Canary Islands holiday apartments, homes and villas

Why choose a holiday home in Canary Islands?

This is where Christopher Columbus stopped for provisions and most people believe he must have found it difficult to depart. Nicknamed "The Happy Islands" the seven major islands are each considered a floating paradise.

Check out Fuerteventura for exceptional surfing, scuba, and fishing. This island has earned a special place on the World Cup windsurfing circuit.

Gran Canaria is a geographic and nature phenomenon. You can bake on the beach in sight of snowy mountain peaks. The landscape produces vegetation found in America, Europe, and Africa.

Will anyone believe your pictures? There you are on a rented camel crossing an ocean of petrified lava in a scene that looks as if it was filmed on the moon. This is Lanzarote where your volcanic craters, underwater caves, and miles of cactus are common.

The highest mountain in the Atlantic Ocean and Spain is will be found on the Island of Eternal Springtime, Tenerife. Several resorts are perched along the coast sharing the view with the blue, orange, pink, and yellow homes and businesses.

The beaches on Tenerife can vary from whitewashed to ebony sands sprinkled with palm trees. Inland there are banana and tomato plantations that offer interesting tours and activities.

There is much to recommend the Canary Islands where history and modern infrastructure combine to make this a much lauded destination.

Contribution post: 11 June 2010