Enjoy the cultural potpourri of Canary Islands

With an amazing climate at any time of the year, it’s little wonder why Canary Islands is so popular with the global jetsetters. On the platter are seven unique islands, ideal for disconnecting from routine, recharging your batteries and going back home with a revitalised body and mind. With their lively beaches, hospitable lifestyle you have the chance to choose from varied open-air activities together with a wide range of accommodation and leisure activities that make most visitors want to return here to vacation yet again. Canary Islands is a Spanish autonomous community and locals speak fluently in Spanish.

While travelling here, do carry your Euros and then go on to indulge in some boutique shopping. Special mention must be made of the Canarian folklore.

But traditions in the Canary Islands do not consist only of fiesta and dancing; there are also the elegant handicrafts, in some cases produced by techniques inherited from the aborigines. You won’t be able to resist taking home a souvenir of the local ceramics, or a piece of beautiful, elaborate embroidery, something carved from the local stone or an example of basket work, a genuine Canary knife carefully made by hand, or even, perhaps, a piece of fine carpentry. In the Canaries, you can also watch and take part in the many games and traditional sports whose origin goes back across the centuries. The most distinctive being the Lucha Canaria, or Canarian Wrestling, a straightforward struggle between two men, which requires a high level of physical strength. Other examples include the Vela Latina, or Canary sailing;

Canary bowls; fighting and jumping with staves or tests of strength of farm animals… among others. Now, you can choose, where to start here.

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