Canary Islands: beaches, weather, events and places for families with children.
Workshops, theatre, fairs and family events collected automatically from local media and agendas. We skip permanent attractions (Siam Park, Loro Parque and the like) unless something special happens there. Check with the organiser before you go.
Waves and wind from the Open-Meteo model for the sea off the beach. Sheltered bays and breakwaters are often calmer. Always check the lifeguard flag.
Choose an island at the top to also see its own holiday.
Public schools in the Canary Islands. Each municipality also has 2 local holidays and each school may set up to 4 extra days off (often for Carnival). Check them with your school. Source: BOC 61/2026, correction BOC 75/2026, BOC 133/2026.
Cheapest flight out and back on school days off, from TCI, LPA, ACE, FUE, SPC. Price per person, two one-way tickets, ·1 = with a stop. Prices from recent searches, refreshed every 12 h: 5 h ago.
| Out | Back | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 29 € Sat 05.12 | 39 € Tue 08.12 | 68 € |
| Madrid | 28 € Sat 05.12 | 46 € Tue 08.12 | 74 € (resident ≈ 30 €) |
| Barcelona | 54 € Sat 05.12 | 41 € Tue 08.12 | 95 € (resident ≈ 36 €) |
| Paris (Disneyland) | 55 € Sat 05.12 ·1 | 60 € Tue 08.12 ·1 | 115 € |
| Rome | 67 € Sat 05.12 ·1 | 63 € Tue 08.12 | 130 € |
| Lisbon | 67 € Sat 05.12 ·1 | 83 € Tue 08.12 ·1 | 150 € |
| Madeira (Funchal) | - | - | - |
| Porto | - | - | - |
| Marrakesh | - | 57 € Tue 08.12 ·1 | - |
| Agadir | - | 54 € Tue 08.12 ·1 | - |
| Seville | - | - | - |
| Cape Verde (Sal) | 203 € Sat 05.12 ·2 | - | - |
Schools, nurseries, grants and child health from the last 10 days.
Workshops for children from Meetup and local news. Below: schools and clubs from OpenStreetMap. Not all of them run classes for children, so check their website.
Data from OpenStreetMap, updated weekly. Hover or tap a dot to see its name.
School is compulsory from age 6 to 16. Preschool from 3 to 6 (Infantil) is free in public schools but not compulsory.
First register at the town hall (empadronamiento). The registration certificate is needed for school and for the doctor.
The main admission round for public schools is once a year, in spring, for the next school year. A child arriving during the year can also be admitted: contact the chosen school or the Consejería de Educación.
Admisión: school admission (Gobierno de Canarias) ↗
Canary Islands school calendar ↗
After registering, apply for a health card (tarjeta sanitaria) at your nearest centro de salud. Your child will get a family paediatrician there.
In an emergency call 112. Today’s on-duty pharmacies are listed in the News section.
Diagnosis and support in public school go through the paediatrician and the school guidance team (EOEP). Ask the school for a meeting right after enrolment.
On Tenerife, APANATE is an association of families of autistic people. apanate.org ↗
Sensory-friendly events are marked as calm in the Nomad section.