Category: Tenerife
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Beach Day! Watching windsurfers and kiteboarders!
The southern part of Tenerife is known for sun and wind, and it’s kind of a mecca for windsurfers and kiteboarders. It reminds me of Los Barriles in Baja California, at a slightly smaller scale. This is the main beach for El Médano, just a short walk from our place.
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Another stunning hike: Taganana – Afur loop
We’ve been using a Rother Walking Guide to select many of our hikes. It’s been super-useful, as it contains 80 hikes on the island with generally good descriptions and directions. This hike is one of fourteen labeled “Top Hikes” and I’ve been wanting to hike it since reading about it, but had some concerns about…
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Hiking Roque de los Brezos – amazing wildflowers and views!
Every hike we’ve done on Tenerife has brought delight and surprises, and this one was no exception. This hike showcased fields of wildflowers, dramatic peaks and also the well-preserved remains of farming and living of the indigenous inhabitants of the island. The landscape of Tenerife climbs rapidly from the coast, and just getting to hikes…
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Los Gigantes – Boat ride and dolphin party
One of the places we’ve wanted to visit is Los Gigantes. We saw the tops of Los Gigantes during our hike above Masca, but the beach and town named after the cliffs are big tourist attractions so we wanted to go. We are only hiking every other day due to our foot issues, so each…
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Hike around Las Vegas – Tenerife
In most countries that Chris and I have visited over the years, we’ve passed through a Las Vegas, many times a tiny hamlet that contrasts with the mega-Las Vegas of Nevada. This Las Vegas is tiny, set 2,000 feet up in the foothills on the south side of Tenerife. The 7 1/2 mile hike we…
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Beautiful! Punta del Hidalgo to Las Carboneras
In the northeast corner of Tenerife is a UNESCO biosphere reserve called the Anaga Rural Park. About 190 square miles in size, it is a hikers paradise with rugged mountains, pristine beaches and picturesque hamlets perched on hillsides. The north side is green, getting moisture from the trade winds, and the south side is barren.…
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To the rim of the volcano
We had not yet gone up to pay a visit to the volcano El Tiede that is the highest point on the island of Tenerife. So today, with weather forecast to be mostly sunny, we headed up from our place at sea level to hike up to the rim of the volcano, located just shy…
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Hiking to Masca!
From the images, you would be forgiven if you thought that we had moved to another continent from my last post. From the dry and sunny beaches of El Médano in southern Tenerife, we took a 30-mile drive northwest to Santiago del Tiede, found at about 3,000 feet of elevation. As we drove, pine trees…
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Old antenna to the stars?
Just a scant quarter mile in back of Jane’s house, there’s a place that is labeled “Ruin” on my map, but closer inspection in Google Earth, it shows a giant metal dish. WTF!? So, I take a hike over that direction on my way up the volcano for a hike, wanting to see if it…
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Montaña Roja and Los Abrigos
The last couple days we’ve been extending our walks and testing the state of our feet. So, we hiked Montaña Roja and surrounds yesterday (about 5 miles) and then walked to Los Abrigos for lunch today (about 8 miles total). Montaña Roja is a prominent geologic feature from El Médano. It’s what’s left of a…