Morro Jable
Playa del Matorral is the main beach here and it’s magnificent, stretching eastwards for over 4km from Morro Jable. A family-friendly beach, it’s great…
Must-see attractions in Canary Islands
La Palma
This small dirt car park and clearing marks the start of the Pista de Valencia to Pico Bejenado climb. There is a map that describes the trail and marks…
Gran Canaria
In this church dedicated to St Francis, note the three polychrome stone altars on the northernmost of the twin naves, and the fine artesonado (coffered)…
Costa Teguise
If you're at a loose end with the kids, the aquarium at the northeast end of town is an OK wet-weather option, though some balk at the high entrance fees…
Gran Canaria
Sitting at the base of Roque Bentayga, this centre provides excellent insights into the pre-Hispanic settlement of the Gran Canaria central mountains,…
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Located beneath Plaza España are the still-standing fragments of the former castle that once rose up majestically here. The remains can be accessed by an…
La Palma
Down a steep hill from the centre of town is this lovely whitewashed church dating from 1512, dedicated to St Blaise and overlooking the ocean. Inside the…
North Coast Tenerife
This small, sweet botanical garden centred around a magnificent drago (dragon) tree was created as a branch of the larger Jardín Botánico in Puerto de la…
Centro de Interpretación Geológica
El Hierro
On Taibique's main road, this small cultural centre presents interesting exhibits about the geology of the Canary Islands, including extensive focus on El…
Gran Canaria
This decent beach is 5km from Telde and frequented by townsfolk rather than tourists. The wide arc of dark sand is fronted by apartments and several good,…
Gran Canaria
From the jetty you can see the stump of the Dedo de Dios (God’s Finger), a basalt monolithic rock, former icon of Puerto de las Nieves and a low-key…
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This museum explains the military history of the islands and the successful defence of the city, brought alive by a superb 30m scale model of the flagship…
La Gomera
Backed by rippling banana plantations and feeling a little abandoned, Hermigua's rocky black beach is usually a bit too rough for swimming (the odd surfer…
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Antigua
Fuerteventura
One of the oldest churches on the island, this large, white house of worship is built on the site of a 16th-century chapel. Set in a pleasant square, the…
Garachico
There is plenty to see at this eclectic museum located in a 16th-century convent with a beautiful cloistered interior. Exhibits range from geology and the…
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios
La Palma
The gleaming white Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, built in the Canarian colonial style, is located on the lovely square of Plaza España…
Gran Canaria
Those with their own vehicle can drive 15km southeast of Tejeda to the highest peak on the island (1949m), which offers breathtaking views on a clear day…
North Coast Tenerife
The Iglesia de San Agustín, with its carved wooden ceiling, sits on the northeastern side of Plaza de la Constitución. The magnificent carved altarpiece…
La Gomera
A beautiful strip of rocky black beach pounded by waves and hemmed in by tall cliffs, 3km northeast of town. Two seasonal pools and a summer-only seafood…
La Laguna
Originally a hermitage and expanded in the 17th century, this church contains paintings by Cristóbal Hernández de Quintana, as well as vivid murals…
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Despite only having a few rooms, this new museum has an excellent collection of Carnaval costumes and displays with good English-language explanations of…
Gran Canaria
Next to the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción, this small museum honours the town’s most important annual festival, La Rama, with explanations,…
Gran Canaria
Carved from toba volcanic stone, the grand and imposing facade of this church faces onto Plaza de Santiago. At the rear of the church is the Museo Arte…
La Gomera
Guarding the north end of central Vallehermoso, the whitewased Iglesia de San Juan Bautista was originally built in the 16th century, but destroyed…
El Hierro
As you wander around Las Puntas you'll inevitably stumble across Villa Juan, a low-rise whitewashed creation with sky-blue windows, thought to have been…
Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Luz
Santa Cruz de la Palma
Head southwest on Calle Virgen de la Luz for a look at the simple 17th-century facade of the modest Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Luz, one of several…
Santa Cruz de la Palma
At the northern end of the seafront, the Castillo de Santa Catalina was one of several forts built in the 17th century to fend off pirate raids. Named…
Lanzarote
Claiming to be the smallest museum in the world, the Museo Chinijo hosts well laid-out multilanguage exhibits on the geography and history of the…
Gran Canaria
This museum is devoted to the city’s most famous resident, the late-19th-century politician Fernando León y Castillo. The lovely building, his former home…
La Laguna
The closed order in this convent is still active. On 15 February each year the remarkably well-preserved body of Sister María de Jesús de León Delgado,…
Gran Canaria
Work started on this church in 1690 (replacing a hermitage that dated to 1590), but it was not consecrated until 1922. It's a tranquil and lovely house of…
Gran Canaria
Among the grand old buildings of the San Juan area is this neo-Gothic church. You can’t miss the gloriously kitsch 16th-century altarpiece, all gilt and…
Lanzarote
A lengthy, surf-battered volcanic beach, 8km south of El Golfo, makes for an atmospheric stroll, but swimming here is dangerous due to strong currents. It…
El Hierro
The town's central, multilevel plaza hosts a couple of bars and restaurants, along with the graceful town hall (built in typical Canarian style) and the…
Santa Cruz de la Palma
Wander north along Calle O’Daly and you’ll come to the irregularly shaped, palm-shaded Plaza de España, to the south of which sits the grand and imposing…
El Hierro
Dating to the 17th century, this whitewashed roadside church with a stone-adorned tower and a Mudéjar-style artesonado (ceiling of interlaced beams with…
Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
This sublime 1.5km-long beach has fine golden sand (imported from the Sahara Desert!) and links Los Cristianos with Playa de las Américas. The beach is…
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
If churches are your religion then don’t miss this pretty baroque church from the 17th and 18th centuries, with its richly carved ceiling and ornate…
Lanzarote
Around 8km south of El Golfo, just inland from Playa de Janubio, Lanzarote's only working salt pans were set up in the late 19th century; up to 15,000…
La Gomera
Right beside the port and its low-key bars, Vueltas' soft black-sand strand is the most wind-sheltered of the town beaches and usually busy with sun…
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