Thursday 21 April 2011

arriving in the Canary Islands

This heavenly group of Islands consists of and include (from largest to smallest): Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro, and the islets La Graciosa, Alegranza, MontaƱa Clara, Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste and Isla de Lobos.

We arrived here on Tenerife in the early hours on Thursday March 24 ..... and the temperature was a perfect 27 deg.

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 8.28am and we are off and ready to explore .......

The Canary Islands are a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish Autonomous Community and an Outermost Region of the European Union. 
 
The archipelago's beaches, climate and important natural attractions, especially Teide National Park Teide (the third largest volcano in the world), make it a major tourist destination, with over 12 million visitors per year, especially Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. The islands have a sub-tropical climate, with long hot days in summer and cooler days in winter.

stay tuned for further blog posts on the 
fabulous Canary Islands! 


in the meantime click on the following URL's
on what I have blogged
- so far -
on our trip.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Wellcome to these wonderful islands of Spain... So wonderful place!!
Yyou should name yoir blog "my life around the world"!! :-D

hugs!