Must-see attractions in Canary Islands

  • El Charco Verde

    La Palma

    With boardwalks on the sands, this small black volcanic beach beyond Puerto Naos is a fun stop on the way to El Remo. Note the rock jutting into the sea,…

  • Casa Lercaro

    North Coast Tenerife

    This 16th-century mansion is widely considered to be the most representative building constructed in traditional Canary Island style. Particularly…

  • Playa de la Caleta

    La Gomera

    The best beach in the Hermigua area, 5km northeast of town, Playa de la Caleta is one of northern La Gomera's prettiest black-pebble beaches. Framed by…

  • Casa de las Quinteras

    El Hierro

    At this cluster of small yellow-washed stone houses turned ethnographic museum, multilanguage exhibits on rural island life take in traditional clothing…

  • Municipal Museum

    Gran Canaria

    The municipal gardens house the town’s main museum, which has a permanent exhibition by Canarian painters and sculptors, including the masterful Guillermo…

  • Parque García Sanabria

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    On the northern fringe of the city centre, this park is a delightful collection of Mediterranean and subtropical trees and flowers, interspersed with…

  • Charco de los Sargos

    El Hierro

    Calm west-coast pools reached by a small web of trails and boardwalks buffer the crashing waves at gorgeous all-natural Los Sargos, 4km north of Tigaday…

  • Convento de Santo Domingo

    La Gomera

    At the heart of Hermigua's original village, just off Plaza Victoriano Darias Montesinos, this 16th-century church and monastery contains an intricately…

  • Museo Arqueológico

    Puerto de la Cruz

    This small but well laid-out museum provides an insight into the Guanche way of life with its replicas of a typical cave dwelling, as well as a burial…

  • Museo Arqueológico de Betancuria

    Fuerteventura

    Archaeology buffs should check out this modest but absorbing museum that concentrates on the indigenous Guanche tribes and features a skeleton that was…

  • Iglesia de San Andrés

    La Palma

    Sitting at the quiet heart of San Andrés, this church has its origins in 1515 and was one of the first churches the Spanish conquerors built on the island…

  • Cenobio de Valerón

    Gran Canaria

    This a fascinating ancient site consisting of over 350 caves, silos and cavities of varied size, which were used to store grain in pre-Hispanic times…

  • Playa de las Arenas Blancas

    El Hierro

    Curled into the isolated western end of El Golfo, just off the HI500 6.5km northwest of Sabinosa, this spectacularly positioned swathe of blonde sand…

  • Charco de San Ginés

    Arrecife

    Fringed by homes and restaurants in a beguiling combination of mildly down at heel and freshly whitewashed (with blue trim), the attractive natural San…

  • Playa de las Teresitas

    Tenerife

    The deep honey-coloured sands of Playa de las Teresitas, just beyond San Andrés village, were imported from the Sahara. It’s a lovely beach with a…

  • Plaza Libertad

    Garachico

    The soul of Garachico is the main Plaza Libertad, with its towering palm trees, heritage buildings, cafe tables and lively atmosphere. Here old men in…

  • Playa de Alojera

    La Gomera

    Jagged cliffs, rock formations and natural pools offshore lend a sense of drama to Alojera's sweeping, rarely crowded silty black beach, 1.5km west of…

  • Plaza Charco

    Puerto de la Cruz

    The magnificent central square of Plaza Charco (the names translates as 'Puddle Plaza' – it used to flood from the sea every time it was stormy) is shaded…

  • Fundación Cristino de Vera

    La Laguna

    La Laguna’s prime arts venue houses a mixture of top-calibre temporary exhibitions as well as a permanent collection of works by acclaimed contemporary…

  • Iglesia de la Encarnación

    Santa Cruz de la Palma

    This lovely church dates to around the 15th century and was the first to be built in Santa Cruz after the Spanish conquest. One way to reach it is to…

  • Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana

    North Coast Tenerife

    Housed in the former Convento de Santo Domingo, this museum explores the cultural relationship between the Canaries and the Americas. Exhibits include a…

  • Pino Gordo

    Tenerife

    Just beyond the southern edge of Parque Nacional del Teide and just outside Vilaflor, 'Fat Pine' is a fabulous 800-year-old specimen of Canarian pine tree…

  • Casa de los Patronos de la Virgen

    Gran Canaria

    One of the loveliest buildings in Teror houses this modest museum. Pleasantly musty, it’s devoted to preserving 18th-century life and is stuffed with…

  • Mirador Roque de Agando

    La Gomera

    Views sprawl across to Tenerife and the 1250m-high volcanic rock 'needle' Roque de Agando (the most impressive in the Canaries) from this sensational…

  • Escuela Insular de Artesanía

    La Palma

    This former handicrafts school still has a weaving studio (which you can peek into), but otherwise has been transformed into a museum focusing on crafts…

  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

    Puerto de la Cruz

    The first contemporary art museum to open in Spain, dating from 1953, this well-displayed collection includes outstanding foreign, Spanish and Canarian…

  • Bodegas Vega de Yuco

    Lanzarote

    Around 1.5km south of Masdache en route to Tías, this ecoconscious hillside bodega has a lovely terrace for admiring the landscape and stocking up on such…

  • Playa Martiánez

    Puerto de la Cruz

    The long and sandy Playa Martiánez is at the eastern end of town, where a large jetty filters the anger of Atlantic swells and turns them into mere gentle…

  • Turtle Nursery

    Morro Jable

    This small sanctuary in the Puerto de Morro Jable is for turtles to be reared, ready for release into the wild. It is sometimes closed without notice, but…

  • Ermita Nuestra Señora de las Nieves

    Gran Canaria

    This beautiful, whitewashed chapel in Puerto de las Nieves sits just back from the water, a tiny and exceptionally rewarding haven of peace. The small…

  • Centro de Interpretación de La Bajada

    Santa Cruz de la Palma

    This excellent museum is dedicated to the history, events and parades of the Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, including the Dance of the Dwarves,…

  • Playa La Tejita

    Tenerife

    Stretching for around 1km, this delightful unspoiled beach has a simple straw-roofed bar for drinks and snacks and makes for tremendous photos as the sun…

  • Siam Park

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    Southern Tenerife’s biggest theme park is the impressive Siam Park, which offers a chance to throw yourself down a 28m-high vertical water slide, surf in…

  • Bodega Elysar

    El Hierro

    Under the watch of self-trained viticulturist Ambrosio Martín, family-run, 2015-founded Bodega Elysar works with traditional island grapes (negramoll,…

  • Museo de Historia de Agüimes

    Gran Canaria

    Covering more than just the history of the town, the well-presented exhibits here give a good insight into Canarian history, covering everything from pre…

  • Piscinas de la Fajana

    La Palma

    At these calm – and calming – saltwater pools, frothy sea waves pound just beyond the concrete barriers. About 5km east of Barlovento, on the LP-1 highway…

    • placement: fullWidth
    • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
    • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [300, 250], [320, 50], [1, 1],
    • targeting:
      {
        "position": "superzone"
      }

More destinations you need to see