Gran Canaria Info - Other Canary Islands

Other Canary Islands

Tenerife is an hour's ferry ride from Gran Canaria and there's daily boats to Fuerteventura from Las Palmas. You can get to all of them by plane. While a day trip is pushing it lots of people hop between islands during their holidays. Here's our guide to the best things to do on the other Canary Islands.

Amazing Things Made From Lava Flows In The Canary Islands

Teide volcano was belching ash when Columbus sailed past on his way to accidentally discovering America in 1492, and a large chunk of Lanzarote got covered in lava during the 1730s. More recently, El Hierro experienced an undersea eruption off its southern tip in 2011 and La Palma island is…

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The Canary Islands Are The Nursery Of The Atlantic Ocean

Pilot whales live and breed in Canary Islands waters

The Atlantic is a vast open ocean full of life and there are only a few places where it's creatures can come to breed, give birth and rest. The Canary Islands, rising out of the deep ocean, are one of them.

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The 5 Reasons Why The Canary Islands Weather Is So Good

Here's what gives the Canary Islands their world-famous good weather.

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The Top 10 Beaches In The Canary Islands

One of the 500 beaches in the Canary Islands

As Canary Islands photographers we've visited most of the 500 beaches in the archipelago. It's tough to narrow them down to a Top Ten so we cheated a bit, but here's our pick of the best places in the Canaries to spend a day on the sand.

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