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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The islands are located between Madeira and the Canary Islands, allowing Portugal’s territorial waters to reach within 40 nautical miles of the Spanish territory. In terms of distance ...

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 ...

Anti-tourism protesters in Tenerife have vowed to ramp up their demonstrations this summer after the Canary Islands saw a surge of two million visitors last year. The protests, led by locals of ...

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 ...

Torrential rain and thunderstorms have battered the Canary Islands since Storm Olivier made landfall on the Spanish archipelago last Wednesday. The island of Lanzarote bore the brunt of the ...