The paradisiacas sun islands and sand beaches fine, that enjoy a primaveral temperature throughout the year are an archipelago of 7 islands (Great Canary, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera and Hierro) and a few small barren islands (Alegranza, Graceful, Clear Mountain, Roque of the East, Roque of the West and Wolves). Each island is diametrically diverse to the others and their landscapes evoke corners of all the regions of the planet.
Each island has an administrative agency called town hall, similar to consells insulares of Balearic. Tenerife is most extensive (2,059 km²), counts on the National Park of the Teide and in him is the tip of the Teide that, with its 3,718 meters of altitude, is the Maxima altitude of the Spanish State.
La Palma has had a recent, appreciable volcanic activity in Teneguía volcano. It has in addition the second higher tip to the Islands, the Roque of the Boys (2,426 ms), situated in the limits of the national Park of the Boiler of Taburiente. It emphasizes by his forests of pines.
Gomera is roughest, with enough steep precipices. In her the National Park of Garajonay with its spectacular forests of Laurisilva is located.
Hierro smallest, western and less is populated (around 10,000 inhabitants). She is famous by his inclined sabinas, the old Garoé tree and its giant lizards.
Great Canary has circular form with a mountainous bulk in the center, the Roque Nublo that next to beaches like Maspalomas (a dune ecosystem, that, unfortunately, is in danger to disappear) offers great attractive a tourist one.
Fuerteventura is second in extension and the most eroded the oldest being. In the last decade it has experienced a spectacular demographic increase.
Lanzarote is most Eastern and is formed by recent volcanic materials, emphasizing Timanfaya volcano that gives name to the National Park of Timanfaya. Here you can find accommodation in Lanzarote and you can enjoy your holiday in Lanzarote.
Climate
The climate is oceanic subtropical, with smooth temperatures and little and irregular precipitations, although, depending on the island and the zone, we found variations very important. In some zones of the Island of the Palm, for example, the annual precipitations get to surpass the 1,200 liters. In the Eastern islands the precipitations are littler than in the western ones; thus Fuerteventura and Lanzarote are characterized by a barren climate. The rain shortage has taken to the installation of desaladoras to supply urban zones, like in the Palms of Great Canary. The porosity of the given land its volcanic nature, makes difficult to the advantage of the water of rain in prey and dams, although these have a certain importance in Great Canary and the Gomera. In the western islands an advantage of the water-bearing subterraneans through the galleries is carried out, with the exception of the Island of the Iron, where the wells and rain tanks are more important. A characteristic of some places of the islands is the mountain presence near the coast that causes that the air masses are condensed, giving rise to the phenomenon known like cloud bank, and therefore, the benefit of the vegetation of the zone due to the humidity. Nevertheless, due to existing microclimates in a same island, we can find zones where they appear boques humid and other zones where the dryness is the basic characteristics.
The islands lack rivers although the precipices are numerous and the waters run quickly from the high zones to the coasts.
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