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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 way to a HillThe 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 ...

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Posted by Anna

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: Adeje, All about Tenerife, Anaga Mountains, Arona, Hiking, Masca, Nature, Santiago del Teide, Sport

Taking the high road is an expensive business

Monday, April 30th, 2007
The remote and mountainous north west corner of Tenerife has received a major boost with news that work has started on what is likely to be the most expensive stretch of road anywhere in the Canary Islands. The new road, between Adeje in the south west and Santiago del Teide in the north west, is one of the few remaining sections required to complete the island’s equivalent of London’s M25 orbital motorway. The civil engineering challenges to be faced in the project are huge, with tunnels, viaducts, underpasses and overpasses all figuring in the construction work, which it is estimated will cost a staggering €168,000,000. Critics of the scheme, led by the environmental lobby, say it will cost much more than that. The building of another section of the road, between San ...

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Posted by Ken

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: Adeje, All about Tenerife, Icod de los Vinos, Los Realejos, San Juan / Rambla, Santiago del Teide, Transport