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4.Tenerife
Information about Canary Islands

Canary Islands consist of seven populated and several small islands, all of which were created as a result of volcanic eruption million years ago. Situated in the autonomous region of spain, in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Sahara, they lie 1,150km off the coast of Africa. The islands form two provinces. Santa Cruz de Tenerife includes Tenerife, Palma, Gomera and Hierro. Whereas Las Palmas includes Grand Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. They are politically and administritively Spanish yet they have very much their own personality.

In Spain the islands are known as the Lucky Islands possibly due to their unique natural surroundings. They are famous for their volcanic landscapes with many of the islands having black sand beaches. Tenerife even offers the opportunity to visit the volcanic crater. Each of the isles share an eternal spring climate but they all differ dramatically from each other. Exploring the islands you will come across sub-tropical vegetation to volcanic semi-deserts, from fertile cliffs and gorges to sand dunes by the sea shore.

The original inhabitants of the islands were the Guanche civilisation, a name derived from guan, meaning man or people,  who finally conquered the canaries in 1496.They lived a very stone-aged exsitence mainly shepherding and cultivating the land. They buried their dead and sometimes even  mummified them, much like the ancient Egyptians.

 In the past the islands were frequently visited by pirates arriving from penisular Spain to plunder the isles of their orchids, which were used to make dye, and of their inhabitants, who were enslaved. Conquest over the isles began with the Norman adventurer Jean de Bethencourt who, in 1402, claimed Lanzarote, then in 1483, during the region of the Catholic Monarchs, Pedro de Vera established a base in Gran Canaria and in 1496 Alonso Fenandez de Lugo won control over Tenerife. Las Palmas managed to succeed against Sir Francis Drake in 1595 but was ravaged by the Dutch in 1599. Christopher Columbus also visited the the islands. He rested at La Gomera before venturing westwards in search of the Indies. The Canary Islands eventually became an autonomous region in 1982 and are now a vital link in transatlantic crossing, a so-called stepping stone between Europe, Africa and America.

Up until 1853, before the unfortunately grape famine, wine was the main export of the Canaries. Today the leading exports are bananas, sugarcane, tomatoes and tobacco which can only be grown where irrigation is possible. Larger scale industries such as an oil refinery are located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Due to the high winds that are a trait of the islands,  hang or Para gliding through the blue skies is an adventurous way of exploring the beautiful mountain scenery which are in plentiful supply in the canaries. Tenerife is the home to an inactive volcano called Mount Teide. Standing a spectacular 3,718 meters in height it is the highest peak of Spain and dominates the view of the island. The second highest is Roque de los Muchachos in Palma which reaches 2,500 m.

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