Places acrig Wants to Go

This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.

An open-air museum showing how people on El Hierro lived from the time of the first settlers until the late 20th century.

A well drilled into the side of a cliff supplies most of the water consumed on the island of El Hierro.

Teeny tiny hotel on the coast of the Canary Islands.

This underwater graveyard commemorates a group of murdered 16th-century missionaries.

This cave was the former seat of power for two brothers who ruled together as kings.

A pre-Hispanic pyramid in the middle of a tourist district in the Canary Islands.

Marvel at this massive waterspout fueled by the incoming tide.

The four-story mural is the centerpiece of a lavish hotel's lush atrium.

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

Behind this pair of dragon trees, there is a tragic story of lost love.

Tour the inside of a massive lava tube formed during a 1949 volcanic eruption.

The longest eruption in the history of La Palma originated with this volcano in September 2021.

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

A former 16th-century monastery houses a museum dedicated to the island and its culture.

The oldest Marian image in the Canary Islands still impresses people nearly half a millennium later.

These crevices cut into the mountains collect the island’s main source of precious freshwater.

Stop by, and you'll receive a map to two well-preserved ancient petroglyph sites.

Tools, pottery, and mummies showcase the history of La Palma's native people.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

Indigenous cultures believed all life would end if this enormous rock toppled.

A series of well-preserved ruins show the culture of the ancient Benehoaritas people.

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

Several petroglyphs are all that remain of an ancient pyramid.