Veracruz, Mexico · North America
La Palma sits on the route: 5 minutes from San José Tenejapa, 46km from Pico de Orizaba.
La Palma is a town located in Veracruz, Mexico. With a population of 1,352, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, La Palma sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Mexico City time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add La Palma to your route.
La Palma (Spanish: [la ˈpalma] , locally [lɐ ˈpɑ(l)mɐ]), also known as La isla bonita (English: The Beautiful Island) and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean. La Palma hasRead more
an area of 708.32 square kilometres (273.48 sq mi) making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The total population at the start of 2023 was 84,338, of whom 15,522 lived in the capital, Santa Cruz de La Palma and 20,375 in Los Llanos de Aridane. Its highest mountain is the Roque de los Muchachos, at 2,426 metres (7,959 ft), being second among the peaks of the Canaries after the Teide massif on Tenerife.
In 1815, the German geologist Leopold von Buch visited the Canary Islands. It was as a result of his visit to Tenerife, where he visited the Las Cañadas caldera, and then later to La Palma, where he visited the Taburiente caldera, that the Spanish word for cauldron or large cooking pot – "caldera" – was introduced into the geological vocabulary. In the center of the island is the Caldera de Taburiente National Park, one of four national parks in the Canary Islands.
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La Palma is located in Veracruz, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 19.0450 latitude, -96.8276 longitude.
La Palma has a population of approximately 1,352 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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Full driving guide for Mexico3 notable places within an hour's drive.
waterfall
A steep Veracruz coffee town whose main draw is Cascada de Texolo, 3 km out: an 80 m fall dropping into a jungle gorge crossed by a 19th-century iron footbridge, used as a location in Romancing the Stone.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Mexico's highest peak at 5,636 m, a dormant volcano on the Puebla-Veracruz border visible from Highway 150D near Ciudad Serdán.
46 km · about 55 min drive
cafe
Mexico's self-declared coffee capital, a Veracruz Pueblo Mágico of pastel arcades and wrought-iron balconies in the cloud-forest foothills, with roasteries and old beneficios on nearly every block.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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