Ten storeys high, these wind-swept piles rise from the sea and abut steep, rocky cliffs.

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The north of La Palma is often considered the most beautiful part of the island, with fertile hills and rocky cliffs plunging into the sea.

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Explore: The Wild Pacific Trail skirts rocky cliffs and meanders through dense old-growth rain forest to reveal dramatic vistas of the moody, tossing surf.

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Past these points on the island, it's a hike around rocky cliffs and through jungle paths to more secluded beaches, including Shark Point to the south and the beautifully isolated Turtle Beach to the north.

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The art may appear on any writing surface even the rocky walls of cliffs but it is especially common on letters, scrolls, works of literature and fan coverings.

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The island sits in the Pacific and is ringed with dramatic cliffs and rocky coast, and has an incredible fantasy volcano filled with a lagoon whose rim you can hike around.

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There is the thickly wooded, deep-green, deeply mysterious Gargano Peninsula, which is all rocky harbours, magnetically blue sea and pale sea cliffs.

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