Places to Explore In Canary Islands

Discover the best places to explore in Canary Islands with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Fuerteventura

Some of Fuerteventura's towering sand dunes blew in from the Sahara Desert, 96 km (60 miles) away, and indeed it's not hard to imagine Fuerteventura...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 6 Hotels
  • 15 Things To Do

Gran Canaria

Gran Canaria has three distinct identities: Its capital, Las Palmas (pop. 379,000), is a thriving business center and important shipping and cruise port; the white-sand...

  • 16 Restaurants
  • 8 Hotels
  • 30 Things To Do

San Bartolome de Tirajana

The administrative center of the south coast, San Bartolomé de Tirajana is an attractive town planted with pink geraniums. At its popular Sunday-morning market, held...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

San Mateo

From Tejeda, the road winds down to San Mateo, whose local cheese is famous throughout the island. You can find it at the weekend market...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Tafira Alta

Along the main road leading into Las Palmas from San Mateo is Tafira Alta, an exclusive suburb where many of the city's wealthiest families live...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 0 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Tejeda

At the village of Tejeda, the road begins to ascend through a pine forest dotted with picnic spots to the Parador Cruz de Tejeda. From...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Lanzarote

With hardened lava fields, black and red dunes, and treeless mountainsides, Lanzarote's interior is right out of a science-fiction movie (literally—Clash of the Titans, One...

  • 11 Restaurants
  • 9 Hotels
  • 36 Things To Do

La Palma

The Canaries' most northwestern island is known as "La Isla Bonita" (The Pretty Island) for a reason: Its landscapes are some of the most breathtaking...

  • 3 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

Tenerife

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands. Its standout feature is the volcanic peak of El Teide (also known as Mount Teide or Monte...

  • 19 Restaurants
  • 14 Hotels
  • 41 Things To Do

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