Tenerife
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Anaga Park and Punta de Hidalgo – Trekking in Tenerife
Anaga Park is a wonderful landscape area located in the north-east of Tenerife. It is an incredibly diverse and green place. Due to their location in the north of the island, the mountains retain heated evaporating water from the Atlantic Ocean, which accumulates in the mountains. Hence the heavy rainfall and wonderful greenery on the island! In addition, the Park has the largest number of endemic plant species per square kilometer in Europe. There is a lot to know 🙂 I just spent the first days in Tenerife visiting the Anaga Park. The starting point for trekking was the town of Punta de Hidalgo,which we can reach by bus 105…
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Tenerife – what to see, practical information
Tenerife is the largest island in the Canary Islands archipelago, located in the Atlantic Ocean. It is here that the highest peak in Spain – Teide – a volcano measuring 3718m above sea level is located. The island is inhabited by about 900,000 people, and before the pandemic up to 17 million tourists came here every year! The island is quite large, but it’s hard for me to imagine such a number of people on an Atlantic island. Tenerife attracts tourists with its stable weather – almost all year round it is 20-22 degrees, and diversity (about which below). I went to Tenerife for the first time in November 2014,…
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Masca – trekking through the Barranco de Masca in Tenerife
Barranco de Masca, or Masca Gorge and the town of Masca is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tenerife. Or at least it was until it closed in 2018. Up to 800,000 tourists came here every year, making it the second most popular attraction, right after Mount Teide. The gorge was formerly a place used by pirates as a hiding place. Amazing views await us in the Mask. High walls, narrow passages and a beautiful beach at the end of the route. The Masca Gorge, after more than 3 years of closure, was reopened to tourists on March 27, 2021. The gorge was closed due to a large…
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Teide without a permit – sunrise, road from the Parking Montaña Blanca
Teide is a volcano located on the Spanish island of Tenerife located in the Atlantic Ocean. It is 3718m above sea level and is the highest peak in Spain. We go to the top of Teide by road from the Montaña Blanca parking. This is the most popular trail to the top. It leads through the Refugio de Altavista shelter, which is currently closed. Parking is public and you can leave your car there for the night. Is it possible to climb Mount Teide without permission or not? Edit 2023: Attention! From 2023, you can only enter the sunrise with a permit (a separate permit is valid only from 6:00…
