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The shepherd’s leap: a sporting skill and a tool for Guanche shepherds that fascinated travellers from other cultures.

Divided into two bays by a breakwater, this beach has soft, dark sand and transparent waters with many services available. It’s quieter and has lusher vegetation than Playa del Inglés, the neighbouring beach.

This is a protected natural area, under the category of Protected Landscape. It is located between the Los Hombres and Fagundo ravines and is a good example of the island's rural architecture. One of the most traditional areas that gives the impression that time has stopped and nothing has changed. Of great natural beauty, it is a highly recommended area of the island to visit and to know how the people of the island used to live in the past. The GR 130 trail passes through and the views it offers are spectacular.

The town of Santa María de Guía offers various leisure and sightseeing activities for tourists who enjoy architectural works and natural spaces. If you take a walk through the streets of Santa María de Guía you will discover its beautiful buildings, especially the houses in the town centre which have been painted and decorated. You can lose yourself in a world full of colour and joy, transporting us to the splendour of bygone days. The historic centre was declared a National Historic-Artistic Monument in 1982. The Parish Church is an interesting building to visit, with its neo-classical facade flanked by two lateral towers.

This important museum is in the historical quarter of Vegueta, in the older district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the island’s capital. Atlantic Centre of Modern Art (CAAM) has become a benchmark museum of contemporary art in Canary Islands. What singles it out is its vocation of dealing with the critical thought and artistic culture of three continents: Africa, America and Europe. A very comprehensive tour that combines paintings, drawings, sculpture, graphics, mail art and interesting exhibition projects that deal with the three-continent topic.

This spot is popularly known as Castillo Negro (Black Castle). This name could be due to the construction with black volcanic stone or the location of the site in Caleta de Negros (the Small Black Cove). After its construction in the first half of the 17th century, the fortress was the second most important coastal defence system in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Thanks to its status as a significant part of Spain’s historical heritage, in 1982 the location was put under council control and became a museum of military art. The spot has been designed for visitors to enjoy views of the best preserved castle on Tenerife.

The Museum of the City and the Sea is located inside Mata Castle, an historic spot that formed part of the city’s defences and is near the district of Triana, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The museum teaches visitors about more than five centuries of history with special emphasis on the city’s close and continuous relationship with the sea. A highly recommended tour that allows us to learn a little more about the past of the island’s capital, in an emblematic building that has been declared an Artistic and Historical Monument – a true jewel that the city can be proud of.

The Martín Chirino Art and Thought Foundation is located within the wall of the Castillo de La Luz (the Castle of the Light). It is the oldest fortification in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In 1941 it was declared as a Historic-Artistic Monument. This spot is a centre for art, debate, and culture. It is a place where history, archaeology, and the legacy of Martín Chirino come together. Martín Chirino was an internationally renowned Canarian and Spanish artist and iron worker who lived in the second half of the twentieth century. The foundation is a fitting tribute to his legacy.

El Julan, a place of great natural beauty and ethnographic importance, is in the southwestern part of El Hierro, next to the Mar de las Calmas. The hillside has been made by a volcano and contains the best hiking trails on the island. The presence of human remains in the local area points to the presence of the Bimbaches, the aboriginal people of El Hierro. There are also petroglyphs of incalculable historical value that indicate the important cultural accomplishments of the ancient people.