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Escape from the cold winter

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Who does not feel well with the cold rainy weather in Germany can book himself a holiday on Tenerife through the internet. Playa de las Americas The so called queen of the Canary Islands guarantees temperatures of over 20 °C in winter as in summer with many sunny days to take a sunbath. Over all the south of the island is well known for nearly any cloudy or rainy day. Most beaches are situated near the holiday centres like Los Christianos or Playa de Las Americas. Hafen von los Cristianos The holiday-maker has a lot of hotels and a perfect tourist infrastructure with appropriate restaurants, amusement parks and much more on his disposal. It is a quite special experience for every tourist to visit Santa Cruz during the carnival time the months of January ...

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Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Carnival, Los Cristianos, Photo-Blog, Playa de las Americas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tourism

Many ways to spend a holiday on Tenerife

Saturday, October 20th, 2007
The island of Tenerife is situated about 300 kilometers west from the African continent and approximately 1.300 kilometers south from the Spanish mainland. Tenerife is with an area of 2.040 km² the biggest island of the complete Canary archipelago. Geographical the isle is forming part of Africa. The highest mountain of Spain is found on Tenerife, the 3.718 m high vulcano mount Teide. The wonderful mild and pleasant climate all over the year is one of the biggest advantages of the archipelago. In winter hardly less than 18 degrees and more than 27 degrees in summer. You can book a typical holiday package in the south of the isle in tourist resorts like Los Christianos and Playa de las Americas. An alternative is to spend your holiday in a nice country house offered by rural tourism in the area of ...

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Posted by Tom

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Tenerife has its share of naturist beaches

Sunday, April 8th, 2007
Tenerife isn’t exactly renowned for its beaches, but it has a fair number of naturist beaches dotted around the island. On the stretch of coast near to the island capital of Santa Cruz, look out for: 1 Playa de las Gaviotas north of the famous man-made beach of Playa de las Teresitas near Igueste de San Andrés in the north east of the island. 2 Playa de Benijo near Nuestra Señora de Begoña and El Chinobre in the far north. 3 Playa de Fabián. 4 Playa del Draguillo. In the Puerto de la Cruz area, the best known is Playa de los Patos, about a half-hour’s walk from Puerto. Access is not easy but it is highly recommended by local naturists because of its seclusion. Also recommended are: 1 Playa del Ancón near to the above-mentioned Los Patos beach. 2 Playa de ...

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Posted by Ken

Comments: 2 Comments so far » Categories: Adeje, All about Tenerife, Beaches, Costa Adeje, Granadilla de Abona, Las Galletas, Los Cristianos, Naturism, Playa de las Americas, Puerto de la Cruz, Tacoronte, Tourism

Record number of Brits heading for the sun

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
In the great British Easter get-away stakes, Tenerife is leading the field. According to ABTA (the Association of British Travel Agents) London's three airports, Heathrow Gatwick and Stansted will preside over the departure of over a million sun-seeking passengers. And the largest proportion of them will be heading for Tenerife, with the southern resorts of Playa de las Americas and Los Cristianos likely to receive most of them. Spain is also high on the list of popular holiday hot spots with Brits, followed by Turkey, Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco. It’s all part of a record British Easter period, with around 2,500,000 want-aways set to leave the country by the weekend. The UK Met Office is advising tourists to pack an umbrella and waterproofs as many European destinations are forecast to receive heavy rain over the next week. However, those ...

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Carnival in every town and village

Monday, February 19th, 2007
Carnival is celebrated in every town and village on the island, though the most spectacular are those in the capital of Santa Cruz and the resort town of Puerto de la Cruz. Some of the smaller towns and villages try to organise their events so as not to clash with the two giant events. But for all of them, carnival follows a traditional pattern of groups of music, dance and sumptuous costumes. The burial of the sardine is another ritual conducted everywhere, though those in Los Realejos, La Orotava and Puerto de la Cruz are considered to be the best. Each of the cities, towns and villages sets a theme for its carnival celebrations, this year’s being the ‘World of Fashion’ in Santa Cruz and ‘Paris of the 1920s’ for ...

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Posted by Ken

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