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Calatrava architectural icon by the sea in Santa Cruz.
Seafront Marian sanctuary, patron saint of the Canaries.
Sea caves and a black-sand beach after a short coastal path.
Living volcanic landscape with the bus Route of the Volcanoes.
César Manrique museum and foundation in his former Tahíche home.
History museum in the Vegueta old town, Las Palmas.
Archaeology museum on the pre-Hispanic culture of La Gomera.
Archaeology museum on the Benahoarita culture in Los Llanos de Aridane.
César Manrique's cactus garden in Guatiza, Lanzarote.
César Manrique viewpoint over El Río and La Graciosa.
Nature and archaeology museum in central Santa Cruz.
A 16th-century fortified compound in Adeje's old town, built by the Ponte family to guard their sugar mill. A fire left it in ruins in 1902, but the tower, the gateway and much of the enclosure are still standing. The south-eastern section has been restored and can be visited free of charge on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
The Mirador Montaña de La Breña is a viewpoint on the mountain that gives it its name, within the municipality of Breña Baja, on the island of La Palma. It is reached along Calle la Montaña, in the upper part of the municipality, and its whole purpose is the panorama of the surrounding landscape, taken in from the high ground itself. A simple stop to add to an unhurried tour of Breña Baja.
Mirador Llano de Las Ventas is an astronomical viewpoint in the municipality of Breña Baja, on La Palma, standing at around 1,320 metres and looking out over the island's eastern coast. It is fitted with a marker post that points to the Pole Star, a planisphere for locating the main circumpolar constellations, and several interpretive panels. It belongs to the island network of sixteen astronomical viewpoints.
Playa de Puntalarga is a small bay on the coastline of Fuencaliente de La Palma, about a hundred metres long and twenty metres wide, with a mix of sand and callao pebbles. Small rocky outcrops shelter it from the sea and the swell stays moderate. A natural rock pool lies right beside the beach, and the whole corner is ringed by fishermen's huts, with fishermen often at work there.
Mirador de Izcagua stands in the El Pinar area of Puntagorda, in the north-west of La Palma, right beside the Mercadillo del Agricultor farmers' market. The website of the La Palma Biosphere Reserve presents it as a set of floating viewpoints: walkways edged with glass railings that reach out over the ravine and give a sensation of flight. It is reached by car from the village centre heading north, along the camino del Pinar.
Senderos de La Aldea is the network of walking routes in the municipality of La Aldea de San Nicolás, in the west of Gran Canaria, promoted by its town council. It gathers more than 300 kilometres of paths arranged in four levels of difficulty, from easy to extreme, across a landscape of pronounced relief. The routes cross mountains, valleys, ravines and beaches within the municipal area.
Senderismo La Palma is a guided walking service on the island of La Palma, based in Los Llanos de Aridane. The routes it advertises include an interpretive geological walk around the Tajogaite volcano, the viewpoints of La Cumbrecita, a visit to the telescopes at the Roque de Los Muchachos and an astronomy tour built around stargazing. Activities are arranged by telephone, WhatsApp or email.
Historic garden in Puerto de la Cruz, set around an old estate in the Orotava Valley, home to the oldest orchid collection in the Canary Islands.
A Cabildo recreation and camping area beside the Las Niñas reservoir in Tejeda, inside the Nublo Rural Park, with pine woods, walking trails and barbecue spots.
Protected area and Biosphere Reserve covering the mountain massif at the north-eastern tip of Tenerife, some 14,500 hectares of ridges, ravines and hamlets linked by footpaths.
A 204-hectare public estate of the Cabildo in Teror, inside the Doramas Rural Park, with laurel forest, educational trails and visits by prior permit.
A 7,538-hectare Natural Park in north-west Gran Canaria, spanning Artenara, Agaete and La Aldea, protecting one of the island's best preserved natural pine forests.
Museum dedicated to Majorero cheese in Antigua, Fuerteventura.
The Centro Alfarero "Casa Las Miquelas" sits in the old quarter of Santa Ana, in Candelaria, inside a restored traditional house. It tells the story of Candelaria's pottery, shaped by hand without a wheel, and in its workshop young potters still work the clay in front of visitors. There is a shop with traditional pottery and handmade ceramic jewellery.
National park and visitor centre in the heart of La Palma.
Military history museum in the Fuerte de Almeyda in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a fortress built between 1859 and 1884, with rooms of flags, weapons, uniforms and dioramas.
Birthplace of novelist Benito Pérez Galdós in the Triana district of Las Palmas, now a house-museum with guided visits and free entry.
Archaeological museum in Vegueta with the largest collection on the pre-Hispanic Guanche culture of the Canaries.
One of Europe's most spectacular aquariums, home to the world's largest curved viewing window onto the deep sea.
Six stepped pyramids surrounded by gardens and the enigma that fascinated Thor Heyerdahl.
The largest water park in the Canary Islands, with slides for every age and one of Europe's few dolphinariums.
The Museo Municipal de Arucas occupies the former house of the Mayorazgo, built in the early 19th century in the Parque Municipal of Arucas, in the north of Gran Canaria. In 1859 it was bought by Alfonso Gourié Álvarez, of the family that founded the Arehucas distillery, and it has been known as Casa Gourié ever since. Today it belongs to the town and houses exhibition rooms, the museum, a hall and a garden.
An escape room on the fourth floor of the Biosfera shopping centre in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote's main resort, with two rooms: Submarine Adventure, aboard a stolen nuclear submarine, and Jungle LAB, set in an abandoned laboratory in the Costa Rican jungle. Games last 60 minutes, take 2 to 6 players and are played in Spanish or English.
An escape room in the Barranco del Cura, between Puerto Rico and Mogán in the south of Gran Canaria, with a single room, Queen's Gambit, set in the world of chess: you have one hour to save Princess Faarasha from a sultan's revenge. It is for 2 to 6 players, you do not need to know how to play chess, and all the information is in English, German and Spanish.
An escape room in Telde, in the east of Gran Canaria, with El Caso Rídel, a mystery with plenty of humour set at an 1980s fairground, with no horror and no clowns, for 2 to 6 adults and lasting about 80 minutes. There is an English version and one for children aged 10 to 14, plus a temporary room, Operación Délawer, for experienced players.
An escape room in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with two games sharing one character: El Portal de Tesla, a classic puzzle room about a professor trying to travel through time, and La Agencia, an adventure with a secret hidden inside the venue itself. Each game is for 2 to 6 players and lasts 70 minutes, and the group picks the difficulty level before starting.
An escape game company in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria whose main centre, the Templo de Carvajal, is on Calle Carvajal in the Tomás Morales area. It houses three rooms with a dark, ritual atmosphere: La cripta del Abad Asmodeus, El santuario and La última puerta, for teams of 2 to 7. The company also runs hall escapes for larger groups and street games around the city.
An escape room in Santa Cruz de Tenerife with a game based on a true island story: El Descubrimiento de la Mente takes you back to 1916 and the Casa Amarilla in Puerto de la Cruz, where the German scientist Wolfgang Köhler studied his chimpanzees while suspected of spying. It is for 2 to 12 players, lasts about 80 minutes and the minimum age is 12.
An escape room in Santa Cruz de Tenerife whose current theme is Hotel Malavilla, a comedy adventure set in a peculiar oriental hotel known for its eccentric staff and strange stories. The game lasts 70 minutes, has a medium difficulty and is for groups of 2 to 4 players, all of them over 16. Bookings are requested online and the venue confirms them afterwards.
An escape room in Puerto de la Cruz, in the north of Tenerife, with a single room, El Sanatorio: legend says that in the 1980s an unregistered psychiatric clinic on the edge of town ran cruel experiments on healthy people. A team of 2 to 6 players has 60 minutes to get out and find out where the patients disappeared to, one by one.
An escape room in El Médano, the windsurf village on Tenerife's south coast, built around La Cabaña, a horror experience with live actors in an abandoned forest cabin. It can be played in Mystery mode, with no scares from the actors, or in Terror mode; it lasts 75 minutes for groups of 2 to 4, in Spanish or English. The team also runs portable games and murder mystery dinners.
An escape room centre in the shopping arcade of the Iberostar Bouganville hotel in Playa de las Américas, with six rooms: Magic School, Jumanji, Detective Agency Sherlock, Bank Robbery, Nightmare and Dragon's Ring. Each game lasts 60 minutes, takes 2 to 6 players and runs in English or Spanish. Several rooms are aimed at families, and Nightmare is the horror room.
The Ecomuseo de El Tanque, in the north of Tenerife, houses an exhibition on life in the Partido de Abajo, the old name for this spot. Using interpretive panels, audiovisual displays, virtual reality and interactive pieces, the route through its rooms covers the origins of the hamlet, its historical setting and the daily life of its residents, from the kitchen and cereal growing to the threshing floor and threshing itself.
The Museo de la Casa Roja occupies an early twentieth century manor house in Villa de Mazo, on La Palma, and is laid out over two floors. One holds the Centro Divulgatorio del Corpus, the only state museum devoted to the festival, with reproductions, documents, illustrations and photographs of the arches, carpets and walkways that dress the streets of the municipality. The upper floor houses the embroidery museum.
The Museo LM Arte Colección occupies a traditional Canarian house from the second half of the eighteenth century, on calle Obispo Rey Redondo in the historic centre of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. It opened on 23 December 2021 and shows the body of Canarian and international art assembled by Luz Marina Lorenzo, a collector born in La Palma, which runs to close on six hundred pieces.
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