Many people head to the Canaries for year-round sunshine, an easy-going lifestyle and cosmopolitan culture. But if you really want to find the secret heart of this region, the island of La Gomera, a 35-minute ferry journey from Tenerife, is a perfect destination.
It may be one of the smaller Canary Islands but La Gomera offers lush landscapes, stunning sea vistas and average year-round temperatures of 23°C. Though the island has fabulous scenery, excellent roads, good schools and healt...

The different spots forming part of the Canary Islands count among the world’s most popular destinations, both for holidays and relocation. Located off the coast of western Africa, the archipelago consists of seven islands and six islets which are divided into two provinces. The eastern province of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria encompasses three islands – Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote as well as a set of islets. Located to the east, Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the second province ...

The first thing to bear in mind when looking for a property in the Canaries is that it’s going to be hot and tiring work. So it’s absolutely essential to engage a good estate agent to do the donkey work for you. You will find all sorts of grandiose claims being made: remember that anyone can set up as an estate agency here, so learn to read between the lines. For example, any agent who claims “we win all the prizes all the time” is really saying “we enter competi...