There are few places like La Gomera where the visitor can enjoy manmade landscapes that do not present a challenge to nature. Undoubtedly, one of the most surprising sights on the Columbus island are the exuberant palm plantations. The palm trees on this island of surprises are a consistent part of the landscape. Since ancient times, prior to the Castilian conquest, the Gomeran people have had a close relationship with the Canarian palm, a symbolic species of the islands' flora that has provided them with clothes, wood, honey and a strong alcoholic drink that the Spanish call palm wine