Tenerife

I think you have missed the point of my post. And I think you can't understand it if the only places that you have ever been to are resorts.

Wait a moment, I´m contacting with Zamarbora, a girl of the Canary Islands

Completely agreed. Salou sucks a big time

Yeah, I second what Jim said! Aquasur on Gran Canaria sucked big time and cost 16 euros each(!!!) to get in. There was nothing on - most of the slides were closed and we ended up leaving after an hour. The biggest waste of cash a-going!!!

I see what you mean, and agree with it. All resorts are the same, whatever the place. The problem with the Canary Islands is that it's very difficult to find an authentic, quiet place... I've never been there, and that's actually the reason... Well, that, and the fact that I don't like the seaside :P

I'm not saying they're not good, though. They're probably fine for relaxing (sort of!) and soaking up the sun, etc.

las americas is now crap. the main bars around veronicas have been shut due to drugs and fighting. i'd suggest gran canaria. w e went to puerto rico last years and it was fantastic.

Im with you Jim. But whats wrong with the water park, we had a brilliant day out there.

Tenerife can be nice if you pick the right area. I personally would avoid Playa Da las Americas and head for Los Cristianos if you're determined to go to Tenerife. There's also some sand beaches there as most of the in Las Americas are still volcanic rock.

Gran Canaria is good. There's lively resorts (Puerto Rico, Playa Del Ingles) or quieter more relaxed areas such as Maspolomas. The dunes at Maspolomas are great, you feel like you're in the desert - that is until you end up on a nudist beach LOL - watch out for that if you head there!

I personally am not a fan of Lanzorote - it's too barren for my liking. But I know a few people who have enjoyed it there.

My personal recommendation for the Canary Islands would have to be Fuerteventura. It's the least "touristy" out of them all. There's still some old towns to be found and peaceful holidays are easy to have there. There's also night life if you go looking for it, but you're not overwhelmed by it like on the other islands. I thoroughly recommend Corrlejo as wonderful town to stay in or you could stay in Caleta De Fuste (although I don't know what it's like). In general, Fuerteventura is a very relaxed island, but there is plenty to do. We took a catamaran out, took a days boat ride to Lanzarote, went camel riding etc. Good times

Yeah, I forgot to mention that - Maspalomas does have its own nudist colony! It's quite strange at first cos you have to walk over these HUGE sand dunes (the sand has all been windswept from the Sahara in Africa, a mere 70 miles to the east!) and suddenly out of the bushes all these naked people start ambling around - it's quite funny, you don't know where to avert your eyes!

The nudist section tends to stay inland though, in the dunes, whereas the main beach is pretty much swimming costumes as normal - apart from the occasional young lady who decides that 'half-naked' is just as acceptable!!

I dared my girlfriend to go 'half-naked' and she actually DID! I really didn't expect her to and it surprised me quite a bit! Oh, it was so much fun!