Things to do in Canary Islands

The Canary Islands sit in the Atlantic about a hundred kilometres off Morocco, and each of the main islands has a character of its own. Tenerife is crowned by Mount Teide, Spain's highest peak, and pairs busy southern resorts with green northern valleys. Lanzarote is shaped by eighteenth-century eruptions and by the artist César Manrique, who turned caves and cliff tops into some of the islands' best-loved sights.

Further west, La Gomera hides an ancient laurel forest in its misty centre and La Palma still shows fresh lava from its 2021 eruption. Fuerteventura is the island of long beaches and dunes. Mild weather all year makes the archipelago an easy choice for winter sun, family days out and hiking.