When you aren’t indulging in the food, get active in the surrounds; sailing, surfing, golf and more are all at hand and there ...

The memories of first encounters with certain plants last a lifetime. Often, such plants are discovered growing in places ...

The volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands are far from dormant ... and head for the Canaries from Southampton, calling at Madeira on the way out, Cadiz and Lisbon on the way back.

With a new twice-weekly service linking Shannon to the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira, there has never been a better ...

New research into the fossil record of Macaronesia has uncovered a formerly rich diversity of gadfly petrel species (genus ...

BRITS heading to the sun-soaked Canary Islands this summer are in for a shock with furious locals plotting mass protests and the government ripping up its tourism rulebook. Holiday hotspots like ...

The Canary Islands have been inundated by a ‘record-breaking’ number of visitors so far this year, according to local authority figures. It’s a blow to the thousands of residents who have ...

Madeira and the Canary Islands. These forests display a wealth of ecological niches, intact ecosystem processes, and play a predominant role in maintaining the hydrological balance on the Island of ...

Humid, evergreen Laurisilva once covered much of southern Europe, but the forest, named for its numerous Laurel species, is ...

Short-wave frequencies for North Africa cover Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, the Canary Islands and Madeira. Try frequencies for West Africa as well. BBC World Service (European schedule) is available ...

British holidaymakers in the Canary Islands have been soaked to the skin as Storm Oliver battered the popular tourist spots. The worst of the storm hit Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura ...

It so happens that the Canary Islands, located 300 miles south of Madeira, are the only other place that qualifies as Pride of Madeira’s habitat. For two decades, I have had this plant growing ...