All Areas
Ten of the best hikes on Tenerife
It occurred to me that, apart from in an appendix in our Walk this Way Tenerife hiking guidebook, we’ve never actually listed what we consider to be the best hikes on Tenerife on this website. […]
Spain
Featured Walks
Climbing Alto de Guajara in Teide National Park
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 […]
All Areas
Six of the Best Tenerife Walks That Are Easy to Access
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 […]
Featured Walks
Checking Out Walking Routes in La Orotava
“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 […]
East Tenerife
Tenerife Walking Festival 2016
The Tenerife Walking Festival is an opportune way to introduce your boots to this challenging and rewarding terrain… […]
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. […]
Featured Walks
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… […]
Featured Walks
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… […]
Featured Walks
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… […]
Featured Walks
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… […]
Featured Walks
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… […]
Featured Walks
Views, Food and Miracles on a City Walk in La Laguna
Given that the Knights Templar were denounced by the Catholic Church in the 14th century, it’s a mystery as to why the tombs are in the floor of a 16th century Dominican church. And it’s not the only mystery La Laguna holds… […]
El Hierro
El Hierro, Hiking At The Edge Of The World
Before Columbus stocked the Santa Maria with supplies from the neighbouring island of La Gomera and set sail on his atlas-changing voyage, the wild and remote Canary Island of El Hierro was the very edge of the Ancient World… […]
Featured Walks
Autumnal Walking on Tenerife
Autumn is the ideal time to take to Tenerife’s walking trails and experience the joy of perpetual spring for which the islands are famous. […]
Equipment
The Pros and Cons of Using Walking Poles
If you’re planning a walking holiday to Tenerife or to any of the Canary Islands and are wondering whether walking poles are essential, here are a few of the things we’ve learned over the years to help you make an informed choice. […]
Featured Walks
Walking in the Teno Mountains
Emerging once again into the sunlight, we were stopped in our tracks by a carpet of blue tajinaste flowers, resonating in shades of lilac as the breeze rustled through the profusion of flowers. […]