Tag: Islands
Is the Casa de los Balcones worth it? Carved pine balconies, a Canarian courtyard and La Orotava’s old town
Look up before you look in. The finest woodwork on the street hangs above your head, carved from pine that has outlived four centuries...
What to do in Los Gigantes? Sheer sea cliffs, whale-watching cruises and a boat ride to Masca Bay
Forty-five minutes from the airport, the island suddenly ends in a wall of rock twice the height of the Shard.Los Gigantes is a small...
Luxury hotels in Mallorca worth the splurge - A clifftop fortress, Formentor’s beach and a Deià olive estate
A 19th-century gun battery, a hotel where Charlie Chaplin once sunbathed and a mountain village that seduced Robert Graves. On this island, five stars...
Inside Jameos del Agua - A lava-tube lagoon, blind albino crabs and César Manrique’s white pool
A tiny white crab, smaller than your fingernail, shines against black rock in a lagoon that has never seen direct sunlight.Jameos del Agua is...
A day at Timanfaya National Park - The Fire Mountains, a volcano-heated grill and camel rides across the lava
On 1 September 1730 the earth split open beside a quiet farming village. Almost three hundred years later, chicken is still being grilled over...
Palma Aquarium with kids - Sharks in the Big Blue, a jungle walk and a pirate ship
What would your kids say if a shark glided right over their heads? Here they can find out, standing in a glass tunnel under...