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The most charming places for you on Tenerife

Friday, August 1st, 2008
Tenerife offers a variable landscape spectrum. Enclosing the bizarre rock formations, which are from a volcanic origin and the craters in the area of Las Cañadas. The area of Las Cañadas with 2000 m of altitude overlooks the drough ocher coloured landscape of the south of the islands, where the most frequented beaches are situated. Teno am Wasser The Teno-range in the west of Tenerife and the Anaga-mountains are a famous destination for active holiday makers and those who like hiking and exploring. The visitor finds many small original villages, which escaped from the mass tourism because of their location far away from the popular beaches and the big cities. One learns about the roots of civilization of Tenerife and can enjoy the intact landscape and meet the autochthonous people living there. Teno Gebirge We explored ...

The valley of Masca

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Masca is a mountain village placed in a volcanic crater in the north-west of Tenerife with round about 100 inhabitants. The most important place of this beautiful village is the small plaza at the church. The whole hamlet is devided into parts and distributed to several mountain sides. Masca Schlucht Masca is well-known for its tasty onions, potatoes and garlic but also the yame-fruit, plam juice, citrus fruits and goat chees are delicacies. Furthermore especially the type of construction of the houses is very conspicuous because of the way they are built into the mountain side. Masca One of the most famous hiking-tours begins in the middle of the village and leads trough the barranco, which means canyon, to the sea - it takes about 6 hours bidirectional (descent and ascent)
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Mount Teide

Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Since 1954 the national park "Parque Nacional de las Cañadas del Teide " covers a surface of approx. 136 km ². It was the third national park which was founded in Spain. With approx. 3 Mil. visitors per year the national park of mount Teide is the most-most visited national park of Spain. "Pico del Teide " is with 3.718 metres the highest mountain of Spain. Furthermore mount Teide is third-highest island volcano of the world. Teide im Sommer He forms the northern border of the national park. In the south, the west and the east the mount Teide national park is limited by the cañadas, or lava flows which enclose a diameter of approx. 16 kilometres. The park and the lava flows are called "caldera”, what means kettle and describes a broken in place in the volcano which is formed like a kettle. This ...

May, the bloom of Tajinaste

Thursday, May 1st, 2008
The spring month May is the month of love, warm temperatures and the of efflorescent biota. Tenerife is a sunny spanish island. 20 % of the vegetation can be found in the national park Teide. In the late spring or early summer, in the months of May and June is the time of flowers in Tenerife. In the rest of the year Tenerife, and the national park Teide resemble a moonscape. But in may it’s the time of the anthesis of the flower tajinaste. The tajinaste, (tajinaste rojo, Echium wildpretii, Tower of Jewel) is a columnar flower with a beautiful and lush red colour. Tajinasten It is among the category of the tropicals and tender Perennials. It is 4 to 6 feet high (or 1,2 to 1,8 metres). Birds, bees and butterflies love the tajinaste flower. It sows it’s seed for itself. The leaves are herbaceous.

Sports and nature on Tenerife

Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Who wants to spend his holiday far away from mass tourism and tourist hustle and bustle thinks would feel well on the isle of Tenerife. Small country hotels, holiday cottages, chalets and fincas offer the adequate accommodation. One can book his holiday through various tour operators or without any problems directly by the Internet. esperanza ausblick Tenerife is not one of the cheapest holiday destinations, but with a bit of luck you can find a good bargain. Journeys to the isle of Tenerife are particularly popular at Easter, Whitsun, Christmas and New Year's Eve. However, unfortunately, this boom has a very strong influence on the prices. The island of Tenerife offers extensive possibilities to everyone who wants to practice physical activities and does not only want to lie on the beach in the sun. Über den Wolken Hiking, climbing, ...