Tenerife september holidays: Tenerife Holidays 2023 / 2024
Luxury Tenerife Holidays from Ireland | Canary Islands
Inspiringly beautiful, Tenerife’s coastline is defined by volcanic sands that border the untamed Atlantic. Luxury Tenerife holidays offer something for everyone, from families and groups to couples and solo travelers. As you venture inland, you will be led to its evergreen pine forests and sprawling national parks, providing endless adventures for those who choose to take part. Bask in the rays along the shores of Costa Adeje as grey skies loom at home, dine in Michelin-starred eateries in cosmopolitan Santa Cruz, the capital of the Canary Islands and stay in some of the most luxurious resorts. Whether you’re looking for a family holiday or a romantic couples’ retreat, our luxury Tenerife holidays truly have something for everyone.
At OROKO, we love Tenerife’s untouched volcanic beauty and year-round sunshine. Throughout the years, we’ve built long-standing partnerships with the Spanish island’s luxury resorts and expert guides, and have continued to visit, continuously refreshing our knowledge, and renewing our love for Tenerife. Our valued partnerships with some of the best luxury providers on the island ensures we offer our clients the most incredible journey at unbeatable value. Each luxury holiday to Tenerife is completely bespoke to you, and includes 24/7 support from our trusted partners to give you complete reassurance and confidence that you’re fully taken care of from day one.
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Best time to travel
Set along the African coast, Tenerife vows year-round sunshine, making holidays to Tenerife ideal for a European winter sun holiday. Escape the harsh Irish winter for temperatures in the low twenties from December to April and in the summer, temperatures creep towards 30 degrees. Making for a perfect sun holiday destination all year round, laze on the volcanic sands and bask in the warm sun on your luxury Tenerife holidays.
Culinary excellence
When you embark on a luxury holiday to Tenerife, you are entering an island that is renowned for its culinary excellence.
The Canary Island is pushing the boundaries of modern gastronomy and is home to a sensational selection of fine-dining and laid-back eateries. We are foodies and will recommend our favourite restaurants, from Martín Berasategui’s two-Michelin star M.B to the Michelin-starred inventive cuisine of Nub. We also love to arrange cooking classes where food lovers can learn to create traditional dishes like papas arrugadas con mojo and ropa vieja.
Our partner hotel for couples
Positioned on the Costa Adeje, one of Tenerife’s most upmarket and sought-after areas, Bahía del Duque Resort is a luxuriously chic property that promises an oasis-like retreat on the Costa Adeje. Set within landscaped gardens where wild geese, swans and ducks roam, discover a collection of pools, elegant lounge areas and outstanding restaurants. Guests can enjoy direct access to the Playa del Duque beach promenade and its many restaurants, cafes, and seaside shops.
Our partner hotel for families
The Ritz-Carlton, Abama is situated in the peaceful area of Guia de Isora on the southwest coast of Tenerife.
The unique Moorish architecture situated amidst banana plantations and lush subtropical gardens creates a unique and visually stunning resort. The sandy beach, which is accessed by a funicular, has excellent snorkelling and a Beach Club Restaurant and Bar. Within the resort, there are eight swimming pools, a renowned kids’ club, a Dave Thomas designed golf course, a luxury spa and eleven eateries including the two Michelin-starred M.B. restaurant.
Twenty of the best slow travel holidays for 2023
In this sped-up, tick-tock, go-go world we increasingly look for ways to slow down. A decade ago the slow-travel movement was more or less a niche enthusiasm born from the slow food movement.
Now, with sustainability increasingly at the forefront of the travel experience, slow travel feels more like a necessity than a fad. More and more travellers are asking themselves not only what they want from a holiday but also what the planet needs from it. The answer?
Hurry less.
Contemplate more. Tread more softly. Wind down and stay longer. Realise there’s more to life than must-sees.
A reduced travel pace gives us more time to absorb our destination, find local connections and contribute more to local economies.
Funnily enough, if we go slow we find ourselves less harried, and less exposed to the drudgery of constant onward movement. The planet will be more relaxed too.
Of course, slow travel is not a new idea, having been inspired by the more formalised slow-food movement founded in 1986 in protest at the opening of a McDonald’s in Rome.
However, in these times of pandemic, climate change and overcrowded tourist sites, it’s a mindset and philosophy that has ever more relevance and urgency and encourages less consumption, reduced mobility and a lower environmental impact.
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So, forget the race around the world, your Insta envy and that manic need to see a thousand things before you die. Take fewer flights and make the most of them by stopping over or extending your stays. Use trains and bicycles. Travel differently.
Even better, have a good, slow read of Traveller‘s following 20 sure-fire ways to apply the brakes on your next or future break.
THE TRIP
A peaceful pilgrim trail trek
SLOWLY DOES IT Whether you follow a Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or Shinto pilgrim trail you’ll find age-old cultural sights and beautiful landscapes and be encouraged to ponder what’s important in life as you travel on foot.
TELL ME MORE Instead of the usual sightseeing rush, get slow and meditative on the pilgrim trail to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. You don’t need to be a Catholic to appreciate that a long walk renews your spirit. While most people tackle the Camino across northern Spain, take the alternative approach from Portugal on a tour with Intrepid Travel.
It’s a bit more off the beaten track and visits seaside towns that add additional reason not to rush, but to take time to enjoy swims, seafood and wineries.
DON’T MISS The ruined fortress at Vigo, where you can potter around gardens and slow down even more by gazing out to sea. This Spanish city also has a great evening tapas scene.
ESSENTIALS Intrepid Travel’s 10-day “Portuguese Camino” has multiple departures April-September 2023. From $2845 a person twin share. See intrepidtravel.com
THE TRIP
A blissful barge holiday
Loch Oich in Scotland. Photo: iStock
SLOWLY DOES IT A river cruise, such as those in Europe, is relatively sedate but dial down the pace even more on a barging holiday for a more intimate, personalised journey that allows you to soak up the pleasures of a single region.
TELL ME MORE Although you travel only short distances, you can hop off a barge any time to walk or cycle towpaths and investigate village life.
Chief pastimes are socialising, eating and watching scenery drift by. Abercrombie & Kent charters a fleet of indulgent luxury barges across Europe on a series of cruises between March and October. Its “Spirit of Scotland” journey visits prehistoric sites and a whisky distillery as the barge travels various canals and lochs including Loch Ness and the highly scenic Loch Oich.
DON’T MISS Cawdor Castle, where the scattered personal objects of its earls give the interior a personal feel, unlike the museum atmosphere of most historic houses. Flower-filled summer gardens are magnificent.
ESSENTIALS Abercrombie & Kent’s “Spirit of Scotland” barge holiday has multiple departure dates. From $7095 a person twin share. See abercrombiekent.com.au
THE TRIP
A salubrious wellness journey
SLOWLY DOES IT In a hectic world it pays to step off the hamster wheel and revive now and then. Add in exercise, wellness treatments and detoxes and you have indulgence without a downside.
TELL ME MORE Go well by combining culture and sightseeing with activities designed to relax, rejuvenate and remind you that nothing is more important than your health. Inside Asia Tours has a wellness-oriented journey through the length of Vietnam that’s active thanks to cycling and walking tours, and which involves the likes of sunrise yoga, organic cooking classes, an aromatherapy workshop, a stay in Alba Wellness Valley with daily spa treatments, and a kick-back beachside finale at Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s hip resort island.
DON’T MISS Kick back on a multi-day cruise on Lan Ha Bay, the quieter alternative to Halong Bay but with the same humped peaks. Sunrise tai chi on the deck is a good start to the day.
ESSENTIALS Inside Asia Tour’s 18-day “Vietnam Rejuvenation” is a personalised journey with flexible departures. From $8132 for the four-star accommodation option. See insideasiatours.com
THE TRIP
A languid long-haul stopover
SLOWLY DOES IT Instead of a 15-hour direct flight to North America, why not take a week to get there? Stop over and enjoy island downtime in Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii or New Zealand.
TELL ME MORE A stopover adjusts you better to jetlag, breaks up marathon flights, provides an extra mini-holiday with little more effort or carbon footprint, and plunges you into another culture you mightn’t otherwise consider. Fiji Airways flies to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu and now Vancouver too, tempting with extra time on a balmy beach or flitting with fish above a reef. Denarau Island, a 20-minute drive from the international airport, has a congregation of luxury beachfront resorts, and is a convenient jumping-off point for the Mamanuca Islands.
DON’T MISS Garden of the Sleeping Giant near Lautoka for its fabulous orchid displays, ponds afloat in lilies and landscaped lawns – a reminder that Fiji isn’t all about sand and surf.
ESSENTIALS Fiji Airways flies twice daily from Sydney and daily from Melbourne to Nadi. Onward flights to Vancouver depart Mondays and Fridays. From $1895 (Melbourne) or $1905 (Sydney). See fijiairways.com
THE TRIP
A relaxed repositioning cruise
SLOWLY DOES IT A cruise is already a relaxing, easy-paced way to travel.
But a repositioning cruise (defined as a cruise that tends to occur at the end of a cruising season when a cruise ship is moving from one home port to another) even more so, offering not a purposeful itinerary but a laid-back, sociable way to get between two continents.
TELL ME MORE Expect fewer port calls and more days at sea on a cruise that allows you to escape the merry-go-round of shore excursions and relax. Even better, wallow in luxury for up to half the price of a regular cruise. Regent Seven Seas’ 18-day Rio-to-Lisbon cruise isn’t all open ocean, since it tarries along the Brazilian coastline and calls at eight ports overall. Eight days at sea are broken up at Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, which have spectacular volcanic landscapes, plunging cliffs, pine-scented forests and sometimes snow-capped mountains.
DON’T MISS Two stops in the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz on Tenerife has an elegant old town, dashing modernist architecture, good botanical gardens and a fringe of fine beaches.
ESSENTIALS Regent Seven Seas’ 18-day Rio to Lisbon cruise departs March 19, 2024. From $11,410 a person twin share. See rssc.com
THE TRIP
An unhurried long-distance train journey
Edmonton, Canada. Photo: iStock
SLOWLY DOES IT More and more travellers are rediscovering the languid pleasures and meditative clickety-clack of train journeys that unashamedly take their time. You can avoid airports, see more scenery, better access city centres and make a grand eco-friendly journey with ease.
TELL ME MORE Get across continents without long-haul flights, and with the bonus of seeing in-between places you might never otherwise visit. Even monotonous outlooks onto wheat fields or forest can be relaxing and exhilarating as you tuck into meals in restaurant cars. One of the great rides is the 4466-kilometre journey between Toronto and Vancouver on The Canadian. Sure, it takes 94 hours instead of five by air, and that’s if you don’t stop over, but you get to see wide-open prairies, Canadian Rockies and cities such as Winnipeg and Edmonton.
DON’T MISS The Rockies are the obvious highlight, but Manitoba is like chugging through a Rothko painting: slabs of yellow sunflowers, blue sky, red barns. White clouds drift overhead like colossal sheep.
ESSENTIALS Globus’ 14-day “Great Canadian Rail Journey” has multiple departures May-September 2023. From $6869 a person twin share. See globus.com.au
THE TRIP
A cruisy cycling route
SLOWLY DOES IT On a bicycle, you can immerse yourself in landscapes and interact with local communities. Set your own pace: in Europe especially, beer gardens and cafes are always around the corner.
TELL ME MORE Ditch the car and its carbon footprint, wheel along at a sedate pace, enjoy fresh air and explore byways, villages and countryside unseen from highways. Companies such as UTracks offer e-bikes and luggage transfers, so it doesn’t have to be hard. Take 14 days to pedal 500 kilometres along the Danube between Passau in Germany and Budapest in Hungary. With logistics taken care of, you can enjoy Vienna and Bratislava, national parks and protected areas, monasteries, castles and every bakery you come across.
DON’T MISS Austria’s Wachau Valley between the baroque pile of Melk Abbey and medieval town of Durnstein is the most scenic section, winding through vineyards, apricot orchards and villages embraced by Danube cliffs.
ESSENTIALS UTrack’s self-guided 14-day “Danube Cycle” has weekly departures between April 30 and October 1, 2023. From $3150 a person twin share. See utracks.com
THE TRIP
An immersive experience
SLOWLY DOES IT Travellers are discovering that staying in one place and unpacking only once is better for the planet and good for the soul. Who says a journey has to involve charging around?
TELL ME MORE Settle into a single base and you can soak up local life, get an in-depth look at its culture, and use it as a springboard for day trips without the hassle of changing hotels. A three-week stay in Florence with Smithsonian Journeys, the travel program of the prestigious US Smithsonian Institution, gives you time to explore its dense art, history and culture and slip into an unhurried local pace in its markets and restaurants.
You can also opt for language, cooking or art lessons.
DON’T MISS As you’d expect in Tuscany, every excursion is marvellous – Siena, San Gimignano, Cortona – but wall-ringed Lucca is the highlight. The formerly independent city-state is crammed with architectural beauty and has views towards the Apuan Alps.
ESSENTIALS Smithsonian Journey’s 23-day “Living in Italy” tour has multiple departures April-October 2023. From US$5890 a person ($8361) twin share. See smithsonianjourneys.org
THE TRIP
A heavenly hiking holiday
SLOWLY DOES IT You can’t get slower than a walk, and no way of going better gets you immersed in your surrounds or interacting with passing people.
TELL ME MORE Hiking and trekking tours are feel-good, get-fit, fresh-air ways to encounter distant places, suck up the soul-soothing benefits of nature, reduce your carbon footprint and support local remote communities. Challenge yourself or just amble along, and stop to gaze and picnic where you will.
World Expeditions’ trek through western Mongolia absorbs you in the remote beauty of one of the world’s least-visited places. You’ll feel like Marco Polo travelling the ancient Silk Road. You get into the crisp glacial landscapes of the Turgen Mountains, enjoy nomadic hospitality in flowery valleys and cross grassland and semi-desert.
DON’T MISS Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, which features high mountains, a splatter of lakes and a symphony of gurgling streams. It’s encountered over three trekking days, with luggage carried by camel.
ESSENTIALS World Expedition’s 18-day “Mongolian Panorama” trek has several departures June-August 2023. From $6290 a person twin share. See worldexpeditions.com
THE TRIP
An extended road trip
SLOWLY DOES IT Depending on your vehicle of choice, this isn’t the eco-friendliest way to go (though you can do some routes by coach) but it does encourage a free-flowing itinerary on which you can take detours and stop at will.
TELL ME MORE Road trips fell out of fashion but have recently bounced back, with renewed interested in destinations such as Route 66 in the US.
No travel style better suits Australia. The Savannah Way runs from Cairns to Broome through an extravagant swathe of grasslands and orange outback; take a leisurely 14 days to enjoy its first half to Katherine. Among highlights are the Atherton Tablelands, vast underground lava tubes at Undara, former gold-mining town Croydon and several spectacular rust-red gorges.
DON’T MISS The Savannah Way skirts the Gulf of Carpentaria, with Karumba a great spot for barramundi fishing or simply kicking back at the local pub over a barramundi meal.
ESSENTIALS The route requires a four-wheel drive and should be tackled in the May-October dry season. Bring extra water and fuel, and ideally a satellite phone. See queensland.com, northernterritory.com
TEN TYPES OF ‘EASY-DOES IT’ DESTINATIONS
UNIVERSITY TOWNS
Ditch the guidebook and enjoy cheap eats, great nightlife, arts scenes, quirky museums and historical settings without sightseeing duties. Big student populations mean a laidback lifestyle.
Try Bologna in Italy for its sunny dolce vita. See bolognawelcome.com
UNDER-VISITED COUNTRIES
Get off the tourist trail into unexplored places to slow down. One of our near neighbours, utterly gorgeous Tuvalu, gets a mere 3600 visitors a year, and happily there isn’t much to do other than snorkel, snooze and snack. See timelesstuvalu.com
HOLY PLACES
Contemplate your god, your navel or the otherworldly vibe in places associated with age-old rituals designed to boost the spirit. Head to Rishikesh in the Indian Himalayan foothills, where meditation and yoga retreats abound. See uttarakhandtourism.gov.in
CAFE CULTURES
Photo: iStock
No matter how bustling, cities with cafe cultures provide every excuse to abandon bucket lists. Cafe hopping in Ljubljana in Slovenia allows you to soak up centuries of inimitable style from sun-soaked terraces, and stickybeak at passing people. See visitljubljana.com
SPA RESORTS
Shake off the need to see and do, and settle into the soothing bubble of hot baths to find tranquillity in pretty country settings.
Kinosaki Onsen in Japan is a quintessential example, where you can wend along canals from one bathhouse to another. See visitkinosaki.com
SPARSELY POPULATED PLACES
Crammed countries ratchet up stress levels, while empty places encourage contemplation. Try Mongolia, whose 3.3 million people enjoy 1.5 million square kilometres of exhilarating grasslands and mountains beneath cloud-scudded skies. See mongolia.travel
MUSIC CITIES
Get alternative in cities famous for their music scenes. They provide living culture and an excuse to toe-tap the time away while quaffing cocktails or cold beers. Nowhere better than New Orleans in the US, filled with jazz and blue bars to satisfy the soul. See neworleans.com
ISOLATED ISLANDS
Stressed-out urbanites fantasise about tropical islands, where they can live out their Robinson Crusoe fantasy at a sluggish pace. In little-developed Mare in New Caledonia you can swim with fish, eat seafood and slip into the rhythm of island life.
See newcaledonia.travel
QUEENSLAND BEACHES
Nowhere invites you to take it easier than a beach with surf and sunsets. Chill out at Four Mile Beach at Port Douglas, one of Queensland’s best, backed by tropical rainforest and humped hills, and disturbed only by scuttling crabs. See tropicalnorthqueensland.org.au
GOURMET TOWNS
Any town with a gourmet reputation provides unhurried hours in street markets, delis, bakeries and restaurants. Lyon is the gastronomic capital of France, and dense in bouchons or neighbourhood eateries that showcase traditional dishes. See lyon-france.com
Brian Johnston
September holidays in Tenerife
Greetings to all readers and travelers! Just a week ago I returned from vacation, which I spent in a wonderful resort place – on the island of Tenerife.
As expected, September turned out to be the most favorable month of the year for traveling to this magical corner of nature. After all, this is the time when there is no longer that exhausting heat that makes you spend the whole day in a hotel room, enjoying the flow of air from the air conditioner.
I spent three unforgettable weeks on this island of the Canary Islands archipelago. There was plenty of time to walk along the beach along the Atlantic Ocean, enjoy the warm waves, the sound of the surf, and get a lot of pleasant impressions from such a vacation. The weather was great all the time, sunny days and warm nights. But this is not surprising, because given that the island is located at the latitude of the Sahara, it is difficult to imagine other climatic conditions.
To be honest, when I went to Tenerife, I was a little worried about the climate change. Since, despite the rather hot summer this year, my body reacts very violently to an increase / decrease in humidity.
But there were no problems here.
I would like to say a few words about the island itself. After all, it is clear that the modern tourist cannot be surprised by the azure bay, warm and clean beach sand. This is now offered by every self-respecting resort… what I recommend to definitely visit in Tenerife is the Teide volcano. It is impossible not to notice it, since it is located in the very center of the island, however, not everyone (for some reason) aspires to its foot. But in vain! You will find the power and frenzied natural energy in Tenerife only there. After the excursion to the foot of the volcano, I personally had a huge charge of positive energy, even thoughts of fatigue disappeared. And even now, some time after returning from there, I continue to be on my energetic rise. So, if you want to forget about fatigue, do not miss your opportunity.
I definitely advise you to get acquainted with such architectural sights as the Candelaria Basilica (the largest temple of the entire archipelago, a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Christian believers), as well as the Guimar pyramids.
The latter represent a step-shaped pyramid, the origin of which is still not a definite version. Some mysticism is hidden in their history.
In general, Tenerife has a rich history, there are many things to visit, see with your own eyes, feel the energy of past eras.
Regarding the infrastructure…
It should be noted that even if you suddenly forget something at home, you won’t have to worry about it for a long time. Perhaps this is one of the few resorts where you can buy absolutely any little thing, literally without leaving your hotel. Shops with the things necessary for a good rest are located near the beach everywhere (by the way, this is important, since I often faced the need to buy either shampoo or a toothbrush, and this is simply not available anywhere in the tourist area!).
The prices here are reasonable for both souvenirs and household items. In restaurants (and you will certainly go there), you can also have a tasty and hearty lunch at a relatively low price (for example, a seafood lunch, a glass of white wine and a cheesecake, I cost 17 euros per person).
Activities include cycling with rickshaws, a walk around the center of the island on a double-decker bus, many open-air nightclubs where you can enjoy live performances of local musicians.
I recommend that people over 25 go there, as the resort is not youthful, but more solid, calm.
Eternal Spring Tenerife
With the start of school, the traditional September holiday had to be shifted to the holidays at the end of October. In European resorts, the season is closed and it is cold to swim, but in our program, the Eternal Spring of Tenerife. We buy tickets in advance for a direct flight and go!
Tenerife
Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands and the largest of the 7 islands of the archipelago. It is part of Spain, but an original and self-sufficient “province”. The Canary Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean closer to the African continent than to the European one. If a ferry gets to Tenerife from mainland Europe, it takes a couple of days.
The island is large: in order to go around it along the coastal highways in a circle, you need to overcome more than 300 km. The hourly difference compared to Moscow is -3, which allows the Muscovite-lark to have absolutely no problems meeting sunrises.
From Moscow, the flight is long and most likely will cost a pretty penny, but it’s better to fly on a convenient direct flight than to get there for a couple of days with exhausted transfers. Tenerife itself is a varied holiday for every taste and budget. Glittering and fashionable resorts side by side with budget appart-towns for the working class of European tourism, and across the gorge, local outcasts and downshifters from the Continent set up a tent camp. White equipped beaches with long rows of sunbeds from 8 euros / day and secluded bays in crevices without the possibility of driving a car with clear water and black volcanic sand. Boutiques and clubs in coastal resorts or endurance testing on volcanic trekking. Sunny cloudless weather of the coast and alpine fog, rain in the face and piercing wind.
Teide Volcano
Teide is perhaps the main symbol of Tenerife. Just 100 years ago, an awakened volcano (3718m) rises exactly in the middle of the island and inside a large caldera formed by very old eruptions of an even larger volcano, the territory of which is now a stone-lava Martian desert and the Teide National Reserve (Parque Nacional del Teide).
A cable car is stretched to the top, a ticket for which is not necessary to buy both ways, but can be combined with walking descent or ascent. It’s a good idea to buy tickets in advance, tickets usually sell out in the coming days.
We got to the foot of the volcano along the TF-21 road from the southern part of the island, the ascent to the entrance to the territory of the caldera leads through a beautiful coniferous forest that encircles the caldera. From the north side, TF-21 also goes through the strip of this forest.
This is how it looks in sunny time
Rocks overgrown with cacti and succulents in the San Miguel area are gradually replaced by small sparse pines, Vilaflor de Chansa, nestled comfortably in a high gorge, hides in the gorge.
Next day the visibility here was maximum 50 meters
But on the day of the trip we were lucky. The sun shone brightly, we were surrounded by large and small pine trees, the road twisted and seemed to lead us straight into the sky.
We arrived at the foot of the volcano at 9:20 and were still able to park relatively close by. After 11, when we had already gone down, there were a lot of tourists that the cars lined up along the road for a while of kilometers from the ski lift. And at the entrance, a slowly creeping queue. And it’s early November!
We have tickets for 9:30, there is a small queue at the lift turnstiles, it moves late. We pass the rise at 9:45. Printed tickets are not needed, it is enough to show them from the phone screen. The ascent takes 10 minutes. Above the clouds, we were still climbing by car, and the cable car lifts us above a completely Martian landscape, and the clouds and ordinary life below them are somewhere very far away.
Upstairs it’s hot and cold and windy. A mountain range in the distance – on it I will find myself on the penultimate day of vacation.
Hiking routes depart from the cable car station to the side, of any complexity and length from 1 hour to a day. We walked along route 12 towards the view of the little brother of Pico Viejo (3134 m). A leisurely walk back and forth was enough for just an hour, special shoes on more serious routes will be needed.
Everywhere on the volcano, I caught the local network and had 3G internet. And containers for separate collection of garbage on the route!
Hiking
In Tenerife and other Canary Islands, many people come not for the beaches, but for hiking: hiking in the mountains and forests, usually fit in one day. A huge plus of Tenerife is that even short routes can be very diverse: the landscape and nature change dramatically in just a couple of kilometers.
One of the last days I went to a coniferous forest, through which we passed in the direction of the Teide volcano.
I thought about just wandering around it, I didn’t even choose the route in advance. I outlined the route based on maps from Maps.me, chose a couple of observation points marked on the map and paths leading to them. There are no parking lots or even a roadside along the TF-21 going through the forest to the top. Where there is a small flat area, cars are left there.
Started climb surrounded by fog. Coniferous trees and shrubs, lush green in color, slowly floated out to meet them. He climbed about 250 meters in 40 minutes, the path is clearly visible, lined with pebbles along the edges or marked with dots of paint throughout, and Maps.me led without mistake.
And now the sun is shining, the clouds have remained lower, the coniferous forest is thinning and I am gradually climbing to the top-plateau with the speaking name El Sombrero (2405m), which was probably once a pillar of lava.
This is how it was formed hundreds of thousands of years ago
And today I am at the very top.
Alone, not even a bird will fly by. Absolute peace and quiet, and the whole world and resort chaos is very far down, under the clouds.
After descending from the plateau and walking 500 meters to the side without climbing, I found myself on the edge of a mountain range. From here, the panorama of the valley at the foot of the Teide, the route along which we raced to it recently, and the volcano itself on a cloudless horizon.
The walk took me 3 hours, of which I climbed 1.5 hours, rested and admired for half an hour and descended for another hour.
Further along this path you can go along the caldera
El Sombrero, from the edge of which I looked down
Way back through the clouds
Relic forests
Relic forests have been preserved in Tenerife, which once covered the southern part of Europe, but due to climate change, today they remain only here (yes, in Madeira). They are located in the northern part of the island behind the capital, declared a national reserve.
Certain routes require prior registration, but even without this, there are enough walking routes lasting from 40 minutes to 6 hours.
In the village of Cruz del Carmen there is a tourist office with the necessary information, all routes are well marked and you can not get lost. We managed to walk only along the shortest “Path of the Senses”, which leads from the tourist office to the nearest mirador (survey view), this route can be walked even with small children.
Laura Park
Laura Park is located in the northern part of the island, traveled 100km one way. Very well in time for the start of the show with killer whales, which are also called whale killers because during the hunger strike they become bloodthirsty and kill other large aquatic mammals. At the show, two multi-ton black-and-white killer whales unquestioningly carried out the commands of the tamers: they threw themselves ashore, circled, sang with incredible sounds, splashed water with their tails at the audience, and emerged from the water high into the air.
It was something! I can’t believe that a person can come into contact with these animals and interact harmoniously. After the killer whale show, at short intervals, there are no less interesting and funny shows with dolphins and fur seals. It is worth checking the schedule in advance and visiting each one!
In addition to the water shows in Laura Park, the books of Gerald Durrell come to life literally at a distance, and the expeditions of Jacques Yves Cousteau materialize from the TV screen. Proud white tigers, humanoid gorillas, royal lions, hippos, anteaters, sloths, you name it! Asian and Australian birds fly and sing overhead. For very young children there is a corner “Kinderland”, with 7-year-old Vika we walked all day and barely left when everything was closed.
It is absolutely justified that there are no tourists who do not visit Laura Park on their first visit to Tenerife! Tickets are not cheap: 37€ for an adult and 25€ for a child over 6 years old, I think in the end no one regrets! You can buy a general ticket here and to Siam Park (with an open date) for 64€ and 43.
5€ respectively. So we did.
Siam Park
The craziest attraction is the Tower of Power almost sheer slide 28 m high. In almost free fall, you fly these meters so fast that you really don’t have time to get scared. Just don’t close your eyes! Having accelerated, you fly through a glass pipe inside the pool with sharks.
No wonder they write that Siam Park is in the TOP-3 of the best water parks in Europe! Thoughtful and surprising water rides for all ages and levels of risk tolerance.
In the part with slides and attractions, the territory is very green, you don’t spend the whole day in the scorching sun. In addition to the slides, there is a separate large pool with the largest artificial waves.
In the season it is better to arrive at opening time to reserve sunbeds. Later – there is a place only on the far outskirts of the main beach. Parking near the park costs 4 euros, you can park for free at the nearest shopping center Siam Mall and take a short walk to the water park.
If you take rafting flip-flops with you, it is more convenient to run between the rides. You can bring food and drinks with you, no one checks things at the entrance.
The girls went on vacation twice: at the exit they bought a ticket for the second visit with a 50% discount. Children under 7 years old are free. Sunbeds are free, a locker for valuables cost 3€.
Resorts and beaches
The beaches in the resort towns are good: sandy and equipped. Sun loungers and other things are paid everywhere, but no one bothers to sit on towels. The urban civilized beaches are very crowded, damn it! The end of October is not the season, but more than enough people. On the first day we tried the Playa de Las Americas beach, surrounded by expensive hotels and shops, and on the last day before the airport we stopped by the common city beach Los Cristianos to finally make sure that this format is not for us.
Tenerife has many small and wild beaches, without amenities, but not crowded, not built up.
Local and unpretentious guys like us gather here, who want fewer people and more local color. Not far from Los Cristianos, in the area of unfinished hotels and agro-farms, there is a cozy bay that can be reached by car. There are not many people on the beach, there is one eatery nearby and several houses squeezed into the cliff. Very clean water, many yachts come in, fine gray sand. The locals roar and eat, children and dogs play, someone goes scuba diving, someone snorkels along the rocks, the sun goes down to the horizon, and people go to the beach to say goodbye to the departing day while sitting with their backs to the pier towards the sunset.
There are several even more secluded coves within walking distance. You will have to walk to them along narrow paths along the rugged high coast. Sneakers do not interfere very much, but normal tourist shoes are better.
Nudists and outcasts with faded tents nest among the rocks and cliffs, laying out messages with stones on the ground.
Vika had to explain about nudists when a Spaniard dressed only in a beard walked past cheerfully waving his limbs. The path to the bays winds past rocks and unfinished buildings. Not officially, beach Tenerife is like that! On a future visit here for the night under the stars with a tent!
We went to Los gigantos. High sheer cliffs, in honor of which the name is, are visible from the observation platforms at the entrance.
Here they fly with a hang glider, but otherwise it looks like an ordinary resort town, but there is no good beach to be seen. We went down from the high bank to the water, wandered along the volcanic rocks.
This is how lava frozen 150 thousand years ago looks like up close.
On the northern edge of the island, behind the capital of Santa Cruz, in a mountainous area, there are several gloomy rocky beaches with black sand. From the rickety houses of the village of Benijo went down the rocky steps to Playa de Benijo.
Black sand, aggressive ocean and surprisingly warm water. Strong waves pulling towards the menacing rocky wreckage.
Without going down to the ocean along a dirt road, you can go (or maybe take a chance and drive) inland, to the next beach and the most extreme village of the island.
Apartments
We avoid crowded resort settlements. Apartments in the southern part of the island in a small village in the mountains. A complex of the same type of two-story, back-to-back built houses with a common garden and infrastructure. The beaches are 30 minutes by car, but as always we are not behind the beaches in Tenerife. We have a gorgeous view from the window, a lot of space and a large terrace, there are not only few tourists, but in general people around, silence and enjoyment of sunrises and sunsets. From the second floor, the view is better, lucky! We had breakfast on the terrace only a couple of times, it was windy and still cool in the morning. In the mountains at our height, on average, it is 5 degrees colder compared to the coast.
But rain and fog are still rare here. Large supermarket 10 minutes in the next village. When you always have a car, such an arrangement is not at all strained.
Hammocks are hung on the territory, there is a barbecue area, where they often cooked on coals. Also billiards, mini-gym, laundry, massage room, book-crossing. Where there are sunbeds in a row in the photo, this is the passage to the indoor pool. It is like a grotto made under the house, in the pool there is warm water, and in the very depths there is a hot Jacuzzi. After a busy day, on a cool evening, climbing into a warm pool and a hot jacuzzi is always a thrill.
Tenerife by car
Taking a car here is a must! All the places described above can be reached by regular buses, but Tenerife is the very place where the freedom of direction and travel schedule pays off with interest. Moreover, car rental here is one of the cheapest I have seen. Diesel Renault Clio on the mechanics for 2 weeks cost 167 €.
Gasoline is not expensive, 0.94 € per liter of diesel.
For several years we have been traveling on offline Maps.me maps based on OSM. You don’t need to rent a navigator, but here in Tenerife, using these maps, I even went to the mountains along trekking routes. But in Tenerife, Maps.me is constantly optimizing the route, trying to reduce the total mileage: it suggests turning off the slopes smoothly descending from the mountains to peripheral roads, which through the narrow streets of the villages practically rush down the mountain downhill. You shouldn’t do this, it’s better to stick to the trails, the total length will be longer, but the trails are safer and often faster on them than on country narrow paths. And it happens that Maps.me will lead to a dead end in this way. Trust but check.
The roads themselves are good everywhere, the maximum speed limit on the main highways is 120, the drivers are diligent: they line up in advance in a long line to the roundabout and no one goes around on the right in the free lane.
And this is not at all surprising. Here you can choose a holiday for any mood. And a quiet vacation on the seashore , and sightseeing tour , which will allow you to see those things and those places that are famous all over the world! Spain is the birthplace of many famous artists, talents who lived and worked here at different times. nine0041 
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This graph shows how an average day looks like in Calas de Majorca in September based on historical data.
2 hours (59% of the day). For comparison, the month with the most clear, sunny days in Calas de Majorca is July with an average of 20.5 hours per day while November has the shortest amount of cloud-free hours with only 13.0 hours per day. This graph shows the average amount of sunshine in Calas de Majorca in September based on historical data.
April has the highest relative humidity at 73% and is the least humid in July at 64%. This graph shows the average amount of humidity in Calas de Majorca throughout September based on historical data.
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If you can’t stand the heat, you don’t like the sun and you want to enjoy the fantastic holiday Magaluf can offer you, your month is definitely June, also considering that Magaluf main nightclubs are already open and there are many people around.
Real fun is guaranteed. In summer, hundreds of bars, restaurants, supermarkets and souvenir shops in the different areas of Magaluf open and prepare for the summertime season. If you want to go the beach, this is the best time to go since the temperature of water is perfect. If you have never been to Magaluf Beach, you cannot miss it. Magaluf Beach is one of the most popular white sand beaches on the Island. And, of course, if you are looking for party and nightclubs, the middle of the summer it’s surely the perfect time to come to Magaluf. Two of the most famous nightclubs of Mallorca and Spain are located in Magaluf: BCM Planet dance and STAGE by BCM at the BH Mallorca hotel. It’s important to know that these two nightclubs are at the TOP100 worldwide. BCM, in particular, has been ranked as the number 10 in the world, so it’s a stop that cannot be missed in your trip.
Many people who live in Magaluf consider these months as the most enjoyable from the climatic point of view. The rainfalls are infrequent. You can go strolling along the beach both day and night, picking up something to eat. Those who can’t stand the cold weather can wear something up when the night gets cooler.
It’s often warm enough to sit in the sunshine at a pavement café in the day and early evening. Spring and autumn are the ideal seasons for walking, cycling and golfing holidays, particularly in Andalusia, the Valencia region and the Balearic Islands, where it’s too hot in summer to be active all day.
In northern Andalusia you are most likely to spot the Iberian lynx in the Sierra de Andújar in December and January. In northern Spain the prime time to see brown bears and wolves in the Somiedo mountains in Asturias is from April to June and August to November, while June and July are the best months for butterflies and flowers in the Pyrenees.
The hottest and driest months are July and August, and you can expect sunshine on most days.
Figures of Christ and the Virgin Mary are taken out of the churches and carried through the streets on ornate floats, accompanied by hundreds of penitents who wear pointed hoods that conceal their identities. It’s an emotional experience even if you’re not religious. Two weeks later the city erupts into full-on festival mode for the Feria de Abril, centred on a vast fairground where the Sevillanos dance, drink manzanilla sherry, devour tapas and ride their horses in all their splendid flamenco finery.
On December 21 in Bilbao, buy artisan Basque cheese, charcuterie and turrón nougat at the annual Santo Tomás market.
Today, anyone in the world that wants to race across the Atlantic Ocean will be looking at this race. This year it has been so amazing to see the people of Lanzarote getting more involved. We had a thousand people in Marina Lanzarote to give the teams a great send off, and our complimentary spectator boat was completely full of 130 people watching the start from the water. This has been an amazing and beautiful experience; we are so very, very happy.”
However, Giovanni Soldini’s Maserati Multi70 (ITA) was not the quickest in light airs, with its four foils more a hinderance in low wind speed. At 17:15 UTC Snowflake was achieving 18 knots of boat speed, a mile ahead of Zoulou, with Maserati four miles astern.
By contrast, Eric de Turckheim’s NMYD Teasing Machine (FRA) chose the inshore end of the line. As the class leaders approached the turning mark at Puerto Calero, Black Pearl was clear away. Henri de Bokay’s Elliott 52 Rafale and Arto Linnervuo’s Infiniti 52 Tulikettu were in the chasing pack with Teasing Machine. A difference in tactics through the Strait of Bocaina saw Black Pearl go to the Fuerteventura coast along with Tulikettu and Teasing Machine. However, Rafale has split gybes heading north of the rhumb line, it will be interesting to see if their different approach pays off.
All settling in well on Pata Negra. The breeze is a little lighter than we hoped for, but there’s plenty of days to come for that to change. All happy aboard!”
The RORC want to attract the high performance boats like the MOD70s, Volvo 70s and the Supermaxi Swan 115 Jasi, but we also want the Corinthians as well. We want diversity and that is really evident in this fleet, with classic yachts and passionate two-handed teams like Kate and Claire on Purple Mist and Peter and Duncan on Sea Bear.”
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But by the 2000s her raw, powerful renditions of flamenco — and her unusual background and vivid, unconventional personality — made her something of a star in Spain.
“I don’t know what flamenco [music] or Cuban [music] is,” she says. “I know people who live in Cuba. I know people who sing flamenco.”
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“When a girl cries in China it’s the same fear and sadness as when someone cries in New York. … Lonesomeness is lonesomeness.”
The route operates daily during peak season with a Boeing 777, and 3x weekly in the off-season with a Boeing 787.
Virgin Atlantic has a limited number of Heathrow slots, so that’s the biggest challenge standing in the way of Virgin Atlantic’s growth.
In fact, being a bit quieter makes them even more wonderful. Head to the north to enjoy the bliss of Port de Pollenca’s main beach overlooking the marina or build castles with the kids on the white sands of Alcudia.
You could make a trip into a simple city break exploring the quirks of Majorca’s biggest city and thanks to the cooler temperatures it won’t be as energy sapping.
Walk from Felanitx up to the sacred Monastery of San Salvador or enjoy a gentle stroll around La Goya Nature Park in Port de Pollenca or breathe in the coastal views of Sa Mola.
Mallorca almost 100% falls under our requirements. 
For the sake of such sangria, it was worth taking a walk to the port of Alcudia. 
It is twinned with the marine animal park Mundomar
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Indeed, it claims to be the most popular in Spain. Visitors flock from all over Europe to experience its party reputation. It is certainly not the prettiest place with its multi-storey hotels lined up along the beach, but what it lacks in beauty it more than makes up with atmosphere. The old town of course is the very opposite and here you can enjoy the traditional flavour of Spain.
Terra Mitica is an exciting theme park and Aqualandia claims to be the largest water park in Europe.
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as one of the best places in Spain. After the trip, there were two impressions about this city. I would like to talk about what we encountered on the trip. 
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