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Canary Islands

Things to see in Canary Islands

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

A view of a landscaped volcanic rock garden with stone pathways, steps, and planted vegetation leading towards a dark cave entrance and a white-washed architectural niche.

Lanzarote · Architectural Heritage

Los Jameos

Los Jameos is the name often given to the string of volcanic openings on the northeast coast of Lanzarote, near the vill...
A water park scene featuring a lazy river with people on an inflatable raft, two green tube slides, and a large brown temple-like structure in the background surrounded by palm trees.

Tenerife · Nature & Outdoors

Siam Park

Europe's largest Thai-themed water park in Tenerife
Rippled golden sand dunes of Maspalomas under a blue sky

Gran Canaria · Geological Sites

Maspalomas Dunes (Dunas de Maspalomas)

400-hectare nature reserve in Gran Canaria
A large white radio telescope dish on a metal support structure against a clear blue sky, with a smaller adjacent tower and fencing in the foreground.

La Palma · Geological Sites

Roque de los Muchachos

Premier astronomical observatory at 2,396m
A coastal town with white buildings, a harbor filled with small boats, and a prominent conical volcanic hill rising behind the settlement under a partly cloudy sky.

El Hierro · Beaches

Playa de la Restinga

Playa de la Restinga is a small beach beside the fishing village of La Restinga, at the southern tip of El Hierro, the w...
An aerial view of a long, curved sandy spit separating a shallow turquoise lagoon from the deep blue ocean, with arid dunes and distant mountains in the background.

Fuerteventura · Beaches

Playa de Sotavento

Playa de Sotavento is a long stretch of pale sand on the southeast coast of Fuerteventura, in the municipality of Pájara...
A barren volcanic landscape with reddish-brown cinder cones and dark lava fields under a clear blue sky, with the ocean visible on the horizon.

Lanzarote · Geological Sites

Timanfaya National Park

Timanfaya National Park covers the southwest of Lanzarote, a land of black lava, red cones and silence that was created...
A bald eagle flying over the bird-show arena at Jungle Park, Tenerife

Tenerife · Nature & Outdoors

Jungle Park

7-hectare zoo with free-flying birds of prey