Month: April 2026

The complete Azores guide for 2026 — nine volcanic islands 1,400 km out in the Atlantic at the junction of three tectonic plates. Sete Cidades twin lakes (free, crater-rim walk at dawn), Caldeira Velha (€10, pre-booked time slots), Furnas cozido (Tony’s, €15–25), Mount Pico (2,351 m — Portugal’s highest peak, guided summit climb), Pico vineyard UNESCO 2004 landscape, Angra do Heroísmo UNESCO 1983, Algar do Carvão lava tube (€10), Capelinhos volcano and the Azorean Refugee Act 1958 (JFK), Peter Café Sport (since 1918), Fajã da Caldeira de Santo Cristo on São Jorge (only Azorean clam farm), Flores Biosphere Reserve 2009. São Miguel tourist tax €2/night max 3 nights, EES active since 10 April 2026, ETIAS not yet live, zero Michelin stars in Azores 2026 but WHITE São Miguel earned the only Michelin Key. Best Day Under €20 on São Miguel.

The complete Fuerteventura guide for 2026 — the driest and oldest of the Canary Islands, a 20-million-year-old volcanic plain eroded flat by trade winds and manufactured water. Corralejo Dunes Natural Park (free, 2,600 ha), Isla de Lobos (€18+€36 ferry / free permit), Betancuria (founded 1404, Casa Santa María), Cofete beach and Villa Winter, the Sotavento kitesurf lagoon, Pico de la Zarza (807 m), Ajuy caves (100-million-year-old oceanic crust), Casa de los Coroneles La Oliva (€3), Ecomuseo La Alcogida at Tefía (€5) and the adjacent Colonia Penitenciaria declared the first LGBTI+ Lugar de Memoria Democrática in Spain on 9 February 2026, Casa-Museo Unamuno (free), Tindaya’s sacred Majorero mountain (BIC-protected 2023). EES active at FUE since 10 April 2026, ETIAS not yet live, no tourist tax, zero Michelin stars on Fuerteventura in 2026, IGIC 7%, and a Best Day Under €25.

The complete Lanzarote guide for 2026 — an island whose landscape was reset by a six-year volcanic eruption that ended in 1736 and whose aesthetic was reset by one artist, César Manrique, between 1966 and 1992. Timanfaya National Park (€30, geothermal demonstrations, mandatory bus tour), Jameos del Agua and Cueva de los Verdes lava tubes (€17 each), Fundación César Manrique at Tahíche (€10), La Geria volcanic vineyards and Malvasía Volcánica wine, the Papagayo beaches, La Graciosa day trip (ferry €16), Arrecife and Charco de San Ginés, Teguise Sunday market, Famara surf beach, a 20-30°C year-round climate and 115 mm of annual rain, EES active at ACE since 10 April 2026, ETIAS not yet live, no tourist tax, five Michelin Recommended restaurants (zero stars) in 2026, and a Best Day Under €35.