Tag: Islands
Gran Canaria highlights - Maspalomas dunes, Roque Nublo and the old streets of Vegueta
Ancient travellers are said to have named this island after the big dogs they found here, not after the little yellow birds. The canaries...
First time in Tenerife? Mount Teide, whale watching and the island’s best old towns
Spain's highest mountain doesn't stand on the mainland. It rises straight out of the Atlantic, a few hours' flight from home, and on a...
Mallorca beyond the beach - Gothic Palma, Tramuntana villages and the Caves of Drach
Think this island is all package hotels and pool bars? Look past the resort strips and you'll find a UNESCO-listed mountain range, a Gothic...
25 things to do in Lanzarote, the island of volcanoes and César Manrique
You can drive from one end of it to the other in about an hour. Discovering everything it hides inside its volcanoes takes a...
Aqualava or Aquapark Costa Teguise? The water parks in Lanzarote compared
On an island shaped by volcanoes, even the swimming pools are warmed from below. That's not a metaphor - one park heats its water...
Santa Cruz de la Palma, La Palma’s Renaissance capital - Wooden balconies, a replica of Columbus’s ship and black-sand beaches
Five centuries ago this harbour was one of the busiest in the Spanish Empire. Today you can walk its main street in twenty minutes...