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 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.
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)
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.
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 landscape has been created when the empty vaults of magma under the earth, which are near the surface, collapsed.
May 1st, 2008
This celebration is unique in the isle of Tenerife, the locals call it ” Bajada de la Virgen de las Nieves ”, finding place in June.
Indeed, it is celebrated only all five years, then, however, the whole island stands during two weeks under the sign of the celebration of the patron saint.
In a church parade the patron saint of the island, Nieves, is carried from the chapel into the city center.
Part of the celebrations are performances like the traditional minuet at the Plaza de Santo Domingo in the commune of La Guancha which aductes the spectator in the world of the 18-th century with original costumes, music and folcloric dances. The absolute climax of the celebration is the dance of the dwarfs.
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.
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.
April 1st, 2008
For the passionate golfer Tenerife is like paradise. The island counts 9 courses, each with its own particular character and set in the middle of the beautiful landscapes of the island.
The climate on Tenerife is very comfortable with temperatures that rarely get too high to practice physical activities, so for sports conditions are almost ideal.
The most popular courses are in the south, but some people seem to prefer the northern part of the island that is more green and also offers some very nice golfing facilities.
What makes the golf courses of Tenerife so attractive is the care with which they are laid out, giving the impression of a genuine Canarian garden. Some courses have very reasonable prices and special offers for families.
Tenerife has many attractions to offer but it is certainly a place to consider, if one likes to spend a holiday on the golf course.
