jueves, 5 de mayo de 2011

Canary Islands.

LOCATION.

The Canary Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocean, Nort-West of Africa and South-West of Europe.



          We are directly in front of the coast of Morocco



    GRAN CANARIA

There are different climatical areas and different landscapes:










massive mountains                                                                                desert land (Maspalomas beach)
 (La Aldea de San Nicolas)








 
tropical forest (Tilos from Moya)

  LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA

There are very interesting buildings and places in our city:










The Cathedral of Las Palmas de G.C.









Santa Ana square.









House of Colón
(It reminds us that Cristobal Colon made halt in Las Palmas on their journey to America)











Canarian museum
(It shows the most interesting exposition you may find about canarian original population)













Pueblo Canario
(It is a square with typical canarian building where you can see typical canarian dances)



(It shows the incredible variety of plants at the islands, with hundreds of species)










It is one of the most grown and popular ornamental trees all around the world.

It has got very sweet fruits called dates.

Goats