After the conference

    The Canary Islands are considered as a bridge between three continents, Europe, Africa and America. In this sense, did you know that .....
 

• There are four National Parks in the islands (almost half of those in Spain): Cañadas del Teide (Tenerife), Caldera de Taburiente (La Palma), Garajonay (La Gomera) and Timanfaya (Lanzarote).

• The Zero Meridian was established by Ptolemy in the Canary Islands (Fortunatae Insulae) and, consequently, the small and relaxing island of El Hierro was geographers' Finis Terrae for several centuries.

• The pretty island of La Gomera was the last piece of land in the Old World visited by Columbus in his first travel to America in 1492.

• The first Texans (apart from the Indians of course) emigrated from the Canary Islands, and established the city of San Antonio in the early XVIII Century.

• One of William Shakespeare's favourite wines was the "Malvasía", produced in the island of Tenerife in the XVII Century.

• The islands are the homeland to canary birds. You can still hear them in their natural habitat in some of Tenerife's forests.

• The highest peak of Spain, Mount Teide with 3717 m, is a volcano located in the island of Tenerife and for several centuries was considered by Europeans as the highest mountain in the World.

• 30% of the island of Lanzarote (Biosphere Reserve) was covered by volcanic eruptions in teh early XVII Century, leaving one of the most conspicuosus landscapes in the Word?

The island of Fuerteventura is only 100 km from the coast of Africa and that the cities of Casablanca, Agadir and Marraquesh are connected to the islands with regular flights.

Considering these and several other facts, you might decide to stay longer in the islands or in the Spanish Mainland or to explore the Imperial Cities and the Kashbashs of Morocco.