A 10-day cruise on Windstar to visit the islands. This was a last minute “strap on” to our already planned visits to Morocco and South Africa.
This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Our last 1.5 days in the Canary Islands was spent in Gran Canaria, the third largest and second most populous island in the archipelago. While we really didn’t spend any time in Tenerife, the over 860,000 residents on this island are noticeable in the major…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Today we visited what I believe is the most unusual of the Canary Islands — Lanzarote. It is very different than the other islands we have visited so far, but it is also a story about resiliency. It is the easternmost of the Canary Islands,…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 We spent the last two days visiting Portugal’s Autonomous Region of Madeira, a 250 mile detour from our journey around the Canary Islands. On our first day, we spent our time wandering around the capital city of Funchal. On the second day, we toured around…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Today we visited the island of La Palma, the fifth largest of the Canary Islands, coming in at around 273 sq. miles with a population of near 85,000. Quite a difference from yesterday at La Gomera. While both are volcanic islands, La Gomera is quite…
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This is part of a series called Canary Islands 2026 Today, we made our first stop at the island of La Gomera which is only 18 miles away from the west coast of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. While geographically close, it is worlds away in terms of its way of life. It’s the smallest of…
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