San Sebastián de La Gomera arriving on the 35-minute ferry ride from the nearby island of Tenerife, which is almost always visible from La Gomera. The main ferry companies are Fred. Olsen Express and Naviera Armas. In Puntallana is the chapel of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the patron saint of the island of La Gomera. San Sebastián de La Gomera San Sebastián de la Gomera is the capital of and municipality on La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain. It also hosts the main harbour. The population was 8,699 in 2013, and the area is . The port serves ferry routes to the islands of
Conquest of the Canary Islands 'Infierno' in the 1385 "Libro del Conoscimiento". During the 1370s, when Portugal and Castile were engaged in dynastic wars following the assassination of Peter I of Castile, Portuguese and Castilian privateers were dispatched against each other, several of which made detours to the Canary islands for shelter or slave-raiding jaunts. Ignoring the 1344 bull, Ferdinand I of Portugal granted (in 1370) the islands of Lanzarote and La Gomera to the adventurer 'Lançarote da Franquia' (believed by some to be none other than the impossibly-aged Lanceloto Malocello). This Lanzarote made an attempt to seize the islands and is reported to have