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.

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 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...

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...