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Tenerife Canary Islands The largest Canary Island: Mount Teide, a greener north, a sunnier south, beach resorts, and hiking in Anaga and the national park.
Gran Canaria Canary Islands Dunes at Maspalomas, a mountainous interior around Roque Nublo, the city of Las Palmas, and distinct microclimates north and south.
São Miguel Azores The largest Azorean island: Sete Cidades crater lakes, Furnas hot springs, Lagoa do Fogo, tea fields, and whale watching.

Updated November 1, 2026Reviewer: IslandCat EditorialLast Verified: July 22, 2026

IslandCat is an independent guide to choosing and planning island trips. Explore research-based guides across the Canary Islands, the Azores, the Balearic Islands, Madeira and Porto Santo, with clear comparisons of climate, landscapes, transport and travel style.

Choose By Trip Character

Islands reward different kinds of trips. A beach week, a hiking trip, a family stay and a car-free short break each point to a different island, sometimes within the same archipelago.

The guides on IslandCat compare the things that actually decide a trip: what the weather does in each season, how much of the island you can reach without a car, where the good bases are and how long the distances feel on the ground.

Which Island Fits Your Trip

Beach first: Fuerteventura, Porto Santo and Formentera are built around sand
Hiking: La Palma, La Gomera, Madeira and the Tenerife interior have the deepest trail networks
Quiet and small: El Hierro, La Graciosa, Corvo and Menorca keep the volume down
Culture and city life: Las Palmas, Palma and Angra do Heroísmo anchor their islands
Family travel: Menorca, Gran Canaria and Porto Santo keep logistics simple
Car-light trips: La Graciosa, Formentera and Corvo work without your own car
Winter sun: the Canary Islands stay mild when the Mediterranean cools down

How IslandCat Helps

Every guide is researched against official and first-hand sources, written to answer the questions travelers actually ask, and labeled with visible update and review dates.

Facts that change, such as permits, transport connections and opening arrangements, carry their sources so you can verify them before you book. When something is out of date, the corrections page explains how to tell us.

Coverage Roadmap

The IslandCat catalog covers 22 islands across the Canary Islands, the Azores, the Balearic Islands and the Madeira archipelago. Complete guides are released in reviewed waves rather than published half-finished.

Guides available today: Tenerife, Gran Canaria and São Miguel. Every other island already appears in its region overview, and its guide will be linked the moment it passes review.

Madeira and Porto Santo

Madeira has its own dedicated guide, with day-by-day planning tools, at madeira.fun. It is run by the same team as IslandCat and goes far deeper than a single overview page can.

Porto Santo, Madeira's beach island neighbour, belongs to the IslandCat catalog and appears in the Madeira and Porto Santo region overview.