Museo Naval - Barco de la Virgen

This museum is kind of hard to miss when you are driving down the street in La Palma. It is literally a ship on the side of the road. I think we paid 5 euro each to go inside. There were quite a few artifacts and documents displayed in this museum. For its size, it is very well put together. I have never really been interested in reading all of the signs in museums, so I can not speak to what was written. I am more of a visual person. There were a few interesting things to see.

Very nice museum, with good explanations about the history of seafaring from la Palma. It is a small exhibition, if you take your time you need 30-40mins to experience it fully. Therefore I found the price a little to high.

Nice boat, but not the original Santa Maria. A few interesting things in the museum but we were disappointed, because we thought it’s a replica of the original do we could see how Columbus traveled. But there are no rooms like that. 4,50€ entrance fee.

Interesting spot with great historical information.

Nice little museum built to look like Christopher Columbus’ flagship Santa Maria. You can find there a bit about the history of the Island and some naval artifacts. A nice short about half an hour long visit.

Inside the ship you can see beautiful maketts and read interesting information about how the island became an important port. Upstairs you can feel like a captain even if you are not a child. The experiment worth the 4,5 euros entrance free. Open at weekends too.

We came across this replica ship of Christopher Colombus's ship Santa Maria with a maritime museum in it, which unfortunately was closed. Worth a look if you nearby, but not worth a special journey unless you know the museum is open. Their is a bust of him too in the square in front of the ship.

Pretty empress museum with a replica of the ship on top. Host was very good. Plenty of model shops and artifacts of the era. Access via stairs to be on deck with great views.