchas propiedades curativas y dietéticas. Las palmera no mueren por este proceso y cada cinco años, aproximadamente, pueden volver a ser convertidas en “guaraperas“.
La mejor época para la extracción es el verano y las zonas más famosas son las de Taguluche, Tazo, Alojera y El Ingenio.
Palmeras en Maspalomas, Gran Canaria Julio 2009
The camera moves though a neverending grove of tall Washintonia palms, following a rollerskater.
Palmeras Canarias de La Palma, El Hierro y Gran Canaria
Still pictures of old and tall specimens of Canary Islands Date Palms (Phoenix canariensis). Nice music purposely composed for this video.
Cactualdea en Gran Canaria
A privately owned cactus park located in Gran Canaria with more than 1.000 species in the collection.
