Tourism in the Canary Islands beaches of Europe (Playa del Ingles, Las Canteras, etc.). Gran Canaria has near 50% of its territory declared an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. This island is usually called "a continent in miniature" because of the diversity of its landscapes. Lanzarote, the most northeasterly of the Canary Islands, has been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. It has an arid volcanic landscape and there are about 300 volcanic cones on the island. The island has a low-key approach to tourism and the traditional architecture of island's interior are taken into consideration. This approach was influenced by the artist César Manrique, who was from
Religion in the Canary Islands the Romanian Orthodox Church and the new "Orthodox Church of the Canary Islands (Patriarchate of Serbia)", which is a small community within the Spanish Orthodox Church, under the Patriarchate of Serbia and in communion with the universal Orthodox Church. Its headquarters is in "Las Caletillas" (municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife). There are also small communities of Jehovah's Witnesses and those belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which there are 2,300 members in the Canary Islands. On the island of Tenerife there are three Mormon centers: in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Los Cristianos and San Cristóbal