Canary Islands Facts and Tourism

A collection of facts, general information and travel resources for Canary Islands visitors and residents.

Facts About the Canary Islands:
NAME IN ENGLISH: Canary Islands
NAME IN SPANISH: Canarias
DESCRIPTION: Archipelago off Northern Africa
STATUS: autonomous community of Spain
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish
LOCATION: Macaronesia region of the Atlantic Ocean
CAPITAL CITY (LEGISLATIVE): Santa Cruz de Tenerife
LARGEST CITY (JUDICIAL): Las Palomas de Gran Canaria
LARGEST CITY: Las Palomas de Gran Canaria
GOVERNMENT WEB SITE: gobiernodecanarias.org
MAIN ISLANDS:
- El Hierro | hellocanaryislands.com | wikipedia.org |
- Fuerteventura | hellocanaryislands.com | wikipedia.org |
- Gran Canaria | hellocanaryislands.com | wikipedia.org |
- La Gomera | lagomera.travel | wikipedia.org |
- La Palma | visitlapalma.es | wikipedia.org |
- La Graciosa | hellocanaryislands.com | wikipedia.org |
- Lanzarote | hellocanaryislands.com | wikipedia.org |
- Tenerife | hellocanaryislands.com | wikipedia.org |

Tourism in the Canary Islands:
- hellocanaryislands.com
- visitcanaryislands.org
- turismodeislascanarias.com
- wikipedia.org - tourism in canary islandsds - category
- wikitravel.org - canary islands
- wikivoyage.org - canary islands

Foods of the Canary Islands
- Canary Islands Cuisine and Recipes

More Canary Islands Resources:
- wikipedia.org - canary islands - article
- wikipedia.org - canary islands - category
- wikipedia.org - canary islands - lists

Countries and Territories Closest to the Canary Islands:
| Madeira | Morocco | Madeira | Spain | Western Sahara |

Bodies of Water Bordering the Canary Islands:
- Atlantic Ocean