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Seven links to the past to see walking on Tenerife
A couple of travel writing friends were on a press trip on Tenerife recently to experience some of the ‘real Tenerife’. As well as Teide National Park they’ve been taken to one of our favourites spots...
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Six scenes of the Roques de Garcia walking route on Tenerife
It took us a while to actually get around to walking the Roques de Garcia circuit in Teide National Park. In truth, we initially dismissed it as being one of the few places in the park which was...
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Start the New Year with easy walking on Tenerife
By the time the Christmas festivities are over each year we’ve usually had enough of sinful goodies and are ready to walk off the excesses. However, we don’t tend to jump straight back into any walking...
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Six of our favourite rural watering holes on Tenerife
When we select walking routes to include in our guides we like them to possess certain ingredients. Ingredients which we want from a walk, the sort of things which elevate them to be more than just a...
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Island Walking Routes for the east of Tenerife
A question which comes up now and again is “do you have any walking routes for the east of Tenerife?” The simple answer is no, we don’t. Although that’s not strictly true, the Malpaís de Güímar (Güímar...
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News about the Masca Barranco on Tenerife
11 March 2019 – Following a visit to Masca Ravine by the mayor of Buenavista del Norte (the municipality where Masca is located) there has been an official update on what’s happening regarding safety...
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Tenerife Walking Festival 2019
We recently received emails from both a PR company in the UK and also the Tenerife Tourist Board with information about the upcoming Tenerife Walking Festival which runs from 21 to 25 May. We receive...
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Nature routes on Tenerife for wheelchair users
Many, many years ago I read a travel book about a wheelchair user exploring Caribbean islands. Needless to say, he didn’t always find it an easy or straightforward task as the terrain wasn’t wheelchair...
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Walking through the historic half of La Orotava
The very first time we visited La Orotava we got it completely wrong. It was a rush job at the end of the day and we hadn’t time to properly explore. We weren’t really blown away by what we saw. We’d...
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Ten things about climbing Mount Teide on Tenerife
It is quite simply the ultimate walking route on Tenerife, and possibly all of the Canary Islands. To hike to the summit of the highest Spanish mountain, Mount Teide, is quite an achievement to have on...
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The best walking experience on Tenerife
What is the best walking experience on Tenerife? As well as being subjective, it’s a hard question to answer. We have our favourite walks on the island, but even then it would be extremely difficult to...
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About short walking routes in Tenerife and the Canary Islands
We’ve just received a one star review on Amazon for our Walk this Way Tenerife Guidebook. That’s fine, we know not everyone is going to like what we produce. We don’t write for everyone, we write for...
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Masca Barranco isn’t the only ravine walk on Tenerife
News that ‘improvements’ to the Masca Barranco walking route are taking (much, much) longer than anticipated and the path is unlikely to be open before summer 2020 means that the route is out of bounds...
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The best festive season walks on Tenerife
Last week I enjoyed reading a Guardian article about readers’ tips for winter walks in the United (for now) Kingdom. Top tip was Mam Tor in Derbyshire. We’ve walked the route and it was a classic...
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Ten of the best hikes on Tenerife
Recently I spotted a blog post about the best hikes on Tenerife. It occurred to me that, apart from in an appendix in our Walk this Way Tenerife hiking guidebook, we’ve never actually listed what we...
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Long distance walking routes on Tenerife
A question we get asked on a regular basis is “are there long distance walking routes on Tenerife?” This is usually followed up with “I want to walk from A to B, staying at hotels/pensions/hostels...
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Why Tenerife is a top hiking destination
Every so often we experience something on our hikes across Europe which reinforces why we consider Tenerife, and other Canary Islands to be the consummate walking destinations. Recently in central...
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Nature routes on Tenerife for wheelchair users
Many, many years ago I read a travel book about a wheelchair user exploring Caribbean islands. Needless to say, he didn’t always find it an easy or straightforward task as the terrain wasn’t wheelchair...
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Walking through the historic half of La Orotava
The very first time we visited La Orotava we got it completely wrong. It was a rush job at the end of the day and we hadn’t time to properly explore. We weren’t really blown away by what we saw. We’d...
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Ten things about climbing Mount Teide on Tenerife
It is quite simply the ultimate walking route on Tenerife, and possibly all of the Canary Islands. To hike to the summit of the highest Spanish mountain, Mount Teide, is quite an achievement to have on...
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