Tenerife, a good choice in the Canary Islands

And it's time for another post with a special dedicatory :) This time the post goes to my dear friend Mario (who's stationed in London) hopping to inspire him to take a few vacation days on the beautiful Spanish island of Tenerife!

Being the biggest one of the seven islands of the Canary Islands archipelago, Tenerife has much to offer to the tourists. At the top are for sure the very good beaches: Las Americas and Los Cristianos in the South of the island, Las Teresitas near Santa Cruz de Tenerife (the capital) and also the ones with the black sands near Candelaria.


Also favoring this island as a travel destination are it's location close to Europe and it's weather - since it's warm and sunny throughout the all year it's not that difficult to find good holiday deals if you choose carefully your dates making sure to get smaller fares both in flights and hotels.


Besides the beaches Tenerife also has to offer the tourists a few magical places. The first magical spot are the peculiar rocky formations called Acantilados de Los Gigantes (in English, Cliffs of the Giants) near Puerto de Santiago. In the East end of the island this amazing vertical walls next to the ocean reach heights of 500 meters above sea level.


Another exquisite view are the mountain peaks near the village of Masca. Not very far from the sea this place has some kind of a micro climate. The lower temperatures and high humidity levels cause dense clouds formations that transforms what should be a normal mountain view in something worthy of a movie scenario.


Finally the Volcano mountain called El Teide is also a mandatory visit. The views in the mountains and plan-alts are marvelous and on the way to the top you pass through several picturesque villages like the one above, Vilaflor. Like in Masca also here the height of the mountains (above 2500 meters) lowers the temperatures so a sweater might be a good idea.

As usual one final thanks to Open Galleries for the Tenerife photos.

Mario, I hope you like it and do call me before you go ;)