A whistled language unique in the world, inscribed on UNESCO's intangible heritage list in 2009. Born to communicate across barrancos, it is now taught in every school on the island.
The silbo gomeroich.unesco.org →Christopher Columbus' last stop before the Americas in 1492, the little capital preserves the Torre del Conde, the church of la Asunción and the well said to have baptised the New World.
San Sebastián, Columbus’ port of calltripadvisor.com →A fine seventeenth-century Canarian house where Columbus is said to have stayed before his crossing. It hosts a permanent exhibition of pre-Columbian archaeology and tells of La Gomera's intimate bond with the Americas.
Casa de Colónlagomera.travel →Pottery shaped without a wheel in the ancestral tradition, wicker basketry, weaving on wooden looms and palm-fibre objects: a living craft heritage passed down from the island's first inhabitants.
Traditional Gomeran craftslagomera.travel →