February 2, 2012
Tenerife offers fantastic walking routes through a dramatic scenery and sometimes demanding landscape. Despite welcoming millions of tourists to its resorts each year, much of Tenerife is wild and untameable…
January 14, 2012
Over the last few years Tenerife has gained more and more of a reputation as a walking destination that offers some first class and incredibly diverse hiking trails. This is clearly a real bonus for anyone on holiday in Tenerife…
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August 11, 2011
The route runs from Garachico to San Juan del Reparo – more or less straight up the hill. Garachico was looking bright and perky in the summer sun and all…
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July 10, 2011
We’re proud to announce the birth of Real Tenerife’s Town & City walking series starting with a guide to one of our favourite places on Tenerife, Santa Cruz.
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March 24, 2011
An hour and a half into our route walking through the Garajonay rainforest and we emerged into a clearing to be met with a vision that not only out-wowed the…
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January 24, 2011
I can easily recall the first time that I was captivated by the sun heading to bed and turning a view of the north coast which had already been stunning into one that was mystical and magical.
December 1, 2010
With almost perfect timing for the start of December and to get Tenerife right into the Christmas spirit, the spectacular storm that hit Tenerife…
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November 21, 2010
This has been a warmer than average November so far; there has also been far less rainfall on the north coast than usual. In fact since June there have only been a handful of days when we’ve seen rain…
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October 23, 2010
As the sun sets on Tenerife, the eye is invariably drawn to the light show in the sky out to sea. Sometimes I like to look inland though, to where the hills are bathed in deep golden hues, becoming almost royal purple in the moment before darkness descends
September 21, 2010
Our route took us through the forest, descending to the leafy back lanes of Aguamansa where old men stacked the backs of Toyota pick-ups with bedding for animals...
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