I decided to move for a while in Canary Islands, Tenerife. Wondering why?
The Canary Islands, also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of Morocco.
The eight main islands are (from largest to smallest in area) Tenerife, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa. I choose Tenerife. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. The capital of the island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is also the seat of the island council.
I visited it first. Santa Cruz contains the modern Auditorio de Tenerife, the architectural symbol of the Canary Islands.
With a land area of 2,034 square kilometres (785 sq mi) and a population of 966,354 inhabitants at the end of 2020, it is also the most populous island of Spain.
Approximately five million tourists visit Tenerife each year; it is the most visited island in the archipelago.
Tenerife is a volcanic island that has built up from the ocean floor during the last 20 million years.
I did not go to capital, I went south, to Las Américas.
Playa de las Américas is a purpose-built holiday resort in Tenerife, built in the 1960s. Playa de las Americas is part of the contiguous touristic construction zone lining Tenerife’s entire southwestern coast.
The resort area features bars, nightclubs, restaurants, attractions, and beaches, most of which are man-made with imported sand from Africa due to the darkness of the native volcanic sand.
From beaches you can easily go to mountains, because of a short distance between them. Teide National Park, located in the center of the island, is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It includes Mount Teide, which has the highest elevation in Spain, and the highest among all the islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is also the third-largest volcano in the world, when measured from its base.
And for architecture lovers, minimalism surrounded with palms, adorable.
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