AtlantisAccording to Greek mythology, Atlantis was a huge island inhabited by a rich, wise, fair and generous people governed by the sea god Poseido...
Gara and JonayThe story of Gara and Jonay is without doubt one of the most romantic Canarian tales. The story tells of how Princess Gara from Gomera and t...
Ladon, the hundred-headed dragonIn Greek mythology, Ladon was a huge dragon with 100 heads that guarded the Garden of the Hesperides and the golden apples yielded by its tr...
San BorondónOne of the most popular legends in the Canary Islands speaks of an eighth island that emerges and disappears near El Hierro and can be seen ...
The Garden of the HesperidesCenturies before Christ, certain Greek thinkers believed that the mythical garden of the Hesperides was located in the Canary Islands. In th...
The UFO phenomenonThe stories of extraterrestrial sightings and alien encounters in Tenerife have made the Island a mythical place in UFO studies. A series of...