Lying in the Atlantic Ocean to the west of Morocco are a series of volcanic islands known as the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands belong to Spain but are actually 1,120 kilometres south of the nearest Spanish mainland.
The Canaries geographically belong to a larger group of volcanic islands known as Macaronesia (or the Blessed Islands), others in the group include the Cape Verde Islands, Madeira and the Azores.
There are seven main islands forming the Canaries and these are from west to east - El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuertaventura and Lanzarote. There are some smaller islands including Isla Graciosa, Isla de Alegranza and Isla de Montaņa Clara.
The Canary Islands rose from the sea between 8 and 20 million years ago and are of varying ages (Lazarote and Fuertaventura being the oldest)
Holidays to Canary Islands
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