Blog Canaries

Practical guides and checked advice for choosing your Canary Island: the relief that builds two climates on a single island, the real links between the eight islands, and what is changing on Mount Teide.

Tenerife north or south: where to stay, and why
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Tenerife north or south: where to stay, and why

The north runs 4 to 5 °C cooler in winter; the south has the sun and twice the passengers. What you are choosing is not a beach — it is a climate.

One week in Tenerife: what you now have to book in advance
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One week in Tenerife: what you now have to book in advance

Masca only Wednesday to Saturday, 300 places a day on the Teide crater trail, Punta de Teno without a car: three dates are set before you fly.

Which Canary Island to choose: the relief decides it
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Which Canary Island to choose: the relief decides it

Above 1,000 m an island makes its own clouds: Tenerife has two climates, Lanzarote one. And six hours of sea separate the two island groups.