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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. […]
Teide National Park
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The best festive season walks on Tenerife
All the walks we’ve referenced in the past have been ones which were easy for us to get to from the north, so not much use to anyone staying in other areas of Tenerife. To rectify this, here are some suggestions for festive season walking routes around the island. […]
Featured Walks
The best walking experience on Tenerife
Possibly the best singular walking experience we’ve had, the one which surprised and wowed us the most, is one which isn’t actually included in our Real Tenerife Island Walks routes. […]
Featured Walks
Ten things about climbing Mount Teide on Tenerife
It is quite simply the ultimate walking route on Tenerife, and possibly all of the Canary Islands. To hike to the summit of the highest Spanish mountain, Mount Teide is quite an achievement to have on your hiking CV. […]
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Nature routes on Tenerife for wheelchair users
The path, now completed, turned out to be one of Tenerife’s wheelchair friendly ones, designed to make areas that would otherwise be almost impossible to reach accessible to people with mobility difficulties. […]
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Start the New Year with easy walking on Tenerife
Over the years we categorised our favourite routes so that when friends of varying walking capabilities visited we could pick out routes to suit, often these would be the ones which also worked for getting fitness levels back up post festive season i.e. relatively easy Tenerife routes of under 10km. […]
Featured Walks
Six scenes of the Roques de Garcia walking route on Tenerife
There are a few iconic shots on Tenerife and the view of Roque Cinchado with El Teide in the background is one of them. So much so it made it onto a Spanish banknote (in Peseta days). […]
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Walking off the festive food overdose on Tenerife
Late December/January on Tenerife usually sees blue skies and warm temperatures, a perfect partnership for walking. […]
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Escape the crowds, alternative walking routes on Tenerife
For walkers who enjoy solitude and having nature if not exactly to themselves but without an army of selfie-takers clogging up the surrounding scenery […]
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The essential ingredients for a good Tenerife walking route
The Tenerife walking routes we enjoy most are akin to a favourite recipe, with various essential ingredients combining to create something quite delicious. If a route doesn’t have these, we won’t include them in our walking guides. […]
Walking News
Why people should stop building rock towers
I see a forest of rock towers along walking trails on Tenerife and I have a right old moan about people who don’t understand the etiquette of walking causing havoc. […]
News
Dates when mouflon culls close walking paths on Tenerife
Mouflon culls on Tenerife take place over two different periods during the year. The first is between May and June and the second between October and early November. […]
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Scenes of Tenerife and the 2017 Tenerife Walking Festival
May, when the island’s spring flowers are in full bloom and temperatures aren’t too hot to trot yet, is an ideal time of year to showcase Tenerife as a top walking destination. […]
Featured Walks
Problems with walking groups and buses on Tenerife
Half the time when walking the Masca Barranco we emerge at the sea filled with a mix of exhilaration at completing one of Tenerife’s classic routes and outrage at the dodgy practices by some, not all I hasten to add, of the walking groups descending the gorge. […]
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Taking a peek at our walking routes in Teide National Park
Teide National Park isn’t just about the third largest volcano in the world,. The crater which partly surrounds Teide’s bulk is 17km in circumference, its innards an explosive legacy of volcanic spewing… […]
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Never Underestimate Walking on Tenerife
At this time of year there are two to three cases every week where people have to be rescued from Tenerife’s great outdoors. […]
Featured Walks
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. […]