Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Canary Islands
Detourmap lists 103 places in Canary Islands, Spain, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Tenerife. 71 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 103
- Oldest
- Bullring of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1893
- Little known
- 71 of 103
- Share of Spain
- 5%
Canary Islands 103
All 103, best known first.
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13.Pyramids of Güímar
Archaeological · Notable
19th-century pyramids in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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14.Timanfaya National Park
Nature · 20th century · Notable
National park in the Canary Islands, Spain
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18.Cueva de los Verdes
Nature · Notable
Lava tube and tourist attraction in Haria, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
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22.Macizo de Anaga Biosphere Reserve
Nature · Notable
Mountain range in the northeastern part of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands
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36.House museum of Christopher Columbus
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Museum located in the historic district of Vegueta in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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52.Caves of Valeron
Nature · Hidden gem
Cultural property in Santa María de Guía de Gran Canaria, Spain
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54.Monumento Natural de La Fortaleza
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Cultural property in Vallehermoso, Spain
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63.Cave of the Guanches
Nature · Hidden gem
Cave and archaeological site, Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife
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67.Bullring of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Bullring in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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68.Elevador de Aguas de Gordejuela
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Pumping station in Canary Islands, Spain
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97.Necrópolis de Arteara
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Cultural property in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Spain
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101.Solar Thermoelectric Energy Laboratory
Archaeological · 21st century · Hidden gem
Abandoned dish structure
Elsewhere in Spain
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Canary Islands?
Tenerife. One of the main islands of the Canary archipelago. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Canary Islands?
103: 89 nature & landscapes and 14 archaeological & historic sites. 71 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Canary Islands?
Bullring of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, dated to 1893. 14 of the 103 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Canary Islands here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Canary Islands if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Canary Islands is a first-level division of Spain, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.