Ténérife

There are a few "MUST" in Tenerife you might consider not missing out, when you plan your holiday here...Besides all the atraccions we mentioned in the first article about Tenerife, here are some others...

Tacoronte: This picturesque village is located at the edge of an impressive steep coast is also famous for its excellent red wines.

In Candelaria, a well known place of pilgrimship, is located the church consecrated to the island's patroness, Basílica de la Virgen de la Candelaria

La Orotavais an extraordinarily nice town with manorial houses in the island's traditional style. Particularly well-known are the Casas de los Balcones, 17th. century buildings with those typical balconies of Canarian pine-wood. The best time to visit Orotava is during the celebrations of Corpus Christi, when the streets are covered with earths of six different colors which are found in the surroundings and ornamented with innumerable flowers.

The town is located in the really paradisiac valley Valle de la Orotava. When the peak of nearby Teide is still covered with snow flowers are in full bloom here. Scientist Alexander von Humboldt, after whom is named a viewpoint here, reported that he was on his knees in front of so much beauty when he visited Orotava.

Güimar, located in a valley, is surrounded with breathtaking canyons and large plantations of bananas. Here we find the Ethnographic Park Pyramids of Güímar a complex of six step-pyramids which are oriented astronomically to the summer and winter solstices. The pyramids have been discovered in 1987 and show great resemblance to those found in Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, Peru and Mexico. The origins of the pyramids are still uncertain and subject to discussion among archeologists. In the opinion of the great explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, who was involved in the early researches, they may have been constructed by voyagers who sailed the Atlantic in ancient times and possibly may have established a link with the pre-Columbian civilizations of Central and South America.

Close to Güimar there we find the small village Los Realejos, with the island's oldest church and several monuments of interest.

Icod de los Vinos is popularly called the "Town of the Mythological Dragon Tree". This mighty thousands of years old tree was a sanctuary of the Guanches who believed it had magic forces. The town itself is a nice settlement with buildings in colonial style and is well known for its wine production.

Garachico is a small village of unique beauty with a port that once has been the most important at the whole island. Close to it there are beaches of black sand with beautiful natural basins.

Santiago del Teide shows an extraordinarily nice landscape with an impressive steep coast, the so-called Acantilados de los Gigantes.

With all this to be seen you won't regret having chose Tenerife for your holiday!

This National Park offers a fascinating landscape, created by the elemantar forces of the volcano Teide. Christopher Columbus observed its last great eruption in 1492 from the nearby island La Gomera, just before continueing his discovery travel to America. In 1798 there was another smaller eruption. The Teide has piled up some 12 million cubic meters of volcanic material at its sides, those formations being popularly called the Narices del Teide, "noses of Teide".

With a height of 3718 meters the Teide is not only the highest mountain of Spain  but as well the highest elevation in all the Atlantic Ocean and worldwide the volcano with the third-highest elevation, behind Mauna Loa und Mauna Kea, both on the island of Hawaii. A cableway takes visitors up to 3600 meters. From there you may climb the peak by foot.

On clear days you have a fantastic view. But at least equally impressive is the volcano's immense crater. After previous agreement with the park's administration you may participate (by free!) at a visit. You will then enter the crater, first with a cross-country car, then by foot, until you arrive to still active parts of the volcano.

Around the Teide there are several other smaller volcanos, such as Montaña Chahorra (or "Pico Viejo"), with a height of 3100 meters and a crater with a diameter of 800 meters, and Montaña Rajada, which has great amounts of the black volcanic glass obsidian.

At the side of Teide there is a large flat country called Las Cañadas del Teide, having been used by the island's original population, the Guanches, as pastureland. Today it is covered with petrified lava having very bizarre forms, as the Roques de García and several caves, as Cueva del Hielo or Cueva de los Cazadores.

In this area exist some extremely rare species of plants, as the Guanche Rose, of which are known only some 50 exemplares worldwide, the Teide Violet and animals, in particular lizards.

It is a touristic atraccion you can not miss, when you visit Tenerife!

Qui n'a jamais rêvé du " Paradis " ?

Bien qu'en y réfléchissant, chacun d'entre nous se fasse une idée personnelle du paradis, il y a cependant une image qui vient généralement à l'esprit : celle de palmiers, de sable scintillant, d'une eau cristalline, du soleil, d'une température idéale, de l'air pur, d'une faune et d'une flore aux couleurs vives et avant tout, du beau temps... pensez vous à Ténérife ?

Ténérife, l’île plus grande de l'archipel des Canaries (2 000 km carrés) a tout ce qu'il faut. Nature, soleil, plages, loisirs et habitants chaleureux. Parcs de loisirs pour les familles, observation de baleine dans des conditions exceptionnelles, gastronomie et traditions. Ténérife accueille les visiteurs avec un climat printanier toute l'année et offre la possibilité de pratiquer toutes sortes d'activités de plein air. Que demander de plus ?
Tomás Moro (Londres, 1478) écrivit : " Le paradis est une île perdue au milieu de l'océan où ses habitants ont réussi à mettre en place un État parfait : un état qui se caractérise par la coexistence pacifiste, le bien-être physique et moral de son peuple et la jouissance commune de la propriété. " Il semblerait que Tomás Moro s'en faisait une idée très précise. L'histoire raconte que c'est précisément à Ténérife qu'il réussit à définir le concept du Paradis et à lui donner un nom : Ténérife, l'île de la chance.

Site du Mont Teide, le plus haut sommet d'Espagne, ainsi que des célèbres plages de Los Gigantes, du Loro Parque (Parc des perroquets), où se rendent de nombreux visiteurs pour observer les oiseaux tropicaux, du Monkey Park et des roches volcaniques du Parc National Cañadas del Teide. L'île peut facilement être explorée en voiture ou avec un ticket de bus qui vous fera bénéficier d'une remise sur le prix normal des transports en commun.

Les meilleures attractions

• Parc National Las Cañadas del Teide
• Loro Parque
• Siam Park
• Golf Costa Adeje
• Centro deportivo Tenerife Top Training
• Castillo San Miguel
• Excursion pour observer les baleines et les dauphins

...Et bien plus encore ! alors...pourquoi ne pas venir à Ténérife ?