Our Canary Islands Collection
Just 100km from the African coast, the islands that make up the Canaries offer something for everyone. Year-round sun and temperatures that average in the twenties make the islands that share their name with the famous bird a fantastic choice for any holiday – over 9 miliion people each year can’t be wrong. These islands are very easily accessible via a multitude of flights from across the UK.
Thousands of years of volcanic activity have left a huge legacy on these islands. In Tenerife, the world’s third largest volcano, Mount Teide, ascends to over 12000 feet in the very centre of the island topped by an astronomical observatory and surrounded by an unearthly landscape of solidified lava.
Lanzarote showcases over 100 smaller but numerous volcanoes in the famous heritage of the Timanfaya National Park combined with some stunning beaches and the famous art of Cesar Manrique. The volcanic landscape is reminiscent of lunar images particularly on Lanzarote.
Gran Canaria offers craggy peaks and carpets of verdant green forest along with the world famous and ever shifting dunes of Maspalomas. The de facto capital of the Canary Islands is the city of Las Palmas where visitors can experience a beachside cosmopolitan city with both sights and history.
Fuerteventura is first and foremost about its beaches – some of the best in the archipelago those in the north of the island being backed by the 10km national park full of undulating dunes at Corralejo.
La Palma offers a much lesser-known side of the Canaries. The island is far from the madding crowd and there are no tell-tale marks of mass tourism here. The entire island was declared a UNESCO Biosphere reserve in 1983 – adding to those in Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. La Palma is topped by the Roque de las Muchachos Observatory – one of the largest arrays of telescopes in the world – the whole of the Canary Islands are renowned for stargazing but this one is one of the biggest there is.