I was recently asked by a reader (who had obviously done her homework!) why the word “Guanche” is used in reference to all Canarian aborigines, when it was her understanding that only the native inhabitants of Tenerife were true...

The Valley of the Great King, or Valle Gran Rey, is La Gomera’s main tourist area. In line with the island’s policy to develop a more discrete, sustainable tourism that on the other islands, however, the town is a...

Following in the footsteps of Lanzarote, El Hierro has the honour of belonging to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The title was earned in January of last year, thanks to the island’s unique natural scenery and exceptional ecosystem....

Guinea is one of the oldest human settlements in El Hierro. Long before the arrival of the Norman and the Spanish conquerors, the island's numerous caves were home to the aboriginal people, known in El Hierro as the Bimbaches....

Such was the fame of this pale amber wine four centuries ago that even Shakespeare mentioned it, in four of his plays if I’m not mistaken, referring to it as “canaries”. The most striking quotes, perhaps, are to be...

The “sabina”, or the rather less exotic-sounding savin, is not just one more tree; like the dragon tree, it may be considered almost a symbol of the islands’ identity. But while the Canaries have flourished, the same cannot be...

Thanks to modern science, many people are aware of the “horizontal rain” effect, those droplets of water that are formed when the trade winds blow clouds over the Canaries. One of nature’s gifts, this particular one is responsible for...