Parques Nacionales en las Islas Canarias

in the archipelago. The park is part of the municipality of Yaiza, but also of the adjoining municipality of Tinajo. Timanfaya was declared National Park in 1974, becoming the third protected area of the Canary archipelago.

Timanfaya represents an interesting example of recent volcanism in the Macaronesian Region. These eruptions took place in 1730 and 1736, and finally in 1824 and created spectacular geomorphological structures of great volcanological interest.

The beauty of the Timanfaya National Park lies in the absence of a mantle of vegetation along with the extreme rugosity of the terrain, the impossible shapes, the colors that go from reds, browns and ocher reaching blacks and oranges, in addition to the silhouettes of the volcanoes and an abrupt coastline, in short a Martian spot on the island.

Inside the park you can see a lot of phenomena of volcanic nature, clear sample of the activity that the area presents, you can see geysers, gorse combustion and you could even see how food is cooked in the heat that emanates from the earth. An essential place in Lanzarote.

Heritage Sites Unesco since 2007 with the category of Natural Good.

The Teide National Park occupies the central part of the island of Tenerife, has an average altitude of 2000 meters and the top is the peak of the Teide, being the highest of Spain with an altitude of 3718 meters. The El Teide National Park is the most visited of Spain and Europa, annually it is estimated that it receives around three million tourists, which It shows the importance of the monument.

It is worth mentioning the structure of the caldera and the stratovolcano Teide-Pico-Viejo unique in the planet, the importance of this natural space is not here, we must highlight the castings, cones or caves that can be found, as well as a curious flora and fauna with endemic and exclusive species.

The extension of the park is about 19,000 hectares, has a Peripheral Protection Zone and is surrounded by the Forest Corona Natural Park that extends the park to more than 46,500 hectares

Unesco included it among the assets that are part of the World Heritage. The park is also since 2012 Biosphere Reserve together with the whole island.

Islands. Like the rest of the archipelago is of volcanic nature, but it is distinguished by the great quantity of hydric resources that it possesses, as much subterranean as superficial.