Theme Week Canary Islands – Tenerife

14 May 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Environment, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  8 minutes

El Médano © Berthold Werner

El Médano © Berthold Werner

Tenerife is the largest and most populous of the seven Canary Islands with a land area of 2,034.38 km² (785.47 mi2) and 906,854 inhabitants, 43% of the total population of the Canary Islands. About five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the most of any Canary Island. Tenerife hosts one of the world’s largest carnivals and the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is attempting to become a World Heritage Site. Tenerife is serviced by two airports, Tenerife North Airport and Tenerife South Airport, and is the tourism and economic center of the archipelago.   read more…

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