Who Were The Guanches?
The Guanches were the original inhabitants of The Canary Islands before the invasion by Spain. Who were they, and what were they like?
Lanzarote Legends – Christopher Columbus
Did you know that Christopher Columbus set out from The Canaries for his journey to discover The Americas? He also called in to various islands here over the years, for food an fuel for his mammoth Atlantic crossings. With the fall of Constantinople in 1453 the Europeans no longer had a safe passage over land…