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A La Palma volcano born in the 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption, near El Paso, now one of the island's leading hiking and geotourism destinations.
A surf beach on the west coast of Fuerteventura, at La Pared, known for its cliffs, dark sand, and celebrated sunsets.
A 45-hectare Protected Landscape on the coast of Los Realejos, Tenerife, crossed by a walking path past Canary palm groves, dragon trees and historic buildings.
A small cove of fine sand at the western end of Maspalomas, in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, linked to Playa de Maspalomas by a promenade from the lighthouse.
Protected volcanic area of 10,158.4 hectares across Tinajo, Tías and Yaiza that completely surrounds Timanfaya National Park, with cones, lapilli fields and waymarked paths open to walkers.
Working sea-salt pans on black lava at the southern tip of La Palma, beside the Fuencaliente lighthouse. A landscape of white, black and blue that is one of the island's most photographed spots.
The largest salt flats in the Canaries, a protected wetland in Lanzarote where seawater has been turned into salt for over a century and flamingos gather.
Volcanic natural pools on Gran Canaria's north coast, in Santa Maria de Guia.
Volcanic natural pools in the El Golfo valley of El Hierro, with a shallow kids' area and services.
Viewpoint over the Las Penitas ravine and dam, an unusual green oasis in Fuerteventura.
Wild northern Lanzarote viewpoint overlooking the Chinijo archipelago and La Graciosa.
Astronomical viewpoint between Pajara and La Pared, ideal for stargazing.
Summit with a panorama of the Bandama Caldera and Gran Canaria's northeast coast.
Short ravine of eroded tuff walls resembling the canyons of the American West.
Trail through the laurel forest of northeastern La Palma, with a viewpoint and a shady humid woodland.
Wild volcanic sand-and-rock beach north of La Isleta, a surfing mecca.
Unspoilt black-sand beach at the foot of a cliff, reachable only on foot.
17th-century church in the heart of Arrecife, with a wooden ceiling.
Volcanic-sand plateau in El Paso, one of the best spots on La Palma for stargazing.
Circular trail through the Agua Garcia woodland in Tacoronte, amid laurel forest and chestnut trees.
Network of short, accessible trails through the Anaga laurel forest, designed to discover the woodland with the senses.
Secluded natural pool on the coast of Buenavista del Norte, in the Teno massif area.
Wide pale-sand beach in southern Fuerteventura with turquoise water and steady wind, ideal for watersports.
Cluster of natural pools next to the fishing village of Los Abrigos, in southern Tenerife.
Volcanic natural pool on the north coast of San Juan de la Rambla, with crystal-clear water.
High mountain viewpoint on the Teide road, famous for the sea of clouds that often fills the valley below.
Small sheltered cove in Puerto del Carmen with calm water, very popular for snorkelling and diving.
Overlook above the Maspalomas Dunes Special Nature Reserve, with views of the sea of sand and the Atlantic.
One of the highest points on Gran Canaria, with panoramic views of Roque Nublo and, beyond, the Teide.
Viewpoint and visitor centre at the gateway to the Anaga Rural Park, amid laurel forest and overlooking the La Laguna valley.
Golden-sand cove within the Los Ajaches Natural Monument in southern Lanzarote, with clear, sheltered waters.
Underground gallery of the Corona lava tube, visited on a guided tour.
Natural and cultural site designed by César Manrique inside a seaside volcanic tube.
Zoo and rescue centre for crocodiles and other animals in Agüimes.
Large nature and animal park in La Lajita, with a botanical garden and shows.
Natural water spring in Los Realejos, on the green northern coast of Tenerife.
Aboriginal site with the famous cave of geometric paintings.
Castillo de Mata houses the Museum of the City and the Sea in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The fortification was built in 1577 beside the city wall and is one of the few surviving remains of the town's sixteenth-century defensive system. It was declared a Historic Artistic Monument in 1949 and, after a restoration completed in 2013, opened as a museum in 2015.
The Casa-Museo Tomás Morales occupies the poet's birthplace and family home, a mid nineteenth century building in the Villa de Moya. It is a public institution under the culture department of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, which bought the house from his heirs in 1966 and opened it as a house museum in October 1976. The permanent rooms present the life and work of Tomás Morales together with the literary context of his time.
A monument at the western tip of El Hierro, on Punta de Orchilla, beside the lighthouse that for centuries marked the prime meridian. El Hierro is known as the Island of the Meridian thanks to Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian astronomer who placed the origin of longitudes here in the 2nd century, where it stayed until it moved to Greenwich in 1884. The spot is reached by car and sits well off the usual routes.
A centre devoted to traditional Gomeran pottery, right in the middle of the village of El Cercado, in the Chipude area. On La Gomera the ware is still made as it was centuries ago, by hand and without a wheel, and that is precisely the craft explained here. The tour covers every stage, from gathering the raw clay to firing in wood burning kilns, using interactive panels, pieces at different stages and explanatory videos.
A visitor and environmental information point inside the Los Tilos forest, next to the Barranco del Agua in the municipality of San Andrés y Sauces, in the north east of La Palma. It introduces the Canarian laurisilva, an ancient type of laurel forest that survives here in unusually good condition. The trail towards the Marcos y Cordero springs, known for its rock tunnels, starts from this area.
The MIAC occupies the castle of San José, an eighteenth-century fortress raised above the sea in Arrecife. In 1976 César Manrique drove its restoration and turned it into a contemporary art museum, keeping the original stone and inserting a modern language into it. The collection brings together work by Canarian and mainland Spanish artists of the second half of the twentieth century. It is part of the Lanzarote network of Art, Culture and Tourism Centres.
Open-air recreation of a Canary Island settlement from before the conquest, in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, overlooking the Barranco de Fataga. More than a hundred life-size figures spread scenes of daily life across the site: the home, grain, livestock, healing, justice and burial rites. A small archaeological room rounds off the route and helps place what stands outside. Since the site is open ground with little shade, water, a hat and sun protection are worth packing.
Interpretation centre devoted to the volcanic cavities of La Palma, in the Todoque area within the municipality of Los Llanos de Aridane. It explains how a lava tube forms when molten rock keeps running beneath a crust that has already set, and it lets visitors walk a real section of those galleries. The surrounding landscape was reshaped by the Tajogaite eruption of 2021, which puts the story told inside into immediate context. Visits are made with prior booking.
An eighteenth century Canarian townhouse on Plaza de la Concepción in La Laguna, right beside the bell tower of the Concepción church and inside the UNESCO listed old town. It was the family home of the collector Cayetano Gómez Felipe (1902-1978), who filled it with objects from everyday island life. The rooms open onto a courtyard with wooden galleries, and the collection is shown in the very spaces it was gathered for. Easy to reach on foot, since most of the historic centre is pedestrian.
A pre-Hispanic archaeological site in Telde, carved by hand into the rock at around 300 metres above sea level. The main cave opens to the outside through four aligned doorways, which give the site its name. At the summer solstice the rising sun enters through the second doorway and lights the back wall.
Interpretation centre devoted to palm honey and guarapo, in the hamlet of Aldama in Alojera, Vallehermoso. It explains how sap is tapped from the Canary palm and reduced down into miel de palma, a craft still practised on La Gomera. The visit combines a self-guided trail through the palm grove with a guided tour of the centre, and the product can be tasted.
Cabildo-run centre on Canarian volcanism and the El Hierro UNESCO Global Geopark, in El Pinar on the road down to La Restinga. It is laid out in two buildings joined by a short interpretive path. One explains how volcanic islands are born, the other recreates the 2011 submarine eruption with light and sound.
An aloe vera interpretation centre in Punta Mujeres, in the municipality of Haría, on the road to the Jameos del Agua. Panels, an audiovisual room and a guided explanation cover the plant's history, cultivation and properties. It belongs to the Lanzarote network of aloe museums, the only one of its kind in the Canaries.
Benahoarita archaeological site in Villa de Mazo, La Palma, with ten natural caves and rock engravings. The first petroglyphs documented in the Canaries were recorded here in the 18th century.
Ethnographic museum set inside genuine cave dwellings carved into volcanic tuff, in Artenara, the highest municipality of Gran Canaria.
The Franciscan sanctuary in San Cristóbal de La Laguna that guards the image of the Cristo de La Laguna, one of the most venerated crucifixes in the Canary Islands.
An ethnographic museum in San Bartolomé, in the heart of Lanzarote, recreating the island's traditional rural life inside an 18th-century cellar.
17th-century crenellated palace in La Oliva, once home to the colonels who ruled Fuerteventura and now a cultural landmark of the island's north.
Marian sanctuary above Santa Cruz de La Palma, home to the island's patron saint and heart of the famous Bajada de la Virgen.
A pre-Hispanic necropolis on volcanic rock in Agaete, Gran Canaria, with hundreds of burial mounds left by the ancient Canarians.
A large cactus-focused botanical park in La Aldea de San Nicolás, on the west of Gran Canaria, home to one of the biggest succulent collections in the archipelago.
The house where José Saramago spent his last years, library and study kept as he left them; closed on Sundays.
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