Being the largest of all the Canary Islands, Tenerife is a vacation destination in itself. One can hardly seriously state Tenerife can be discovered in its complete tourist scope by means of a daytrip, which is why island hopping can only provide an intuitively superficial grasp of the tourist opportunities Tenerife is so replete with. The Teide National Park alone could cover several days of one’s stay in Tenerife, not to mention the Corona Forestal belt around it, the Granadilla Moonscape or the two impressive rural parks on the island (Teno and Anaga). The plethora of theme and leisure parks, each of them more spectacular and interesting than the other, adds to the list. Beaches, sports opportunities, shopping and nightlife, all these can complement a stay in Tenerife.
Besides Trasmediterranea and Naviera Armas, the boats of which leave from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and haul ashore at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, an additional alternative in terms of boat trips from Gran Canaria to Tenerife refers to Fred. Olsen. Their vessels cover the same route, which is convenient enough, since thus tourists have the opportunity to hop from one capital to another.
By choosing Binter, tourists have the opportunity to land at either Reina Sofia or Los Rodeos, according to their preference. This also holds true with respect to Islas Airways.
The Los Marteles Nature Reserve is located in central Gran Canaria, and it is a notable site both as protected area and source of tourist opportunities.
The beaches in the south area of Gran Canaria seem to be the most popular by force of the fact they neighbor upon the most frequented resorts on the island
The Antonio Padron House Museum was founded in the honor of Antonio Padron, an artist who has created and worked in sundry fields of art.