Travel/Tourism news & information for Canary Islands

IN A BID to attract tourists this summer, the Canary Island government has taken out a multi-billion insurance policy to cover holidaymakers' expenses if they contract Covid-19 whilst visiting.

CANARY Island president Ángel Víctor Torres says he is 'quietly confident' the UK will lift its quarantine restrictions soon – for this region, at least.

BUDGET carrier Wizz Air is the latest to announce a new route from the Canary Islands to the UK which could help fill the gap left by long-established package tour giant Thomas Cook, following its sudden collapse in...

BRITISH low-cost airline Jet2 has announced plans to open a base at Tenerife South airport, which will increase seats for passengers from the central regional terminal by around 330,000.

IT'S NOT just an easy destination for European holidaymakers seeking sunshine and superb beaches – although it is that as well, we can't deny it. But Spain is home to more UNESCO heritage sites than anywhere...

HOME to idyllic beaches, volcanoes, caves and some of the best weather in the country, the Canary Islands is also the best value-for-money destination in Spain, according to recent research.

LOW-COST airline Ryanair is considering closing its bases in Tenerife South, Las Palmas and the Costa Brava, sparking industrial action among its staff.

SIX Boeing 737 MAX 8 are stranded on the runway at airports in the Canary Islands now that the European Union has joined China, India, Mongolia, Ethiopia and Australia in grounding them all.

FURIOUS holidaymakers left sweltering on a Thomas Cook charter flight in Lanzarote for three hours awaiting takeoff say they had no air-conditioning and were not even offered a bottle of water.

THE CANARIES has just acquired an extra island – Spain's Senate has just voted for La Graciosa to become the eighth in the region.

A RUSSIAN musician thrown off a plane to Gran Canaria because he stank has died in a Portuguese hospital, according to the media in his home country.

A PENSIONER has been removed from an aircraft for 'persistent racist comments' directed at a flight attendant, according to the Guardia Civil.