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Weather Alert for Rain in North Tenerife
The Spanish Meteorological Office AEMet have issued a yellow level (low) warning for heavy rain on the north coast of Tenerife and the highlands of La Orotava and Vilaflor. […]
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A Walking Route Through the Bananas in Isla Baja
There’s been one part of the north west coast of Tenerife that has whispered ‘come explore’ for years. We’ve driven passed the area on countless occasions, each time commenting on how good it would be to trek along paths through the forest of bananas, grand haciendas… […]
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Mount Teide Summit Out of Bounds
The Tenerife Government have announced that access to the summit of Mount Teide is closed until at least 20 December because of ice and heavy snow. […]
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Walking in the Upper La Orotava Valley Prohibited
The Tenerife government hs just advised that walking in the upper La Orotava Valley is being prohibited from today, 3rd December until the 8th December.
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Tenerife Scene of the Week a Snow Clad Mount Teide
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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The First Snow on Mount Teide
It looks as though we got the prediction we made on the home page of Real Tenerife right…just. Admittedly you have to look closely to confirm it is actually snow, but the inclement weather up high on Tenerife yesterday has definitely left a slight dusting of snow; the first of the season. […]
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Severe Weather Warning For Tenerife
The rainy, windy weather forecast for the end of the week has become a bit more than that. A orange yellow alert has been issued for Thursday by the Spanish Met Office […]
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European Ramblers Association Visit Tenerife
Last week members of ERA (European Ramblers Association) arrived on Tenerife to be shown some of the wonderful walking opportunities the island has to offer. The government took the opportunity to promote the new long distance GR 131… […]
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Tenerife Scene of the Week Fiery Sunsets
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… […]
North Tenerife
Short Walks on Tenerife, Through the Bananas
It’s really quite enjoyable to walk around where we live. Living in the middle of a banana plantation, that might seem obvious, but we’d grown used to it … […]
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Tenerife Scene of the Week, the Verdant Orotava Valley
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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The Joys of Driving on Tenerife
There’s no doubt that the easiest way to get to some of the best walking areas on Tenerife is by car. If you live on Tenerife and drive around the island on a regular basis, then you’ll already know that the older roads are a joy to drive on. […]
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Weather Forecast for Tenerife from 6th September to 12th September
The Eastern Canary Islands were on a yellow alert for heavy rain today as a storm front passed on it’s way north, but that seems to have missed the islands and the normal ‘green’ has been resumed. However, it looks as though it’s the fringes of that weather front that is causing the cloud forecast for today. […]
South Tenerife
Hiking on Tenerife, Pools & Pines
The Erjos Pools in Santiago del Teide are one of our favourite spots on Tenerife but for many a year events have conspired to prevent us from hiking them. […]
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Weather Forecast for Tenerife from 30th August to 5th September
AEMet didn’t do great with their forecast for the north and the east last week; it was simply sunny and very, very hot all over Tenerife. There was cloud in the north on Tuesday, but apart from that it was sunshine all the way. […]
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Weather on Tenerife – Another hot weather warning for Tenerife
The Spanish Met Office’s hot weather alerts are becoming a regular part of each week during this summer on Tenerife.
A yellow alert has been put in place from 9am this morning until 7pm on Saturday (at the moment). […]
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Weather Forecast for Tenerife from 23rd to 29th August
On Tenerife it was typical August weather across most of the island – very hot and sunny. Serious sunburn conditions if plenty of sun cream hasn’t been applied. […]