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Canary Islands

Things to see in Canary Islands

44 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A stone terrace with a distinctive sentry box (garita) featuring a domed roof, overlooking white buildings and volcanic terrain under a blue sky.

Lanzarote · Art Museums

Castillo de San José

The Castillo de San José is a coastal fortress on the edge of Arrecife, the capital of Lanzarote, overlooking the harbou...
A white church with orange vertical stripes and a bell tower, situated in a paved plaza with white tents on the left and trees on the right under a blue sky.

Fuerteventura · Architectural Heritage

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria

The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria stands on the main square of La Oliva, a village in the north of Fuerteve...
Roque Nublo rock monolith on the ridge above Tejeda in the Gran Canaria highlands

Gran Canaria · Geological Sites

Roque Nublo

80m monolith in Gran Canaria's interior
AI-generated illustration of Valverde Town Square (Plaza de la Constitución)

El Hierro · Historic Heritage

Valverde Town Square (Plaza de la Constitución)

Valverde is the capital of El Hierro, the smallest of the main Canary Islands, and it has an unusual feature: it is the...
A coastal town with white buildings and a prominent church tower situated along a rocky shoreline with a stone pier extending into the ocean, backed by a steep green hillside.

Tenerife · Coastal Views

Garachico

18th-century historic town in northern Tenerife
A high-angle view of a paved stone pathway leading to the dark, rough-hewn entrance of a volcanic cave, surrounded by arid volcanic rock and sparse vegetation.

Lanzarote · Geological Sites

Cueva de los Verdes

Guided underground route through Lanzarote's La Corona lava tube
A wooden boardwalk extends across golden sand towards a beach area with palm trees, blue umbrellas, and a lifeguard station, backed by steep, rugged mountains under a cloudy sky.

Tenerife · Coastal & Beaches

Las Teresitas Beach

Golden sand beach with calm waters in Tenerife
A rocky shoreline with sand in the foreground, turquoise ocean waves, and a distant island silhouette under a clear blue sky.

Fuerteventura · Coastal Views

Isla de Lobos

Isla de Lobos is a small island of volcanic rock off the north coast of Fuerteventura, lying only about two kilometres a...
King penguins at Loro Parque, Tenerife

Tenerife · Museums & Culture

Loro Parque

Zoo in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
AI-generated illustration of El Pinar de El Hierro

El Hierro · Nature & Outdoors

El Pinar de El Hierro

El Pinar is a municipality in the south of El Hierro, the westernmost and smallest of the main Canary Islands, and the n...
A view of massive, dark volcanic sea cliffs rising directly from the ocean, with a foreground of residential rooftops and palm trees.

Tenerife · Coastal Views

Los Gigantes Cliffs

600m high sea cliffs in Tenerife, Spain
White pool and palm inside a lava bubble at the Fundación César Manrique, Lanzarote

Lanzarote · Architectural Heritage

Fundación César Manrique

The Fundación César Manrique occupies the house that Manrique built for himself in the late 1960s at Taro de Tahíche, in...