Volcanos, forests, mountains, beaches, resorts and cities of culture. Tenerife has it all with a year-round pleasant climate.
I think Tenerife has a reputation amongst some as being just another Spanish holiday resort. Another Benidorm or Magaluf, but that’s not the case. The southern beaches and towns of Tenerife could be bungled into that category, but Los Cristianos takes up only a corner of this big and vibrant island.
From North to South, driving across Tenerife will take you upwards of one hour. It’s a big place, but much of its acres are taken up by two national parks. By far the biggest is Teide National Park, a park that includes a red, deserty, rocky landscape, pine forests and, of course, Teide, a dormant volcano which is Spain’s tallest peak. The other national park, Rural de Anaga Park in the north, surrounds spiky hills, forests and is traversed by hikers.
The North is also home to two cities. The old university town of La Laguna with pretty streets and cool bars and shops to explore. The other is the islands biggest city and capital, Santa Cruz. Apart from touristy Los Cristianos, there is also Puerto de la Cruz, the only city on the west-side of the island, hidden away on the side of a steep hillside sliding down from the Pine forests of Tiede national park to costal roads and black sand beaches.
Beaches can be found all along the coast, some of them good for surfing the Atlantic waves, many good for snorkelling and scuba-diving in waters famous for their stingrays.
Tenerife is much more than it is sometimes advertised as. If you spend a week on the island, you will have something completely different to do every day you are there.
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