Canary Islands:

Currency: Euro

Area: 7,447 sq km
Population: 1.6 million
People: Spanish, North African, small Latin American and northern European communities
Language: Spanish; Castilian

The Canary Islands are a group of seven major islands Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera, Hierro and six smaller ones Alegranza, Graciosa, Montaña Clara, Roque del Este, Roque del Oeste und Lobos) in the Atlantic Ocean, lying between 60 - 190 miles off the north western coast of Africa. With a preferred climate and constant temperature through all the year, and splendid beaches of fine sand.

The Canary Islands are Spain's tropical paradise and for Spaniards living in mainland Spain as they are for the hundreds and thousands of foreign tourists who pack the islands' resorts all year round.

Las Palmas brings together the major island of Gran Canaria and the lesser ones of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. Santa Cruz de Tenerife encompasses Tenerife and its satelite islands of la Gomera.

The original inhabitants of the Canaries were a race known as the Guanches, a name derived from guan, meaning man or people, and achinch, meaning white mountain in an obvious reference to Tenerife's snow-capped Mount Teide. The natives lived a Stone Age existence of shepherding and basic agriculture.

Bajada de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves is the premier religious festival on Isla de la Palma, but is held only every five years.

Carnaval in February/March is the wildest time, and brings several weeks of parades, fancy dress and general good times across the islands.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria hosts several important arts festivals, including the Festival Internacional de Música (January); the Festival de Opera (February-March); the Festival de Ballet y Danza (May); and the Muestra Internacional de Cine, an international film festival held every two years in October and November.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the party rivals the Rio Carnaval. From 21 to 30 June.

Tenerife is a sub-tropical paradise that offers something for everyone. The island is dominated by the now dormant volcano "Mount Teide", which at 12,000ft is the highest mountain in Spain. To the south, the ever popular resorts of Playa de Las Americas and Los Cristianos are basked in year round sunshine, whilst the north of the island is a lush green tropical paradise of banana plantations, palm trees and flowers.

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Lanzarote lies 60 miles off the coast of Africa and has a population of less than 100,000.
Whilst tourism has overtaken more traditional aspects of the economy, the Island has successfully maintained its heritage and charm. It is a tribute to the conservation effort seen on the island, that Lanzarote was declared a world Biosphere by UNESCO in 1993. Due to its location on the Tropic of Cancer, Lanzarote boasts sunshine all year round. The Island has several resorts that offer beaches of golden sand. Lanzarote has numerous opportunites for sightseeing, and its scenery, culture and history make it an ideal holiday location. Whether you wish to lie on the beach, surf or visit places of interest.

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Gran Canaria has a mixture of landscapes and vegetation from mountains, to desert to tropical. Sandy beaches are abundant.The mountain range in the island's centre rises to 2,000 metres. Many colorfully painted houses can be seeen in the islands capital of las Palmas.

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Fuerteventura is the Canary island with the oldest history and has the longest beaches of all the archipelago, of wonderful fine sand.
Only a narrow channel separates Fuerteventura from the African continent. It is a paradise equally for spending holidays at the beach as for fishing. There are great beaches even very close to the islands capital, Puerto Rosario.

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