More often than not there’s an inviting bar or restaurant where we can spend a bit of after the exertions of exploring Tenerife’s fab countryside just chatting and reliving the highlights of whatever walk that we’ve completed…
The Hearts of Tejina fiesta involves three streets, El Pico, Arriba and Abajo competing to see who can create the most elaborate heart from fruits, leaves and pastries and then which street can erect their heart the quickest in the church plaza.
This place fascinated us the first time we set eyes on it. I’d never seen a photo of it before even though thousands upon thousands of visitors descend on the hamlet of Masca not that far from the El Palmar Valley, home to this volcanic cone. To me it looks like a pie that some local ...
For those of us who enjoy hiking in Tenerife, summer’s the ideal time to seek out some green trails where dappled forest paths provide shady sanctuary from the sun’s heat.
The north coast of Tenerife has many beauty spots and this view from an outcrop of land below La Matanza shows a coastline almost as rugged as Los Gigantes in the south west of Tenerife.
Tenerife’s coast which stretches north from Puerto de la Cruz can be a coy mistress who keeps her treasures and pleasures hidden from all but the most inquisitive suitors. A road without a signpost leads down to the tiny fishing hamlet of El Caletón...
You don’t have to travel far up the valley to find a land of small hamlets beside neat emerald terraces and beyond that unbroken pine forests ...
The first time we explored the Anaga Mountains we were completely seduced by their astoundingly dramatic beauty.
The path that skirted the barranco was churned up into a slimy quagmire which sucked our boots into its deep, squelchy grasp and held them tight ...
A sunny start to the week across Tenerife gives way to cloud and a rainy day on Friday everywhere...
There's less chance of rain this week although the life-giving April showers aren't over yet. It looks as though...
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Easy-to-follow directions for Tenerife’s stunning walking locations; ‘Island walks’ routes include interesting detours, refreshment stops, toilets, local information, flora, advice about walking in specific areas, photographs and public transport routes.