The most beautiful places of the Canary Islands
The best of the Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are a volcanic exotica between Europe and Africa. Here you will find a varied landscape of both volcanic deserts and misty forests. Black volcanic beaches, but also with yellow Sahara sand. Dramatic mountain hinterland and picturesque towns and villages. In addition, beautiful gorges, gigantic cliffs and other beautiful rock formations. Let's take a look at the places that are definitely worth visiting in the Canary Islands.
Volcano Pico de Teide
The highest mountain in Spain
The Canary Islands belong more to Africa than Europe, and although there is the highest mountain of Spain – Pico de Teide (3718 m above sea level), which for about 250 meters altitude exceeds the highest mountain in the Iberian Peninsula and the „mainland“ of Spain – Mulhacen (3479 m asl) . Teide volcano is absolutely dominant greatly exceeding their surroundings. Moreover, its peak lies only 13 km as the crow flies from the sea. Yet all this is only a small remnant of a giant volcano that exploded before 700,000 years ago and left her an enormous caldera diameter of fifteen kilometers, which now falls under the National Park of Las Canadas del Teide. According to some calculations, could have the original volcano and ten kilometers tall and would be the world's tallest mountain. continue reading
Dunes in Maspalomas
Walk through the sand dunes
The sand dunes in the south of the island of Maspalomas are a great attraction not to miss when visiting Gran Canaria. They cover an area of 404 hectares and have been protected as nature reserves since 1987. They formed from the sand of the now subdued sea shelf when it was dried up during the last ice age and the wind brought the sand to the coast of the island. continue reading
Mirador del Espigón del Roque
The most famous viewpoint on the island of La Palma
Mirador del Espigón del Roque is the most famous viewpoint on the island of La Palma. You can find it not far from the top of the highest mountain on the island, Roque de los Muchachos. The view into the depths of the Caldera de Taburiente is absolutely breathtaking continue reading
Masca Gorge
The most beautiful gorge in Tenerife
Masca gorge is, after ascent of Pico del Teide, most famous tourist feat that you can take on Tenerife. Here awaits descent of six hundreds vertical meters down on the beach of the same name. continue reading
Roques Nublo
Rock landmark of Gran Canaria
The dominant feature that most visitors to the Canary Island Gran Canaria come to see is the Roque Nublo rock formation. You will find it in the interior of the island, which is very mountainous and offers different scenery than the coast. Roque Nublo 67m high rocky formation, which is formed by volcanic rock and its peak is at 1813 m above sea level. Roque Nublo is the third highest point on the island of Gran Canaria, after Morro de la Agujereada with 1,956 meters and Pico de las Nieves with 1,949 meters. continue reading
Starting point
Volcanic National Park in Lanzarote
We drive along the LZ-56 road in a northerly direction to the town of Mancha Blanca. You can't miss the parking lot on the right. From there, there is a marked circular path that we will take counter-clockwise. continue reading
Los Gigantes cliffs
The largest cliffs of the Canary Islands
One of the great attractions of Tenerife are more than 500 meters high cliffs of Los Gigantes – Giants. The most famous views of the cliff are directly from the same name city. However, you can also go on a great hike through these beautiful cliffs. continue reading
Roques de Garcia
The most beautiful rock formations in Tenerife
Rock pinnacles Roques de Garcia is one of the most visited places in the National Park of Las Canadas del Teide. Most visitors just take a picture of „finger of God“ Roque Cinchado and continues further. But if you hike a few dozen meters away, the other rock formations are only for you. continue reading
Rock arch
The most famous rock formation on the island of La Graciosa
Since we are only half way through the planned circuit and we must not miss the last boat back to Lanzarote, even though we don't like to get up and go on our bikes, we ride up a hill to a small seat under the volcano and then drive through the arid desert landscape to the north coast. After 2.5 km we arrive at a crossroads, where a few bikes are already lying around and there is even a parked jeep. There is no sign here, but we know from the map that a little way down the path there is a large rock arch above the sea. After about two hundred meters of walking along a rocky desert path, we arrive at this local attraction. It is about a thirty-meter-long rocky chasm, which is decorated with a beautiful natural stone arch at the point of contact with the open sea. The roar of the waves rolling through the gap and hitting the rocks reminds us once again of the enormous power of the ocean. We carefully lean over the edge of the rock and try to photograph this extraordinary natural spectacle. continue reading
Mogán Beach
Beach at the cliffs
When traveling around Gran Canaria, head along the south bank to the end of the motorway to Purto de Mogán. You will find a resort that the locals rank among the so-called resorts – a part of the island where there are holiday resorts and the sun is still shining. The city must not lack a sandy beach in the bay hidden from the waves and so suitable for children. But you will also find a pebble overlooking the cliffs, which fall a few tens of meters steeply down into the ocean below. continue reading
Alto de Guajara
Spectacular panoramic view of the Las Cañadas
This dominant mountain is located on the northern flank of the vast caldera, Las Cañadas on Tenerife. Although it is about a kilometer below the volcano El Teide, the panoramic view of volcanic landscape is fascinating. Dominate of the outlook is volcano El Teide, which is the highest mountain in the whole of Spain. continue reading
Monte Taborno
The most beautiful rocky peak of Tenerife
Monte Taborno (706m above sea level) or Matterhorn of Tenerife is a beautiful rocky peak in the northern part of the Anaga Mountains. Due to the fact that it is located right next to the sea, it looks monumental despite the relatively low altitude continue reading
Playa de las Conchas
The most beautiful beach on the island of La Graciosa
Playa de las Conchas is considered the most beautiful beach on the island of La Graciosa. It is approximately 600 meters long and 120 meters wide. There is fine yellow sand. A volcano dominates the horizon. The water here is cold and the waves are quite high. continue reading
Barranco del Infierno gorge
Devil's gorge
Tenerife is mainly famous of gorge Masca, but also the Devil's Gorge – Barranco del Infierno is very interesting for visit. Through this gorge you can walk around the island's highest waterfall. continue reading
Playa Amadores
The most famous beach on the island of Gran Canaria
The beach at Amadores is considered to be the most beautiful beach in Gran Canaria. It is very large, lined with shops and restaurants. It is a very popular location not only for tourists but also for locals. For this reason, it is quite crowded here, especially on weekends. The local light sand is imported because the natural color of the sand in Gran Canaria is black. continue reading
Pico Viejo
The second highest mountain in Tenerife
Although the Pico Viejo volcano (3,135 m above sea level) is to the second highest in Tenerife, it has the largest crater. The volcano is accessible by a hiking trail connecting it with the highest mountain Pico del Teide continue reading
Punta de Teno
Mysterious coast with lighthouse
On the westernmost tip of the island of Tenerife is a beautiful lighthouse, rocky volcanic coast overlooking the spectacular cliffs of Los Gigantes and the island of La Gomera. The most beautiful time to visit is certainly the time when the sun sets. continue reading
Misty forest of mountains range of Anaga
The green part of Tenerife
In the north of Tenerife you will find a completely different area from the rest of the island – the mountains of Anaga. Nearly the whole is covered with mist laurel forest with lots of ferns and other rare plants. It is the least populated part of the island with scattered villages and massive cliffs. continue reading
Teresitas beach
The most beautiful beach in Tenerife
Playa de las Teresitas is considered the most beautiful beach in Tenerife. Here is the golden sand brought from the Sahara desert, so you will not see here volcanic black sand. The most beautiful view of the beach is from the cliffs at its eastern end. continue reading
Arid island
The highest mountain of the island of La Graciosa
There are only a few desert bushes around the sandy path. After about 1.5 km of gentle ascent, we reach the only fields on the island, which crouch in the lee of the highest local mountain, Agujas Grandes. Although this stratovolcano reaches a height of only 267 m above sea level, even thanks to the diameter of the crater of around 400 meters, it has a powerful effect on the small island. continue reading
