Places you shouldn’t miss

Special nature reserve · Gran Canaria Maspalomas Dunes A protected field of moving sand dunes, a coastal lagoon and a palm grove covering about 404 ha on Gran Canaria's southern tip, between Play...

Natural monument · Gran Canaria Roque Nublo An 80 m volcanic monolith whose top stands about 1,813 m above sea level in Tejeda, at the heart of Gran Canaria. Access via Degollada de La...

National park · La Gomera Garajonay National Park The misty laurel-forest heart of La Gomera, a national park since 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986, holding the best-preserv...

National park · La Palma Caldera de Taburiente National Park A vast erosion cirque about 8 km across in the north of La Palma, with walls up to 2,000 m high, protected as a national park since 1954.

César Manrique art centre · Lanzarote Jameos del Agua César Manrique's first art, culture and tourism centre, built inside collapsed sections of a lava tube in Haría, north Lanzarote. It holds a...

National park · Lanzarote Timanfaya National Park A 51 km² national park of lava fields and cones created by the 1730–1736 and 1824 eruptions in western Lanzarote. Visits run from Islote de...

National park · Tenerife Teide National Park A high-altitude volcanic park in the centre of Tenerife, crowned by Teide (3,715 m), Spain's highest peak. Created in 1954 and a UNESCO Worl...

Natural sea pool · El Hierro Charco Azul A seawater pool among lava rocks at Los Llanillos, on the El Golfo coast of El Hierro (Frontera), partly sheltered by a rock vault. Unsuperv...

Wild beach · Fuerteventura Cofete Beach A roughly 12–14 km undeveloped beach on the windward side of the Jandía peninsula, inside the Parque Natural de Jandía in southern Fuerteven...

Natural park · Fuerteventura Corralejo Dunes The Parque Natural de Corralejo protects more than 2,600 ha of white, shell-derived dunes in La Oliva, north Fuerteventura, the largest dune...

Historic quarter · Gran Canaria Vegueta, Las Palmas The founding district of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where Castilian troops set up camp in 1478. Its cathedral, Casa de Colón and El Museo C...

Wild beach · La Graciosa Playa de las Conchas A 610 m stretch of pale sand below Montaña Bermeja on the north of La Graciosa, facing the islet of Montaña Clara, about 5 km from Caleta de...

Summit & observatory · La Palma Roque de los Muchachos La Palma's highest point (2,426 m), on the rim of the Caldera de Taburiente, next to one of the world's leading astronomical observatories.

César Manrique viewpoint · Lanzarote Mirador del Río A viewpoint built into the Famara cliffs at about 479 m on Lanzarote's northern tip, designed by César Manrique and opened in 1973. Its wind...

Rural park · Tenerife Anaga Rural Park A mountainous, laurel-forested massif on Tenerife's north-east tip, protected since 1987 and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2015, with abo...

UNESCO historic town · Tenerife La Laguna Old Town The historic centre of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, founded in 1496 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, whose unwalled grid plan bec...

Sea cliffs · Tenerife Los Gigantes Cliffs Basalt sea cliffs on Tenerife's west coast that rise from about 300 m to more than 600 m straight out of the Atlantic, best seen from the se...

Mountain hamlet · Tenerife Masca A protected historic hamlet at about 650 m in Tenerife's Teno massif, above the Masca gorge. Road access by the TF-436 can be restricted, an...