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Wyspy Kanaryjskie zyskały uznanie w rankingu Top Cocktail Bars 2026 dzięki debiutowi Bar Central i pierwszej gwiazdce dla S U R U cocktail bar.
Traditional Fiestas de San Juan celebrations in La Rambla will take place in 2026.
Numerous gastronomic events take place in the Canary Islands in October. These include the Culinary Hotel Awards on Gran Canaria and the Plenilunio festival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Archaeologists recovered partially destroyed human remains on the coast in Garachico, near Barranco Hondo beach, due to coastal erosion.
Archaeologists recovered partially eroded jaws from the beach in Barranco Hondo in Garachico. Coastal erosion exposed the find.
The eighth edition of the Festival Hispanoamericano de Literatura begins in Los Llanos de Aridane on La Palma.
The La Luchada Cósmica festival will take place in La Frontera on El Hierro. It combines Canary Island tradition, nature, and electronic music.
Human remains were found on the Garachico coast in Tenerife. Archaeologists are conducting excavations.
The Peñón Fest festival on Tenerife marks its eighth edition, showcasing the evolution of the project around music.
The Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands. On Tenerife, they embalmed the dead. Their mummies are displayed in the MUNA museum in Santa Cruz.
The Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife takes place annually in February or March. The 1987 concert by Celia Cruz was recorded in the Guinness World Records.
The Anaga mountains in the north-east of Tenerife have been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 9 June 2015. The laurisilva, a humid laurel forest, grows there.
This is the most well-known Canary Islands dish. Small potatoes are boiled in their skins in very salty water, then drained.
On 5 May 1706 lava from the Trevejo volcano flowed into Garachico bay. The town lost its port, which was the basis of its trade.
The Drago Milenario is the most famous dragon tree in the Canary Islands. The name suggests a millennium, but research estimates its age at approximately 700 years.
Teide volcano is the highest point in Spain and the highest mountain in the Atlantic islands. A free permit is required to reach the summit.
In El Médano on Tenerife, an unfinished solar power plant currently serves as an experimental radio telescope.