Isle of Tenerife

The Guanches are a stonage culture who lived on the Canary Islands. It is supposed that they were coming from the north of Africa by ship or boats and that they brought all their stock with them, but this theory never has been proofed. The Guanches are probably related to the African Berbers. Some of the words that were passed down through the centuries are related to the Berber language.

The Guanches lived in all over the Canary archipel but … Read the rest

The Dragon Tree, especially the very old plant Drago Milenario in Icod de los Vinos, is one of the iconic symbols of Tenerife. In spanish the name of the canary dracaena plant is «Drago» or «Draguito» which is the diminutive form.

It is very slow growing, but when it attains maturity it usually has a thick trunk which is crowned by a thick umbrella-shaped canopy of dagger-like leaves.

It gets its popular name from the secretion of … Read the rest