The Canary Islands

The Canary Islands lie about seven hundred miles south west of mainland Spain and less than 100 miles from the coast of Africa. The archipelago consists of seven major islands of which four belong to the province of Tenerife:
La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and Tenerife itself.

Fuerteventura and Lanzarote belong to Gran Canaria and form the other province of the autonomous community. The seven islands have a combined population of little less then two million. The islands have an autonomous government but remain, of course, a part of Spain. The language is Spanish; the currency is the euro and the laws are those of Spain; excepting some regional laws unique to the islands.

Tenerife, the most magical of these 'Islands in the Sun', where PCI is based, has a population of about 800,000, its capital being Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It is an island of micro-climates, owing to the impact Mount Teide has which measures around twelve thousand feet and is the highest mountain in the whole of Spain.