Canary Islands

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in the Canary Islands, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Hiking the GR131 in majestic Gran Canaria

24/06/2023 by .

Best Hiking around La Gomera

13/12/2022 by .
hiking around La Gomera

Rupert Parker enjoys the best hiking around La Gomera as he circumnavigates her walking trails.

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Guide to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

09/03/2022 by .
Guide to Las Palmas

Rupert Parker highlights the best of Gran Canaria’s capital Las Palmas in his guide to Las Palmas

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Walking La Palma, Canary Islands.

04/03/2022 by .

On Foot in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands Spain

07/01/2021This entry was posted in Canary Islands, Europe and Middle East, Gran Canaria, Newsletter, Spain and tagged , on by .

Hiking El Hierro, Canary Islands, Spain

12/01/2020 by .
Sea at EL Golfo

The most westerly and smallest of the Canary Islands, El Hierro was once considered the end of the world until Columbus discovered America.

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Insider’s guide to La Palma. What a beauty

20/03/2019 by .
Guide To La Palma

Andy Mossack reveals the best things to see in one of the Canary Islands’ smallest islands in his guide to La Palma

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Guide to walking La Palma, Canary Islands

01/02/2018 by .
Guide to walking La Palma Santa Cruz Street

Rupert Parker’s guide to walking La Palma explores the most north-westerly of the Canaries.

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Majestic Hiking in Gran Canaria

22/06/2016 by .
Hiking In Gran Canaria

Far more than just sun and sand, Gran Canaria boasts mountains, colonial villages and archaeological remains, Rupert Parker dons his boots to go hiking in Gran Canaria

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Fuertenventura. Small but deliciously formed.

08/06/2013This entry was posted in Canary Islands, Europe and Middle East, Spain and tagged , , on by .
Sotavento. Fuerteventura web

Fuerteventura is the second largest island after Tenerife, and with only 60 miles separating the Punta de la Entallada on its east coast from Cape Juby in Morocco it enjoys something like three thousand hours of sunshine a year.

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