Featured Walks
Los Organos Walk in La Orotava Remains Closed
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. […]
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All Areas
Vilaflor as a Base for Walking on Tenerife
A question we often get asked is ‘where is a good base for walking on Tenerife?’ There are so many ways to answer this question. It can depend on individual preferences, especially on an island like Tenerife… […]
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The North of Tenerife has a New Walking and Discovery Holiday
About a week ago we completed the notes for the final walking route for Timeless Tenerife; a journey through lush landscapes and historic towns. […]
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Tenerife Has a New Walking Holiday… and it’s Not in the North
Earlier in the year we spent quite a bit of time working closely with specialist UK slow holiday specialist Inntravel to put together a brand new walking holiday for Tenerife. […]
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The Barranco del Infierno in Adeje is Open Again
I’m being a bit premature here as the Barranco del Infierno isn’t actually due to be open to the public until Wednesday 3 May. And here on Tenerife, there’s no… […]
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Walking and Wine in Vilaflor
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… […]
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Hermano Pedro Pilgrimage, Walking in the Footsteps of a Saint
Nearly four hundred years ago, Hermano Pedro used to lead his goats from Vilaflor to the coast near El Médano where he lived part of the year in a cave… […]
Equipment
Finding the Right Hiking Boots for Walking in the Canary Islands
When it comes to being properly equipped for walking in Tenerife and in the Canary Islands in general, footwear takes top priority. Since moving to the islands over a decade ago, finding the right hiking boots has been something of a challenge… […]
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Walking In Sunshine in the Anaga Mountains
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… […]
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El Médano and Costa del Silencio, as different as Red and Yellow
Mid march and there’s not a cloud in the Tenerife sky, neither is there a breath of air. It’s beautiful weather for a coastal walk. […]
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Behind the Screens on Walking Tenerife
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… […]
All Areas
Following Waymarks When Walking on Tenerife
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… […]
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The People You Meet Walking the Masca Barranco
The Masca Barranco is beautiful but there’s a danger of it being ruined by people who simply don’t have a respect for the countryside. […]
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Climbing The Walls to Montaña Guajara
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… […]
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Where to See Almond Trees in Bloom on Tenerife
One of the natural highlights of the winter on Tenerife is to see the countryside perked up by the addition of delicate pink almond blossom. […]
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Tenerife Laces Up its Boots for its Inaugural Walking Festival
Gran Canaria has been doing it for four years, La Palma has been at it for six years and little La Gomera took its first steps in 2013 but for Tenerife, 2015 will be its first time… […]
East Tenerife
Walking into the Past in the Barranco de San Blas
The trail through the Barranco San Blas beside the Sandos San Blas Resort in San Miguel de Abona has to be one of the most unusual walking routes in Tenerife. […]