Places to visit in Canary Islands, Spain
22 places to visit in Canary Islands, Spain, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Garajonay National Park, Mount Teide, Risco Caído and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Canary Islands volume.
5 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 9 Famous places to visit · 8 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Canary Islands (5)
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Garajonay National Park
A national park in the centre of La Gomera covered in laurel forest, a type of cloud forest that once spread across southern Europe. Mist drifts through the mossy trees, and trails climb to the island's high point, Alto de Garajonay.
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Mount Teide
An active volcano on Tenerife, and at 3,715 metres the highest peak in Spain. It rises from a wide caldera, and a cable car takes visitors to just below the summit crater.
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Risco Caído
A rocky landscape in the mountains of Gran Canaria with caves that were used by the island's original inhabitants before the Spanish conquest. One of them is a carved chamber where light from the sun and moon entered through a small opening.
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San Cristóbal de La Laguna
A former capital of Tenerife, laid out in the late 15th century on a regular grid of straight streets. It served as a model for colonial towns in the Americas, and its old centre is lined with colourful houses, churches and convents.
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Teide National Park
A high volcanic landscape on Tenerife centred on Mount Teide, with lava fields, strange rock formations and a huge caldera. The air is clear and thin at over 2,000 metres, and a cable car carries visitors close to the summit.
Famous places to visit in Canary Islands (9)
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Cumbre Vieja
A volcanic ridge running down the south of La Palma. A new volcano erupted on its western side in September 2021, covering farmland and homes in lava over about three months. It is a popular route for walkers.
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El Hierro
The smallest and most westerly of the main Canary Islands. Once seen as the edge of the known world, it is a quiet, volcanic place with lava swimming pools and a long diving coast.
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Fuerteventura
A long, dry Canary island some 97 kilometres from the African coast. It is known for its wide white beaches and dunes, and for steady winds that attract surfers and kitesurfers. Its dry hills and volcanic cones give it a stark beauty.
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Gran Canaria
A round volcanic island in the Canaries and the third largest of the archipelago. It has sand dunes at Maspalomas, mountain villages and the large city of Las Palmas. Its mountainous middle rises to nearly 2,000 metres.
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La Gomera
A small round volcanic island in the Canaries, cut by deep ravines. Its inner laurel forest is a national park, and islanders talk to each other across the valleys with a whistled language called Silbo Gomero.
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La Graciosa
A small volcanic island just north of Lanzarote, reached by ferry from Órzola. It has sandy streets, a couple of fishing villages and beaches of golden sand, and no paved roads. It is part of the Chinijo Archipelago natural park.
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Lanzarote
The easternmost of the Canary Islands, shaped by volcanic eruptions in the 1730s. Its black lava fields, vineyards in pits and white villages were shaped in part by the artist César Manrique.
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Loro Parque
A zoo and parrot park on the northern coast of Tenerife, covering about 13.5 hectares. It began as a collection of parrots, and now includes dolphins, orcas, penguins and an aquarium with a glass tunnel.
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Timanfaya National Park
A national park in the southwest of Lanzarote, covering 51 square kilometres of volcanic terrain in the municipalities of Tinajo and Yaiza. The land was shaped by eruptions in the 1730s. Visitors travel through the lava fields by bus.
Hidden gems in Canary Islands (8)
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Auditorio de Tenerife
A concert hall on the waterfront of Santa Cruz, designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened in 2003. Its white concrete roof curves out like a wave, and it is the city's best known modern landmark.
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Caldera de Taburiente National Park
A national park on the island of La Palma, designated in 1954. It holds the Caldera de Taburiente, a huge crater-like basin that dominates the northern part of the island. Telescopes on its rim take advantage of the island's clear skies.
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Cueva de los Verdes
A lava tube and tourist attraction in Haría on Lanzarote. The cave lies within the Monumento Natural del Malpaís de La Corona, a protected area. Guided tours walk through part of the long tunnel formed by a volcanic eruption.
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Gran Telescopio Canarias
A 10.4 metre reflecting telescope on the Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma, at about 2,400 metres. It is one of the largest optical telescopes in the world, and the mountain air is exceptionally clear.
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Jameos del Agua
A series of lava caves in Haría, northern Lanzarote, that is also an art, culture and tourism centre. The artist and architect César Manrique created it and the island government manages it. An underground lagoon holds tiny white blind crabs.
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Maspalomas Dunes
Sand dunes on the south coast of Gran Canaria, in an area of 404 hectares in the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana. They are protected as a nature reserve. The dunes run down to the sea beside a lagoon and a long beach.
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Playa de Las Teresitas
An artificial white sand beach north of the village of San Andrés, near Santa Cruz de Tenerife on Tenerife. The sand was brought from the Sahara. Breakwaters shelter the calm water in front of the Anaga mountains.
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Roque Nublo
A volcanic rock on the island of Gran Canaria, 80 metres tall, with its top 1,813 metres above sea level. It is the third highest point on the island. A walking trail leads up to the base of the rock.
Collecting in Canary Islands
What are the best places to visit in Canary Islands?
LOQAH lists 22 places in Canary Islands. The best known include Garajonay National Park, Mount Teide, Risco Caído, San Cristóbal de La Laguna and Teide National Park. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Canary Islands?
22, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Canary Islands?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Canary Islands before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Canary Islands and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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