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Climbing Alto de Guajara in Teide National Park

April 11, 2017 Andy 0

Legend talks of a young Guanche princess named Guajara who, on hearing of the death of her husband in the Battle of Aguere, chose to throw herself from the top of a mountain rather than […]

Six of the Best Tenerife Walks That Are Easy to Access

February 1, 2017 Andy 0

Since the beginning of the year, we’ve been re-walking many of the routes in our Walk This Way Tenerife guide to make sure they’re still accurate and up to date. We’ve been taking a friend […]

Checking Out Walking Routes in La Orotava

January 16, 2017 Andy 0

“After 100m turn left up the steps signposted Camino de los Guanches and Llanos de Chimiche on the PRTF-35”, I read aloud. We were standing at the foot of the steps and there was no […]

Tenerife Walking Festival 2016

January 18, 2016 Andy 1

The Tenerife Walking Festival is an opportune way to introduce your boots to this challenging and rewarding terrain… […]

Los Organos Walk in La Orotava Remains Closed

November 28, 2015 Andy 0

We recommend that you follow ‘The Guanche Way’ or ‘A Glimpse of Rural Life’ routes instead, both detailed in our Island Walks series and in Walk This Way Tenerife. […]

Walking and Wine in Vilaflor

April 23, 2015 Andy 0

Following a cobbled path that climbed gradually into the meadows above the village, we skirted fields of old vines secreted amongst the proliferation of grasses and wild flowers that had sprung into life with the winter rains… […]

Walking In Sunshine in the Anaga Mountains

March 28, 2015 Andy 0

At the edge of the forest, clouds of vapour rose from the dense canopy coating the sheer faces of ravines, drifting in columns between the serrated layers of peaks that rose skyward… […]

Behind the Screens on Walking Tenerife

March 12, 2015 Andy 1

Routes we like best are the ones that are not on the radar of the walking groups, the ones that take unexpected twists and turns, that traverse paths that once formed lifelines between communities but have long fallen into disuse. Those are the routes that give us most pleasure… […]

Following Waymarks When Walking on Tenerife

March 5, 2015 Andy 0

With the island enjoying a burgeoning interest in hiking and the Tenerife Walking Festival about to take its inaugural steps, the island has seen a massive increase in the number of information boards and the official waymarking of routes. These are the ones you’ll encounter… […]

Climbing The Walls to Montaña Guajara

February 24, 2015 Andy 1

Stepping out of the Teide Parador at 8.30am, our feet crunch on the frosty surface where the sun has not yet crept to warm the earth. Behind us, Mount Teide blazons in the afterglow of her crimson sunrise… […]