{"id":1254,"date":"2015-01-26T20:45:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T20:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desaplatanate.org\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2021-12-29T12:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T12:00:41","slug":"seven-facts-maybe-didnt-know-canary-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desaplatanate.org\/en\/seven-facts-maybe-didnt-know-canary-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven facts that you maybe didn’t know about the Canary Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canary Islands abound in singularities. Here, we are going to present seven of them\u2026<\/p>\n

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1<\/strong>. Tenerife possesses the hiking trail with the highest altitude difference in Spain. It is the path 0-4-0 that starts in Los Realejos at sea level and leads up to the top of Mount Teide with an altitude of 3.718 meters.<\/p>\n

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2.<\/strong> The Canary Islands hold 4 of the 12 Spanish national parks. Two of them are declared World Cultural Heritage of the UNESCO.<\/p>\n

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3.<\/strong> The \u00abGomeran Whistle\u00bb (Silbo gomero), declared\u00a0Intangible cultural heritage, is still used as a way of communication practiced by only few groups of people.<\/p>\n

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4<\/strong>. One of the smallest hotels of the world, offering only 4 accommodations, is situated on El Hierro.<\/p>\n

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5<\/strong>. The Teide National Park is the most visited national park of Europe.<\/p>\n

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6<\/strong>. Due to the particular importance of the Canarian wine,\u00a0William Shakespeare mentions it in two of his works: \u00abThe Merry Wives of Windsor\u00bb and \u00abHenry IV\u00bb<\/p>\n

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7.<\/strong> The \u00abWind Cave\u00bb (La Cueva del Viento) on Tenerife is, with its 18 kilometers of lengths, one of the ten longest lava tubes of the world.<\/p>\n

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