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Bizarre volcanic landscape and a lot more to discover

Thursday, December 20th, 2007
The massive volcanic eruptions left their mark on the landscape of the mountains and shorelines of the isle of Tenerife. The colour palette of the isle is dominated by the black lava sand, some ocher coloured sand beaches and a deep green of the varied vegetation. Teide mit Vögel The colour green of the vegetation is dominating on the three smaller Canary Islands of La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Instead on Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote the landscape is formed by drough rocks and desert regions similar to the Sahara. A lot of creativity from the native canarys has been necessary to make agriculture and cultivation possible. Teide mit Wolken The attraction of Tenerife is its versatility. There are lively colonial towns and romantic mountains which are crowned by a volcano, the Pico del Teide. The volcano is 3718 meters ...

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Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Anaga Mountains, El Hierro, Hiking, La Gomera, La Palma, Mount Teide, Nature, Photo-Blog, Teide National Park, Teno

Tenerife is a sunny island, which attracts all over the year

Monday, October 1st, 2007
The biggest island of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean with marvellous sunny beaches and warm temperatures during the whole year, this is Tenerife, the holiday island of the canary archipelago. You can admire wonderful landscapes of vulcanic origin and fertile, green areas abundantly covered with exotic plants. Tenerife is an ideal tourist destination at any time of the year. The island can be reached in only four hours of flight from Germany. Many flights arrive and leave daily at the two airports of the island. Tenerife offers a huge supply of accomodation like for example exclusive hotels, rural hotels, country houses and appartments. The tourist infrastructure of the island of Tenerife is ideal for all kind of holiday makers, for those who like shopping centers, beaches, restaurants, museums, hiking paths, discotheques, bars, sports facilities or wellness facilities.

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Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Beaches, Entertainment, Golf, Hiking, Hotels, Museums, Music, Naturism, Night life, Shopping

Traditional cuisine and beautiful landscape

Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Tenerife is a paradise of nature, spoiled by a various landscape and a rich animal and plant world. One can watch dolphins and whales on the Ocean between the two islands Tenerife and La Gomera, neighbouring island. The Loro Parque, a wonderful zoo in Puerto de La Cruz, sustains over 1.000 different kinds of parrots is a visit worth. For active holiday makers who like hiking and exploring the isle of Tenerife has a lot of wonderful mointain pathes to discover. One of the most popular destinations in Europe is Tenerife, primarily for it’s pleasant climate and spectaclular landscape. If you visit the isle of Tenerife, at least you should taste something from the traditional cuisine.The small idyllic restaurants offer a varied and palatable kitchen with ingredients like fish, seafood, meat, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other kinds of vegetables combined with ...

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Posted by Tom

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Hiking, Loro Parque, Nature, Puerto de la Cruz, eating

Active holiday all over the year on Tenerife

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007
Tenerife - one of the islands of the eternal spring! This name is due to the mild and pleasant climate all over the year. All of the Canary Islands have one thing in common: A balanced climate with for us springlike winters and temperatures below zero only in high mountain regions. The visitor can enjoy a bath in the Atlantic Ocean and a sunbath during the whole year. The winter month are very adequate for active tourists who like hiking, mountaineering or other activities in the nature. A highlight for nature lovers is a visit at the national park of mount Teide, it is an adventure to explore the vulcanic landscape, which is similar to a lunar landscape. Mount Teide with an altitude of 3.718 m is the highest mountain of Spain and the third highest vulcano worldwide. As you see, you have many possibilities to practice sports ...

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Posted by Tom

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Mount Teide, Naturism, Sport, Teide National Park

Weather delays world record attempt

Saturday, April 21st, 2007
Stormy weather has forced Spanish hang-glider pilot Ramon Morillas to delay his attempt at a new world record distance in a powered paraglider. His record attempt, mostly over the Atlantic Ocean, will see him endeavour to cover the 1,350km (nearly 840 miles) from Jerez de La Frontera in southern Spain to Tenerife, a journey that will see him flying down the west coast of Africa. Ramon has timed his record bid to coincide with the third Los Realejos International Paragliding Festival, due to start on Friday (April 27) at Socorro beach in the north of Tenerife. The holder of five current FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) world records, Ramon now plans to start his epic flight on Monday (April 23), aiming to beat his own existing distance record of 951km. He will have with him a fuel load of 65kg and special safety equipment that includes ...

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Posted by Ken

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Festivals, Los Realejos, Paragliding, Paragliding festival, Ramon Morillas, Sport

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