Travel Guides

The complete editorial guide to La Palma 2026: Tajogaite volcano, Caldera de Taburiente, Roque de los Muchachos and the Gran Telescopio Canarias, laurisilva forest at Cubo de la Galga and Los Tilos, Santa Cruz colonial old town, Fuencaliente wine country, salt pans and Salinas, the post-2021 recovery of Puerto Naos, what’s new for 2026 and where to actually eat and stay. Every price and detail verified 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 Q4 2026, 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 Q4 2026, 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 delayed to late 2026, no tourist tax, five Michelin Recommended restaurants (zero stars) in 2026, and a Best Day Under €35.

The complete Rhodes guide for 2026 — a four-regime palimpsest on the edge of Anatolia: Knights (1309-1522), Ottomans (1522-1912), Italians (1912-1947), Greeks (1947-today). Street of the Knights, Palace of the Grand Master (€20), Kahal Shalom Synagogue and the 23 July 1944 deportation memorial, Lindos Acropolis (€6 — go before 09:00), Ancient Kamiros, Kallithea Springs Art Deco spa, Butterfly Valley in season, Tsambika pilgrimage, ferries to Symi, the 2023 wildfire aftermath and climate context, Aulūs Lindos Hilton and Amoh Luxury Collection opening 2026, EES active, Michelin Guide does not yet cover the Dodecanese, and a Best Day Under €30.

The complete Santorini guide for 2026 — beyond the caldera sunset. Akrotiri Bronze Age town (€20, combined ticket €15 with Ancient Thera and the Museum of Prehistoric Thera), Ancient Thera on Mesa Vouno, Assyrtiko and Vinsanto at Santo Wines and Venetsanos, the Oia Agios Nikolaos / Kastro crowd trap and where to watch sunset instead, Thirasia day trip, 8,000/day cruise cap, Michelin’s first Santorini selection expected H2 2026, Sandblu LXR opens April 2026, EES active, and a Best Day Under €55. An honest account of the most photographed island in Europe.

The complete Ibiza guide for 2026 — beyond the clubs. Puig des Molins Phoenician necropolis (3,000+ hypogea, free entry), Dalt Vila UNESCO walled city (free), Ses Salines Natural Park posidonia seagrass, Amnesia’s 50th anniversary season, UNVRS at the former Privilege site, three Michelin stars (La Gaia, Omakase by Walt, Unic), the Ibicenco housing crisis, and a Best Day Under €50. What the island is besides the clubs — and an honest account of what the clubs actually cost.

The complete Gran Canaria guide for 2026 — beyond the southern resort strip. Vegueta 1478 old quarter (€6), Cueva Pintada de Gáldar (€6), Risco Caído UNESCO, Fortaleza de Ansite and the 1483 end of the conquest, Roque Nublo (reservation required), Maspalomas dunes rules, the Michelin 2026 five (La Aquarela, Los Guayres, Poemas, Tabaiba, Muxgo), Canarian wine country, and a Best Day Under €28 in Las Palmas. What the 15.8 million annual passengers miss.

Your complete Crete guide for 2026 — Europe’s first civilisation (Minoan, 3000 BCE), eight consecutive occupations, and an island that joined modern Greece only in 1913. Knossos (€15), Samaria Gorge (€5), Venetian Heraklion and Chania, the Anogia reprisal massacres, Cretan diet, raki culture, and a Best Day Under €30 in Heraklion. The guide for people who want Crete, not the package strip.

Your complete Malta guide for 2026 — three civilisations on one island: the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (5,500 years old, 80 visitors/day), Valletta’s Caravaggio (the only painting he ever signed), the Daphne Caruana Galizia memorial cleared daily. Michelin stars verified: ION Harbour 2★, De Mondion, Under Grain, Noni, Rosamì all 1★. ETIAS not yet live. Best day under €35.

Your complete Cyprus guide for 2026 — three islands in one (the Aphrodite coast, eleven thousand years of archaeology, and the last divided capital in the world). Paphos Archaeological Park (€4.50 or €8.50 combined), Kourion at sunset, the Troodos painted churches, Nicosia across the Green Line, Varosha reopened against UN resolution, Ayia Napa’s beach-plus-trap, and the Best Day Under €35 that crosses two nation-states on foot.

Your complete Corsica guide for 2026 — the Three Corsicas (coastal, mountain, political), Bonifacio at dawn, Scandola by boat, GR20 day-sections, Maison Bonaparte (€10 / free 1st Sunday), the Michelin 2★ Casadelmar, EES biometric border live 10 April 2026, and the autonomy statute vote opening in Paris.

Your complete Sicily guide for 2026 — Valley of the Temples, Palatine Chapel and Monreale’s Arab-Norman mosaics, Val di Noto baroque, live Etna eruption status, Albero Falcone in Palermo, new Michelin 2-star I Tenerumi on Vulcano, Taormina off-season, and honest advice on when to visit and what to skip.

Your complete Sardinia guide for 2026 — Su Nuraxi UNESCO nuraghe, Giants of Mont’e Prama in Cabras, Cala Goloritzé booking rules (€7, 250/day), La Pelosa access rules, Michelin Capogiro (new 2026), Delta JFK–Olbia from 21 May, and honest advice on Costa Smeralda versus the Barbagia interior.

Your complete Menorca guide for 2026 — Sant Joan in Ciutadella 23–24 June, Talayotic UNESCO sites from €2, Xoriguer gin free tastings, caldereta de llagosta at Sa Llagosta in Fornells, Cami de Cavalls 185 km coastal path, Hauser & Wirth on Illa del Rei reopening 25 April 2026, and honest advice on the summer cala quotas.