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Three Walks in the Canary Islands
The two towns of La Laguna, Vegueta to Triana in Las Palmas, and the laurel forest of Garajonay.
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Three Canary moments we keep going back to: Teide early in the morning, lunch at a starred table on the coast of Adeje, and a day among César Manrique’s centres on Lanzarote.
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A World Heritage grid
The two towns of La Laguna
A walk from the unplanned Upper Town into the grid of the Lower Town, the first ideal city-territory.
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Market, chapel and shopping streets
Vegueta to Triana
From the market and chapels of Vegueta, the old quarter of Las Palmas, across to the shops and cafés of Triana.
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Mist and moss
The laurel forest of Garajonay
Paths through the laurel forest that covers some 70 per cent of Garajonay National Park.
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Streets and squares.
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A World Heritage grid
The two towns of La Laguna
A walk from the unplanned Upper Town into the grid of the Lower Town, the first ideal city-territory.
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Market, chapel and shopping streets
Vegueta to Triana
From the market and chapels of Vegueta, the old quarter of Las Palmas, across to the shops and cafés of Triana.
Forest 1
Garajonay.
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Mist and moss
The laurel forest of Garajonay
Paths through the laurel forest that covers some 70 per cent of Garajonay National Park.
