Canary Islands Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to sightseeing in the country & a broad cultural introduction. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Canary Islands in New Holland’s Globetrotter Travel Guide series, comprising a range of practical & accessible guides to a number of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Globetrotter guides incorporate essential information in an easy-to-carry & easy-to-reference format. They provide visitors with an introduction highlighting the country’s ‘must see’ areas, allowing readers to make the most of their time away. Presented in a paperback PVC format, each guide in the series provides vital tips for visitors &

Includes:: information on the best places to stay, eat & shop, star-rated top attractions, detailed regional profiles & recommendations of the best tours & excursions. Individual titles also have a separate, pull-out overview map in the rear pocket of the guide that serves as a companion to the book itself. An introductory section profiles the destination with details of the l&, a brief history, government & economy & the people. Every chapter is summarised in the ‘ At-a-Glance’ sections at the end of each chapter. There is also a Travel Tips section at the back of each guide providing practical guidance & information on tourist information services, entry requirements, customs, health requirements, getting there, what to pack, money matters, accommodation, transport, business hours, time difference, electricity, health precautions, useful phrases, personal safety, emergencies, etiquette & tipping.

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This new title in the Crossbill Guides Series covers Tenerife & La Gomera, the two most diverse of the Canary Islands. The flora & fauna of these islands is unique & consists of many species that occur nowhere else in the world. This guidebook describes the nature of these islands from the sun-soaked lava fields on the coast to the lonely snow-capped peak of mount Teide, including all the fascinating life that can be found in these ecosystems. The Canary Islands II: Tenerife & La Gomera gives detailed route descriptions (13 in total) & site descriptions (about 30) for naturalists throughout both islands, covering the best sites for bird watching, finding wildflowers, dragonflies & butterflies; for seeing marine life & the most remarkable geological sites. It also gives detailed information on tracking down the evolutionary processes that shaped the unique ecology of these isolated Atlantic Islands. This information comes with extensive descriptions of the ecology, geology, history & flora & fauna of Tenerife & La Gomera. ...

Canary Islands at 1:130, 000 on a double-sided map from ITMB. Each island is presented on a separate panel at the same scale & with an index. Bold altitude colouring shows the islands’ topography, with national parks prominently highlighted. Road network

Includes:: selected local roads & tracks. Ferry connections between the islands are marked. Symbols indicate various places of interest, included beaches, surfing & diving sites, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10’ intervals. The map

Includes:: insets with street plans indicating a few facilities & places of interest:- Tenerife: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, plus Puerto de la Cruz (wrongly annotated as on La Palma)- La Palma: Santa Cruz de la Palma, Los Llanos de Aridane, Los Cancajos & Puerto Naos- Gran Canaria: Las Palmas de la Gran Canaria- Lanzarote: Arecife-Fuerteventura: Ruerto del Rosario Corralejo & Morro Jable



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MICHELIN zoom map Canaries Islands is the ideal travel companion to fully explore this destination thanks to its easy-to-use format & its scale of 1/150, 000. The Zoom collection are characterized by the high precision of their detailed scale, specially adapted for very touristy areas or with a high density road network, including new developments & industrial areas. In addition to clarity, reliability & up-to-date information, all Michelin cartography features include a wealth of practical information: places & monuments of tourist interest, picturesque tours, areas for sports & leisure activities... Useful plans of cities & a practical index of localities. Also the maps contain places of interest & signposting of tracks for bicycles & greenways. ...

Canary Islands in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to 'A Brief History' actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

Canary Islands in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to `A Brief History` actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

Western Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, Gomera & Hierro) at 1:500, 000 in a series of regional road map of Spain from the country’s civilian survey organization IGN-CNIG (Instituto Geográfico Nacional
- Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica), vividly presenting the topography by altitude colouring, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. Given the scale of 1:500, 000, this title can provide only an overview of the Canary Islands rather than provide detailed information for driving or island hopping; fewer locations & smaller country roads are marked than on maps of the individual islands, road numbers are shown only for TF1, TF5, GC1, GC2 & GC3 on Tenerife & Gran Canaria, etc. Ferry links are not marked. Icons prominently indicate UNESCO World Heritage sites & state-run parador accommodations but no other places of interest are marked. The maps also show administrative boundaries & all place names & other information (roads, topographic features) are presented classified according to its official status. Topography is indicated by satellite imagery enhanced by altitude colouring, with spot heights, names of mountain ranges, boundaries of national/natural parks, etc. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 30’ intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only. The series was first published in 2014. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Over 13 million visitors travel to the Canary Islands every year
- more than 4.5m of them from Britain
- to see their famous

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This new title in the Crossbill Guides Series covers Lanzarote & Fuerteventura, the two easternmost Canary Islands. Lanzarote & Fuerteventura only recently became known to the general public as a winter destination for sun seekers. However, these islands, with their odd mix of Volcanic & Saharan-style desert landscapes, support a wonderful flora & fauna
- especially birds
- many of which occur nowhere else in Europe (or even the world) but here. As any Crossbill Guide, the Canary Islands Vol. 1
- Lanzarote & Fuerteventura guide gives detailed route descriptions (9 in total) & site descriptions (about 10) for naturalists throughout both islands, covering the best sites for birdwatching, finding wildflowers, dragonflies & butterflies, seeing marine life & the most remarkable geological sites. It also gives detailed information on tracking down the evolutionary processes that shaped the unique ecology of these isolated Atlantic Islands. This information comes with extensive descriptions of the ecology, geology, history & flora & fauna of Lanzarote & Fuerteventura.


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