![]() The tallest mountain in Spain towers over you as you walk among the dormant lava flows and flowering foliage of Tenerife’s Teide National Park. Magma modelled the Canary Islands and you can explore this geological legacy everywhere. Main photo: Teide volcano, Tenerife (Getty Images) And on the little-visited islands of La Palma, El Hierro and La Graciosa the striking topography comes with seclusion in spades. ![]() Its big, bustling resorts still offer straightforward beach breaks and boisterous nightlife but you don’t have to venture far beyond the tourist strip to see evidence of the archipelago’s jaw-dropping volcanic beauty. Year-round blue skies welcome you, whether you’ve come for Gran Canaria’s hiking trails, Fuerteventura’s surf breaks, Lanzarote‘s unique architecture, La Gomera’s whale watching or Tenerife‘s family-friendly hotels.ĭon’t be distracted by the Canaries’ package-trip past. Just four hours from the UK, this clutch of eight Spanish islands off the Moroccan coast are an easy holiday hit, with a host of direct flights to the larger islands from many UK airports and accommodation options that run the gamut from butler service by the beach to rustic and rural. The Canary Islands’ enduring appeal is down to a heady combination of four virtues: beauty, variety, simplicity and sunshine. ![]() This article contains links from which we may earn revenue. These links are signposted with an asterisk. ![]()
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