El Hierro is the tiny western outpost of Spain’s Canary Islands, a place of lava cliffs, laurel forests and natural rock ...

THE Canary Islands are one of the most popular holiday destinations for Brits with Tenerife and Gran Canaria being some of ...

While protests against mass tourism rage on neighbouring islands, El Hierro – the wildest and most westerly of the Canary Islands – has quietly chosen to do things very differently. I had only been ...

FeatureIn October alone, over 13,000 migrants landed in the Spanish archipelago, with nearly 7,300 of them arriving on its smallest territory, which is trying to avoid the 'Lampedusa effect,' a term ...

When offering a better future implies changing paradigms, every gamble is worth it. Taking advantage of environmental conditions and knowing the value of biodiversity becomes a priority. In El Hierro ...

LA RESTINGA, Spain, Nov 24 (Reuters) - El Hierro's crystal-clear waters and abundance of marine life have made this island in Spain's Canaries archipelago one of the world's top scuba diving spots.

Since 2023, thousands of African migrants have arrived on El Hierro, a Spanish island off the coast of Africa. Despite lacking the resources to accommodate new arrivals, locals continue to show ...

In the arid southwest of El Hierro, against a backdrop of inhospitable mountain plains scorched yellow by the blazing sun above, lies El Sabinar. Bent uncomfortably, with its twisted branches ...

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