Archive for the 'Arona' Category

Hiking and mountaineering in Tenerife

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Tenerife is a paradise for hikers and active holiday makers. Hiking tours in different levels of difficulty for beginners up to the high alpine tour on Spain's highest mountain, the Pico del Teide, can be an activity during your holiday. A special attraction are the lovely, romantic walking paths in the mountains of Anaga, in the northeast of the island of Tenerife. The mountains of Anaga and the range of Teno with their thick-set laurel-trees and wonderful forests. In San Lorenzo, Adeje and Arona you can find a lot of lookout points ofer a rugged area with canyons and isolated mountain paths with a magnificent panorama view over the south of the island, which is a famous sunbathing area with beaches. The regions we mentioned for you are a paradise for nature lovers. But also climbers and mountaineers. Under mountaineers and hikers ...

Tenerife – the new golfing paradise

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
Tenerife is rapidly establishing itself as the perfect all-year-round destination for golfing holidays. A number of new courses have sprung up in recent years, all offering first class facilities in glorious locations. Tenerife's superb climate means that conditions for golf are almost always ideal, with average temperatures ranging between 20-26C throughout the year. Probably the best-known of the island’s courses is Buenavista, located in the remote north of the island. Designed by five-times major winner Severiano Ballesteros, the 18-hole clifftop course has the sea on one side and the Teno mountains as a backdrop on the other. The clubhouse, with a large lake in front of it, has superb panoramic views over the 6,019-metre course and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. Last year the Buenavista del Norte course won a prestigious national award at the Spanish Golf Federation Gala in Madrid for the attention paid to ...