Legends

Tenerife is an island of legend: Ladon or the dragon with 100 heads, Atlantis, San Borondon...

  • Atlantis

    Atlantis  

    For many centuries, including those after the Spanish conquest of the islands, the theory about the origin of the Canary Islands claimed that they were the... [+]

  • Gara and Jonay

    Gara and Jonay  

    The story of Gara and Jonay is a beautiful Guanche legend. Gara was a beautiful princess from La Gomera who fell in love with Jonay, a prince and son of the King... [+]

  • Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon

    Ladon, the hundred-headed dragon  

    In Greek mythology Ladon is a giant dragon with a hundred heads that guarded the Garden of Hesperydes, a group of island paradises which ancient scholars situated... [+]

  • San Borondón

    San Borondón  

    The legend of the island of San Borondón, the other island, owes its existence to the Irish monk Saint Brendan who set off on a sea expedition in 516 AD in search... [+]

  • The Garden of Hesperydes

    The Garden of Hesperydes  

    Classical scholars, from several centuries before Christ, situate the Garden of Hesperydes in the Canary Islands. In their writing this place is described as a... [+]

  • UFOS

    UFOS  

    Tenerife is often mentioned in studies about UFOs. There have been countless stories of UFO sightings and even contact with aliens on the island, which is... [+]

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