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The Pueblo Canario, inspired by Canarian traditional architecture, is in the centre of Las Palmas in northeast Gran Canaria. Surrounded by the gardens and palm trees of Doramas park, its central square hosts several displays of folkloric music and dance every week. There’s also a restaurant offering traditional Canary Islands food.

The Naval Museum is located inside the Barco de la Virgen—a boat—in the Plaza de La Alameda in Santa Cruz de La Palma, the island´s capital. It is an exact replica of a caravel, made in 1940 for the Descent of the Virgin Procession during the local festivities called the Fiestas Lustrales. From then on, this emblematic space in the city has become one of the most outstanding museums in La Palma. Inside is an important collection of objects from naval history, such as navigational instruments, models and graphic documentation of great historical worth. Five centuries are summed up in an intense, exciting tour.

The Las Playas Natural Monument protects one of El Hierro's most surprising landscapes: the enormous marks left along the south-east coast by a series of massive landslides that affected part of the youngest of the Canary Islands. The result is an enormous amphitheatre, nine kilometres long and over 1,000 metres high, which faces out to sea captivates visitors, creating a secret tranquil space. Far from towns and villages, this is an ideal place for a very quiet holiday.

To appreciate the essence of a place and soak up its atmosphere there is nothing better than getting to the highest point. In Gran Canaria this is the Pico de las Nieves lookout point right in the centre of the island. At 1,949 metres above sea level the uninterrupted views out over the Unesco Biosphere Reserve, with its innumerable deep valleys and jagged ridges shrouded with vegetation and crowned with spectacular rocks.

Visiting this viewing point is a unique experience. Visitors are afforded extraordinary panoramic views through the huge panes of glass, letting them feel like they are flying over the Izcagua ravine. This unusual viewing point is located in Puntagorda, in the northwest of La Palma, near the popular farmers’ market and the recreational area of El Fayal, both of which we recommend visiting if you are in this part of the island. The perfect spot for seeing almond groves and vineyards and enjoying the magnificent rural scenery that characterises the geography of La Palma.

Teide National Park is the perfect place to appreciate the constructive creativity of volcanoes. Located in the centre of Tenerife, the star attraction of this natural amphitheatre, which measures 15 kilometres wide and is the product of countless eruptions, is El Pico de Teide, which, at 3.715 metres above sea level is the highest mountain in the whole of Spain. Anyone who has delighted in its magnificent lava flows and has seen its impossibly clear skies above will understand why this natural treasure is the most visited natural park in Europe and is a Unesco World Heritage Site.

In the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the spectacular Poema del Mar aquarium, whose name is a tribute to the marine artwork of the Gran Canarian artist Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre. Visitors can discover the aquatic biodiversity of the 5 continents through a route that covers three main areas: surface marine ecosystems, deep marine ecosystems and freshwater species

Places you really have to visit on La Graciosa to properly experience the Canary Islands

The Charco de los Sargos is, together with the Charco de La Maceta and the Charco Azul, one of the most popular bathing areas in El Golfo (Frontera). Charco de los Sargos owes its peculiar shapes to a high cliff, and the power of sea erosion over time which has made a variety of natural areas ideal for bathing. The volcanic landscape is a beach experience like no other.