Help with Canary Islands Itinerary

To have more options for tours over your stay you'll probably have better luck looking at the bigger, more touristed islands, Gran Canaria or Tenerife. I know the former well but don't know the latter at all.

On Gran Canaria, most of the "fly and flop" beachgoers are in the south of the island, but you might want to look at Las Palmas, the capital city. It's more Spanish, lively, dynamic, cultural, etc. Most of the other, more 'authentic' towns are small and can be remote. However, because most tourists are in the south, many tours only do pick-ups in that half of the island.

On Tenerife, I think things are similar, but swap in Santa Cruz for the more northerly capital city.

If you do choose to do more than one, ferries and flights between the islands are frequent, cheap, and easy. Note that Tenerife has two airports, so plan accordingly.

Also, renting cars on the islands is cheap and common, and would open a world of possibilities. But two caveats: Know your parking situation at accommodation. And the mountian driving can be intimidating.

Thank you so much for that info! Now I can focus more on the options you suggest and see what works best for me. Thanks for taking the time to respond!

I'm headed to the Canaries over Thanksgiving and have all the key flights and hotels booked. I'm doing a triangle Tenerife to Gran Canaria to Lanzarote. I'll rent a car in each place since I like to explore.

The only thing left for me is to book the internal flights: TFN-LPA and LPA-ACE. I've checked out the BinterCanarias website and I'm aware of the Resident v/s non-Resident rate. I've also checked out AirEuropa and the rates here are more that the resident rate and cheaper than the non-resident rate on Binter. However, there is no indication whether these flight prices are for residents only. Does anyone have experience with AirEuropa flights between the islands? I'm tempted to book with AirEuropa but want to avoid any hassle when I arrive at the airport in case these are resident rates?

Just took a look at that, David.

If you’re using AirEuropas US based website, ir shows two regular fare types and does not offer the resident discount.

Only changing ‘Country, Spain’ is there then a toggle for resident discounts. That, also, has two fare types, 75% below the non-resident equivalent. Select that fare ans you’d be asked for a DNI/NIE number, which, of course, you won’t have.

So, booking AirEuropa in Canaries, just toggle your country to US on the home page. (Which should be its default when looking from here.

I have been to the Canary Islands on 2 different trips. One was Tenerife and the other was on Lanzarote. Tenerife has far more people on it. Having said that, we ventured around with the car. I especially liked the National Park in the center of the island and some remote drives on the North side of the island.

Lanzarote is amazing. Beutiful place! There is a terrific set of wineries in the middle of the island, as well as a wonderful cactus garden. Both are great day trips. If you want to learn more about Lanzarote, check out the Jose Andres show with his daughters. The Lanzarote episode will give you many ideas

Thanks Scudder for the guidance. I already booked my tickets using the AirEuropa US site last week so I should be set.

Now my only issue is that the flights are actually operated by CanaryFly and the AirEuropa record locator dosen't work on that website. Not too worried - will figure it out when i get to the first airport.