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Tenerife, Canary Islands

WEATHER CUISINE
The Canaries are characterized by their warm climate that doesn’t Canarian cuisine, varies slightly from island to island, however there
change much throughout the year. This means that temperatures are plenty of dishes that they share in common. The most popular of
generally exceed 20 degrees between April and October, with the these is Papas Arrugadas, which are whole potatoes that are boiled in
coldest month, January having an eminently pleasant average of seawater, giving them wrinkly skin and a salty flavour that all visitors are
18 degrees. This means that visitors will be able to swim and enjoy bound to enjoy. The islanders are also massive fish eaters, with a variety
their many beautiful beaches all-year-round. The hottest month of large fish cooked and usually drizzled with a healthy dose of either
on most of the islands is August, when temperatures average 24-26 mojo rojo or mojo verde the two most popular sauces throughout the
degrees, depending on which island you visit. Canaries. Various islands have their own cheeses, which are usually
made with either goat’s milk or sheep’s milk.

HISTORY & CULTURE
Having been inhabited since pre-Roman times, historians have long
been speculating that the original residents migrated from North Atlantic Ocean Lanzarote
Africa. However, their existence was forgotten for more than 1000
Fuerteventura
years, after the fall of the Roman Empire, until they were rediscovered Tenerife
by Spanish Conquistadors in the late 14th century. From then on,
the marauding invaders gradually brought each island under the Gran Canaria
dominion of the Spanish Crown, with Fuerteventura, falling in the early
15th century and Tenerife being the final domino in 1496. From then on,
they were ruled from Spain.

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