The Canary Islands in spring
THE Canary Islands which are splashed off the coast of the Horn of Africa are hot tourist destinations for British, Irish and Scandinavian travelers coming from such places as Wales, Iceland, Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Norway at any time of the year. It is more so this spring for basically three reasons – there are lots of floras exclusive to the Canary Islands only and they bloom their flowers which emit various colors only this season. The second reason is that temperatures in the Canary Islands are starting to get warmer as the climate transitions itself from winter to summer. The third reason is of course, students from all over the world in such countries as the United States and Holland are in their spring break and so they can have ample time to be accompany their parents on vacation in the Canary Islands.
Aside from the archipelago’s capital which is Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and its most famous destination Tenerife, the Canary Islands is also composed of Hierro, La Gomera, Lanzarote, Montafla Clara, Lobos, Alegreza and La Graciosa. There are actually more than 2,000 plant species spread between these ten inhabited islands alone. Each of them has distinctive colors of flowers when they bloom during spring so it must be a pretty awesome sight to look at whenever you are here.
The coastal parts of any island in the Canaries archipelago are the most awesome of all. Here, you can find both conventional and nudist beaches. And in these parts of the island, you can also find some of the exotic plants that are found only here. So if you’re renting a vacation home in the Canary Islands, it may be cool to stroll down the fishing village and if you know a little Spanish, a fisherman will hand you a large grouper for free so you can grill it back home in the vacation suite that you are renting. On the way, you can find some exotic plants growing such as the babosa, acelga del mar, perpetuas marinas, margaritas, sapera, albohol and corzoncillo. The flowers of the acelga del mar are yellow in color; the perpetuas marinas are lavender; the margaritas and albohol are white; and the sapera are pinkish in color.
An example of an arid region in the Canaries is Mt. Teide, a dormant volcano which is currently a national park in Tenerife. In Mt. Teide, there are visible signs asking tourists not to litter around so as to preserve the beauty of the volcano. Some of the exotic flora species found here include the cardon, comical, berode, romero marino, tabaiba amarga, balo, madarna, cerraja arborea, tabaiba dulce, cerillo blanco, graminaceae, cardoncillo, retama blanca, taginaste, hierba del risco, palma, drago, corona de la reina, ahulaga, mato risco, malva Silvestre, ajenjo, hierba de la rabia, pinillo and arebol. Actually, there are a lot more exotic plants that are native only here in the Canary Islands and you can get to see them in actuality only if you are willing to come to a vacation here. So go ahead, call your travel agent now.