Canary Islands .

Canary Islands is one of the 17 Spanish provinces, which is located in the Atlantic Ocean 1,500 km from the Iberian peninsula and 100 km from the coast of Africa.

The first news of these magnificent islands, which are called the Happy occur in 505 year BC.Carthaginian explorer Hanno , moving south along the coast of the Sahara desert , reached the islands, surprised by its wealth of nature , and wrote about them in the sea voyage round the world Gannon .

They stretch for 450 kilometers , occupying a total area of ​​approximately 7500 square meters. km . The island of Fuerteventura is the closest to Africa - from Morocco to a 84 km .A little further south lies the Western Sahara , a former colony of Spain.

islands that make up the archipelago administratively divided into two provinces : Santa Cruz de Tenerife , which includes the islands of Tenerife , Gomera , La Palma and El Hierro , and the province of Las Palmas , which includes the island of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.Despite common to all islands of volcanic origin, they are very different from each other and affect impressionable tourists a variety of landscapes.Green Valley is replaced by mountains with steep slopes, numerous beaches - tangerine gardens, fanciful shapes and forms reminiscent of the lava of the volcanic nature of the islands.

Each of the seven major Canary Islands in its own wonderful and attractive for recreation.You will be able to choose the island that best suits you. Here you will meet friendly people , peaceful surroundings , the absence of dangerous animals and diseases, clean ocean and impeccable service.

On the island of Tenerife you will not have time to get bored , picturesque dunes of Gran Canaria - a sugar cube on the ocean - will fascinate with its beauty, but the vast beaches of Fuerteventura nemnogolyudnom you immerse yourself in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility .

Lanzarote, perhaps the most unusual of all the Canary Islands, hit ethereal volcanic landscapes , Palma and Gomera little surprised by lush vegetation , and on Hierro you will literally on the edge of the world.

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