The Festival de Los Indianos is a traditional event we have every year during Carnival in the Canary islands. We dress up fancy in all white and have baby powder battles.
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The Fish & Abalone Farm
We got a private visit to an active abalone research farm! An abalone is a shellfish with the prettiest shell you ever saw. Plocan is the marine research center of the Canary Islands. They also study fish, seaweed and all kinds of other critters.
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The Painted Caves of Gáldar
The painted caves museum is an archaeological site with dozens of homes from a Guanche village from thousands of years ago. You get to walk through (well above) the ruins and even go into remade houses to see what people lived like. They didn’t look very comfortable. They do 1.5 hour tours in English, Spanish, French, or German.
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Elder Science & Technology Museum
The ultimate kid’s rainy day activity in Las Palmas is either Poema Del Mar or the Elder museum. I love to play the virtual reality games, climb in full sized airplanes, crack the code on puzzles and experiments, learn about the stars, practice surgery, and do art projects. We can touch everything and no one gets made when we run and shout. Sojourn says it’s the best museum ever.
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El Belen de Las Canteras aka Awesome
Every year in December, the city has a sand art nativity scene. The sculptures are bigger than I am and show religious scenes. It’s not just baby Jesus though as many of the sand sculptures show cool scenes of Canarian culture and history.
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Castillo de Luz
We went to the oldest castle in the Canary Islands to explore. And get this, inside this old castle is a modern art museum.
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The Cactus Gardens of César Manrique
A ship load of cacti. Big ones. Tiny ones. Weird ones. Furry ones. Pink ones. Pokey ones. Climbing ones. There was even a drooling cactus monster statue. The cafe served a cactus buffet.. Cactus burgers, cactus smoothies, cactus ice cream, cactus chilli…
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The Open Air Market of Teror
On Sundays, small stands fill the streets surrounding the church. The town has its own classic cheese, sausage, bread and pastries that were really yummy.
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Cueva de Cuatro Puertas
These caves are just sitting there in the desert. We drove right up to them and in less than a 5 minute walk, Sojourn and I were in full on exploration. Four doors was cool, but the giant caves on the other side were much cooler. It’s a quick visit and it was fun.
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Traveling With Serenity 