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Guides to the islands worth the drive: beaches, natural pools, viewpoints and walking routes, from the people mapping them.

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CanaryMaps is live

Every island is on the map, ten locations on each are free to look at, and here is what that does and does not mean.

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What Makes the Canary Islands Special?

Seven islands that are genuinely unalike, one wind that explains the weather, and a forest that should not still exist.

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Five Beaches Worth Visiting in the Canaries

One city beach, one that is nearly unreachable, and three in between. Plus how to read a Canary beach before getting in.

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Ten Facts About Tenerife Worth Knowing

The highest point in Spain, an island that was once three, a forest older than the ice age, and why so little of it is beach.

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Tenerife's Climates, Explained

Why the north is green and the south is dry, what the sea of clouds actually is, and how to read a forecast for this island.

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The History of Teide, in Plain Terms

How a 3,715m volcano and the caldera around it came to be, what has erupted since records began, and whether it is dangerous now.

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Five Must-See Places in Fuerteventura

The oldest island, the longest beaches and the steadiest wind. Including one beach you should look at but not swim.

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