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Sounds of Silence: Nestled between the vol­canic land­scape of La Palma lies The El Paso — a small, quiet hamlet with a former music school, bakery and stables, which today is home to guests, art and gold records.

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Hotel The El Paso in La Palma, El Paso / ES – Spain

Hotel The El Paso

Sounds of Silence: Nestled between the vol­canic land­scape of La Palma lies The El Paso — a small, quiet hamlet with a former music school, bakery and stables, which today is home to guests, art and gold records.La Palma is called La Isla Bonita, “the beau­tiful island”, cha­rac­te­rised by vol­canic valleys, pine forests, high moun­tains and black beaches. At an altitude of 600 metres, close to the ent­rance to the Caldera Tabu­riente nature reserve, El Paso looks out from the moun­tains to the sea. A small aban­doned village con­sisting of a former music school, a bakery and old stables. Jour­nalist and music pro­ducer Tim Renner and the Lisbon-based design studio ambits have trans­formed it into a hotel with three guest rooms, a flat and a wide range of faci­lities. The aim was to pre­serve the archi­tec­tural heritage and its essential ele­ments and incor­porate new ones.

Where a dusty road used to pass through the ensemble, curved white paths inspired by architect Cesar Man­rique now connect the reno­vated buil­dings and a newly con­s­tructed bun­galow. The old music school forms the centre of the 2,000 square metre pro­perty, which aims to maintain its village-like cha­racter in all its facets. There is not only a com­munal kitchen in the former bakery, but also a long table made from old flo­or­boards for com­munal meals, a fire­place for cooler evenings and the owner’s per­sonal vinyl coll­ection, which is available to all visitors for indi­vidual sound checks. Whether Roxanne, Sonne, Beau­tiful Day or Slim Shady — all four dif­fer­ently sized accom­mo­da­tions are designed for bright, sunny days and strike the right note: an atmo­spheric mix of black, white and wood. Com­bined with clear aes­thetics, ensuite bath­rooms and green views. In addition, each of the lodgings has its own history, including a golden record, ori­ginal back­stage pass, large Mar­shall speaker and rock’n’roll bath­robes.

Just as the cover artwork is part of every album, it is also a must at The El Paso, with works by music pho­to­grapher Olaf Heine, graphic designer Eike König and artist Tina Winkhaus adorning the white walls. Tog­ether with large-format, colourful works by well-known street artists on the outside walls. Again and again, the white paths open up into dif­ferent oases where guests can retreat to relax or socialise. Whether in the Medi­ter­ranean garden between orange, lemon, grape­fruit and avocado trees, by the tur­quoise-blue pool between white con­crete and red and white striped sun loungers, on the yoga deck or in the Jacuzzi slightly higher up with its legendary view. Not to mention the starry sky glit­tering over La Palma. You’ll cer­tainly find the right song in the record coll­ection to accompany every moment.

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What to do

Hiking (e.g. on the Camino Real de Los Puertos, in the Parque Nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente or on the Roque de los Muchachos), swimming (e.g. on the beaches of Playa de Nogales, Puerto de Tazacorte, Charco Verde or Playa de los Cancajos, surfing, wellness, tennis (in the immediate vicinity), regional cuisine, excursions to the Cumbre Vieja or Teneguía volcanoes, to the Salinas Marinas de Fuencaliente or to the capital Santa Cruz with its centuries-old architecture.

Why we like this house

A place with a special history that brings people, music and art together and resonates for a long time.

This house is great for

Single travellers, couples and families as well as exclusively for groups of friends, family reunions, seminars or retreats, also suitable for workation

Sustainability

Public transport: the bus station is approx. 300 metres from the house

Owners of The El Paso

Owner

Music producer, journalist and author Tim Renner has spent a lot of time travelling as the former head of Universal Music Germany and State Secretary for Culture in Berlin. But none of the numerous hotels ever felt like home. With The El Paso, he wanted to create a place that told both its regional origins and its own story. Full of music, art and exciting conversations. The former music school on La Palma was the perfect place for this.


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Details

Region ES – Spain, La Palma, El Paso
Canary Islands, La Palma
Name The El Paso
Scenery At an altitude of 600 metres with mountain and sea views, close to the entrance to the Caldera Taburiente nature reserve
Number of guests 3 suites (for max. 2 or 4 guests each) and 1 flat for 2 guests; max. 10 guests
Completed 1920 / 2023
Design ambits, Lissabon in collaboration with Tim Renner, Berlin
Architecture Old & new
Accomodation Hotel
Criteria Rooms for 1-2 (hotel), Beach, Garden, Hiking, Island, Mountains, Music, Pool, Sea

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4 Comments

This is a gem of a place in a quiet resi­dential neigh­borhood with good vibes all around. I stayed at the Slim Shady suite for a few nights in November 2025. Ever­y­thing there has been hand-picked for style and comfort, from the stainless steel coffee grinder to the excellent mat­tresses and fluffy rock star bath­robes. The pro­perty has a com­munal space styled as a lis­tening lounge, com­plete with comfy couches, an eclectic vinyl coll­ection and a Numan stereo setup. There even is a mirror ball. I was met on site by Anouck, the charming manager, who handed over the keys and gave me a tour of the pre­mises. The owner also hap­pened to be around. He not only told me the intri­guing story of the pro­perty, he was also forth­coming with recom­men­da­tions for sight­seeing and fine dining on the island. What’s not to like? I will be back.

Cornelius sagt:

We stayed 4 nights in The El Paso and we loved it. A place you feel good as soon as you pass the portal. Won­derfully reno­vated buil­dings with taste and modernity, while keeping the authen­ticity of the place. Like staying in a small Mexican village. Rooms with all the necessary comfort. Swimming pool, Jacuzzi, Bar­becue, equipped kitchen, ever­y­thing is common but there are only 3 bed­rooms so we are far from the crowd of great hotels “All-in”. A large common room, for breakfast (carefully pre­pared by Yadami), to drink and listen to music thanks to all the vinyls made available by the owner of the pre­mises. Music that is ever­y­where, in small touches, in deco­ra­tions, frames, fur­niture, bath­robes (Ramones, Queen…). For con­ve­nience, there are two parking spaces available. In the end, nothing wrong, ever­y­thing was perfect

Svenja sagt:

Ich habe das El Paso, das ruhig etwas oberhalb der Stadt liegt, bereits mehrfach besucht. Es ist ein kleines archi­tek­to­ni­sches Juwel, kein altes Bau­ernhaus, sondern eine ehe­malige rurale Musik­schule, die sich ursprünglich direkt an der alten Dorf­straße befand. Zum Grund­stück gehört nicht nur die alte Dorf­straße, die heute mit weißem Beton einen leichten Man­rique-Charme ver­sprüht, sondern auch ein wun­der­schöner Garten mit sehr gepflegten Pflanzen, dar­unter Zitronen- und Oran­gen­bäume, ein wun­der­barer solar­be­heizter Pool und ein großer Whirlpool, umgeben von Bäumen. Im Poolhaus gibt es neben der Pool Suite auch eine gut bestückte Selbst­be­die­nungsbar. Das lang­ge­streckte Gebäude auf der gegen­über­lie­genden Seite der alten Dorf­straße wurde offenbar auf­wendig reno­viert, mit Fuß­bo­den­heizung und Kamin in der Lounge sowie einer per­fekten Küche der Ber­liner Manu­faktur Noodles, Noodles. Hier macht es wirklich Spaß, abends auch mal zu kochen, zumal der Fisch im nahe­ge­le­genen Dino her­vor­ragend ist.

Aus dem Lebenslauf des Eigen­tümers geht hervor, dass er Musik­ma­nager war. Die Vinyl-Sammlung ist sehr gut aus­ge­wählt und enthält diverse Samm­ler­stücke, die stilecht auf einem schönen Technics Plat­ten­spieler auf­gelegt werden können. Die Lounge ist sehr stil­sicher und dennoch sehr gemütlich ein­ge­richtet. Hier lassen sich herr­liche Abende ver­bringen. Am liebsten halte ich mich im Poolzimmer oder im Apartment auf. Im Poolzimmer sitze ich gerne am Fenster und blicke direkt über den Pool in den Garten. Das Apartment ist wun­der­schön und mit vielen pop­kul­tu­rellen Refe­renzen ein­ge­richtet. Es verfügt über einen eigenen Garten mit Yoga-Deck und ein eigenes 3D-Wand­ge­mälde des Künstlers Digial Does.

Für mich ist The El Paso das schönste Hotel auf der Insel. Und die Lage ist fan­tas­tisch. Alles ist schnell erreichbar, und auf einer Seite der Insel scheint immer die Sonne. Man kann groß­artige Wan­de­rungen ins Natur­schutz­gebiet, zu den Vul­kanen oder an den Strand unter­nehmen und die bru­ta­lis­tisch anmu­tende Wel­len­brecher Anlage von Taza­corte besuchen – mein Lieb­lings­platz zum Staunen und Foto­gra­fieren. Ich hatte immer eine gute Zeit im The El Paso. Sehr emp­feh­lenswert.

P. H. sagt:

Das Anwesen ist vom Besitzer — passend zu seines beruf­lichen Lebensweg — reno­viert und gut foto­gra­fiert worden, aber warum es auf Urlaubsarchitektur.de mit Ansprüchen an Design in der Archi­tektur (wir haben hier schon mehrere Unter­künfte und Hotels ent­deckt) gelistet ist, erschließt sich dem an Design und Archi­tektur inter­es­sierten Mieter vor Ort nicht wirklich. Wenn man die anti­qua­ri­schen Reli­quien der Musik­in­dustrie aus­blendet, bleibt das “Design” im Schriftzug am Eingang zum Grund­stück und die etwas ver­schlissene Fatboy-Aus­stattung übrig.
Trotzdem ist das ElPaso ein Haus, das wir nett fanden und ver­mutlich viele noch toll finden werden. So beschreibe ich im fol­genden nur, was es für uns NICHT ist: stimmig, detail­ver­liebt, funk­tional oder gar luxuriös.
Was bleibt in Erin­nerung: Unterwegs auf der Insel die Wan­derung auf den Pico Benjado sowie das Re-Belle in Taza­corte, und im Haus die blaue “wish your where” LP auf dem alten Technics Plat­ten­spieler bei einer Flasche “Celeste Crianza” und nicht zuletzt die liebe Haus­katze, der wir wie wohl die meisten Gäste im ElPaso zu Diensten waren.

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