How much does food cost on La Gomera?
A German-language travel FAQ (wandernundmehr.at) puts the three-course menu of the day with a drink at 10 to 14 euros, under 10 in Vallehermoso. A simple meal costs 15 to 20 euros and a three-course menu in a good restaurant 20 to 30 euros, but the source gives no year.
The same source estimates travel costs at about 130 euros per person per day, which covers accommodation and getting around as well as food. The research could not open these pages, so the prices are guide values; no official restaurant price survey for La Gomera turned up.
Caprichos de La Gomera lists main courses at 7.50 to 22.50 euros on its own website, and Repsol lists the restaurant under 35 euros. The sources call the menu of the day (menú del día) the cheapest way to have lunch, and tourism sources say it is the easiest way to try almogrote and local dishes.
Are there guachinches on La Gomera, and where can you buy local products?
The research found no directory, season or statement from the Cabildo or the Canary Islands government on guachinches and bodegones on La Gomera. At first glance they look like mainly a Tenerife phenomenon, but no solid source confirms it, so ask the business about opening hours.
Markets are thin: only a small crafts market on the Plaza de Lomo Riego in Valle Gran Rey is confirmed, on some Sundays from 09:00 to 14:00. It does not sell food, the detail comes from a search snippet, and the research found no official farmers’ market with dates or any Cabildo plan.
The sources say to buy palm syrup from small producers, mainly in Vallehermoso, and to look for the label “sirope de palma” or “savia de palma”. The Festival Gastronómico de La Gomera is listed on the events page of lagomera.travel, but its dates were not available, so we give none.
Which wines and cheeses does La Gomera have, and what is protected?
La Gomera wines carry a designation of origin and the whole island is a growing area; English Wikipedia gives 2009 and six municipalities. The years conflict: the sources cite an origin designation since 2003 (BOC 2003/151, not opened) and a protected one formalised in 2009 (BOE-A-2009-13552, search snippet only).
White grapes dominate, say the sources: Forastera Gomera, Listán Blanco, Marmajuelo and Malvasía, plus the reds Listán Negro and Negramoll, grown on terraces with stone walls. Hotel Jardín Tecina says picking runs from August to October and names Cumbres de Garajonay and Montoro as prize-winning wines, without an award or year.
The figures are old: Wikipedia gives about 121 hectares, 223 growers and 14 wineries for 2010. For the 2016/17 harvest it gives 125 hectares, 17 wineries and 469 hectolitres, and opening hours are not confirmed.
On 29 November 2021 the Canary parliament’s agriculture committee took up a Canarian Socialist motion for a DOP for Gomeran cheese and an IGP for Gomeran almogrote. The motion asked the government to start the procedures (DOP: protected designation of origin; IGP: protected geographical indication), but no grant is documented, so call neither protected.