Corner of the historic center of La Laguna in Tenerife My last trip to Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, has allowed me to visit La Laguna with the eyes of a tourist, and I have found it a lovely place. A long time ago I lived in La Laguna for a year, but between that it was a mandatory stay (the mili), and that the city at that time was very poorly maintained, at that time I could not appreciate its artistic and cultural wealth.
Read MoreObservatory of Izaña in front of the Teide in Tenerife The ones that most amazes those who visit Tenerife for the first time in the Canary Islands is that it is a destination with an incredible heritage and wild nature, very far from the generalized idea that only It is a sun and beach destination.
Read MoreHard Rock Hotel Tenerife How do you stay if I tell you that to inaugurate Hard Rock hotels instead of cutting a protocol ribbon, they break guitars bursting against the ground in the style of the great rockers? It is a hotel in which the music adapts to the type of client and the time of day, where they offer you a free letter of electric guitars or record players.
Read MoreLandscape of the interior of the island of Gran Canaria from Artenara Although Tenerife I have known it well for many years, I recognize you that Gran Canaria, the other great island of the Canary Islands. It has been in recent times when I have known her more thoroughly. A getaway to the city of Las Palmas and the most recent trip to Gran Canaria on the occasion of the International Cheese Forum, has allowed me to finish discovering the main tourist attractions of the island.
Read MorePico del Teide on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands A holiday trip to Tenerife will be incomplete if you do not live the experience of climbing the Teide. Indeed, with its 3,718 meters high, this huge volcano is the highest peak in Spain and is the great icon image of the island of Tenerife, and even the Canary Islands.
Read MoreSanta Ana Cathedral in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria The extraordinary meteorological warmth that the Canary Islands have throughout the year is an obvious explanation of why, especially from autumn to spring, they are a priority tourism destination for Europeans. And if you do not know them, compared to what you can think, these Atlantic islands have many more arguments to be visited that are not limited to enjoying the sun and the beach.
Read MoreAjuy Beach in Fuerteventura Surely the reason that will take you to travel to Fuerteventura is to enjoy its paradisiacal beaches, and if you also do the trip in winter, enjoy the pleasant temperatures of the island. But on your vacation or getaway to Fuerteventura you will not spend all day at the beach or in the hotel pool.
Read MoreCorner of the Vegueta neighborhood in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria If you are passionate about city tourism getaways, now that we are in winter I will propose a very special plan; A getaway to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. We all have in mind the idea of the Canary Islands as a sun and beach destination, but I can give you many reasons why it is a destination that offers many more attractions.
Read MoreAjuy Beach in Fuerteventura Beaches with huge expanses of dunes and fine sand. Surely that is the image you have of Fuerteventura, and surely you are not wrong ... or almost. Indeed, this is the vast majority of the beaches that abound in Fuerteventura, but only in the coastal areas of the north, east and south that are oriented towards the Sahara desert, from where the fine sands that cover these beaches arrive.
Read MoreMasca village in the Teno park in Tenerife Until a few decades ago, the area of the Teno massif, northwest of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, was virtually unknown, even with villages that had no means of communication and was not part of Tourist visits around the island. In fact, despite having lived a little more than a year in Tenerife in the early 80s, and having visited "the whole" island, the truth is that at that time I did not tour the Teno massif.
Read MoreBetancuria Cathedral Church in Fuerteventura Do you know that the first city founded in the Canary Islands, after the arrival of the conquerors, settled on the island of Fuerteventura? It will be easy for you to understand why it is called Betancuria if I remind you that the conqueror of the Canary Islands for the kingdom of Castile was the Frenchman Jean de Bethencourt, with his expedition of French military from Normandy.
Read MoreSea of clouds over the Orotava Valley in Tenerife There are many scenic attractions of the island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, but if you have not yet had the opportunity to visit these beautiful Atlantic islands, you may be surprised to know what to see the sea of clouds at the foot of Teide is one of the essentials.
Read MoreInfinity pool of the Gloria Palace Royal hotel in Gran Canaria Gran Canaria is an ideal destination to enjoy a vacation in which the spa and wellness experience have a great role. For this, you have a great hotel offer in different areas of the island. On my recent trip to Gran Canaria I had the opportunity to stay in a hotel located in the cliff area of Costa Mogan, which you find further south of the most popular area of Maspalomas.
Read MorePool and gardens of the Hotel Barceló Corralejo Bay in Fuerteventura A very pleasant temperature in winter, without too much heat in summer, huge beaches with fine sand dunes of the desert, volcanic landscapes, in short, an ideal environment for tranquility and rest. That is what attracts British, Nordic, German, and more and more Russian tourists to Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands, throughout the year, who, of course, stay in large resort-type hotels.
Read MorePrivate Jacuzzi in the Corallium Thalasso Villa del Conde in Gran Canaria If you still do not know the Canary Islands, I anticipate that there may be several reasons why you can consider a vacation trip, or a getaway, to this region of Spain that I think not It is sufficiently known.
Read MoreArchaeological remains of Medina Azahara near Córdoba You may not know that on your tourist trip to Córdoba, in addition to the totally essential visit of the Mosque, you also have the opportunity to visit the archaeological remains of another of the peak works of Muslim art in Andalusia. This is Medina Azahara, which in its time was the maximum expression of the rise and power of the Caliphate of Cordoba. Read More
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