Tourism in the Canary Islands seven main islands (7,447 km), they have very diverse landscapes, including long sandy beaches, spectacular cliffs, deserts, and woods. Pico del Teide is the highest mountain in Spain, with a height of 3,718 m, is located on Tenerife. They have four national parks, four biosphere reserves (Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and La Palma), and more than 140 other protected areas. Visitors in the national parks are not permitted to leave defined paths or to camp in the parks. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. The island of Tenerife receives about 5 million tourists each
Lanzarote of Genoese navigator Lancelotto Malocello, who used the alias "Lanzarote da Framqua". A fort was later built in the area of Montaña de Guanapay near today's Teguise. Castilian slaving expeditions in 1385 and 1393 seized hundreds of Guanches and sold them in Spain, initiating the slave trade in the islands. French explorer Jean de Béthencourt arrived in 1402, heading a private expedition under Castilian auspices. Bethencourt first visited the south of Lanzarote at Playas de Papagayo, and the French overran the island within a matter of months. The island lacked mountains and gorges to serve as hideouts for the remaining