Time difference Canary Islands
It will be one hour. When it is noon in France or on the peninsula, it is 11 am in the Canary Islands. In addition, you will notice a break between 2pm and 5pm: lunch time, the comida fuerte, the main meal and sometimes the siesta.
Opening hours Canary Islands
To see / To do Canary Islands
Museums are generally closed on Mondays and public holidays. Some monuments are open intermittently, but the majority open from 9am to 1pm and from 4pm to 8pm and one hour later in summer. To find out their exact schedules, which sometimes change four times a year, it is best to check them on their website. The groups tend to visit in the morning, which generates more visitors and therefore, whenever possible, the afternoon is more recommended. Knowing that the number of visitors is infinitely less than in the metropolis and that you will rarely have to queue.
Enjoying yourself Canary Islands
As in the Iberian metropolis, restaurant opening hours are different from those in France. It is from 2 to 4 pm for lunch, the most important, comida fuerte, and from 9 pm for dinner. Restaurants are often closed on Sundays and Mondays. Better to book at noon if you wish to get a place on the terrace to have a nice view. In the evening, Fridays and Saturdays are the busiest nights for refuelling.
Take a break Canary Islands
Bars for a drink are open all day and often all week. In larger cities or tourist places, these are more like copas (cocktail bars), frequented after dinner, so rather around 11pm and more. It's Friday and Saturday nights that they'll be stormed. Happy hours are only practiced in university cities like La Laguna or Las Palmas, and nearby. Some bars sometimes close with the last customer.
(To) please yourself Canary Islands
The shops are open from Monday to Friday, from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm. With the exception of department stores and some very tourist shops, they close on Saturdays, often all day long, and food shops are sometimes open in the morning. The markets are open from Monday to Saturday, from 9am to 1pm.
Get out Canary Islands
Nightlife comes alive especially on weekends, Friday and Saturday nights. When it comes to going out in discos, the Canary Islanders are not the last. And to specify: "No hay ningún ambient antes de las 2", no ambiance before 2 o'clock in the morning.
