PLAYA DE SANTIAGO TENERIFE

The southernmost point of La Gomera, close to the island's airport, is blessed with a sheltered position, good beaches and an attractive setting. A growing success as a resort area, it was traditionally a large and prosperous fishing and farming village that went into decline in the 1970s. In recent years it has been reborn thanks to new water sports, beach and harbor facilities and the building of the impressive and imaginative up market resort hotel Jardin Tecina by cruise operators

Fred Olsen. The old waterfront village is steadily expanding with the influx of bars and restaurants. At one end, a small fishermen's chapel decorated with model boats is set into the rock face.