Bill and I visited
Tenerife from Monday, March 24 to Monday, April 14, 2003 - our birthday present
to each other. Bill had attended a conference in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
in May 1998 and had been singing the island's praises since then. Because we
were going so early in the spring, we decided to go to Playa de la Arena just
south of Puerto de Santiago on the northwest coast which was sure to have lots
of sunshine and temperatures in the mid-twenties (°C). Tenerife is one of
the Canary Islands which lie 100 to 300 km off the west coast of Africa at the
level of southern Morocco and the temperature ranges between 20°C and 30°C
the whole year round, but the north coast gets much more cloud and rain than
the arid southern half of the island. Tenerife in the spring is very photogenic
and a paradise for photographers. I took over 600 digital photos and Bill took
about 400 photos with the SLR camera plus about 5 hours of video. Kim, Rory,
Annika and Jens spent their 2-week summer holiday on Tenerife at the end of
August/beginning of September 2003 and stayed in Puerto de la Cruz. Each of
them had a camera and took several films of photos.
Tenerife and the other Canary Islands are volcanic and still very active. The
last big outburst on Tenerife was less than 100 years ago and another could
happen at any time. There is lava everywhere you go. But even the youngest lava
flows are already being invaded by hardy plants, so that Tenerife is remarkably
green. In the springtime it is covered in flowers from the seashore to far up
the mountainsides. El Teide, at 3715 metres, is the highest mountain not only
on Tenerife but also in all of Spain and is visible from all over the island.
Bill and I planned quite an active trip with hiking and sightseeing as well
as days by the pool, so our Tenerife holiday is in the form of a diary with
one page for each day we were there. Kim, Rory, Annika and Jens were a bit more
relaxed and they did not all do the same trips, so their photos are arranged
by theme.
Fly to Tenerife. Bus from
south of island along coast to Playa de la Arena |
Day
1 |
| Photos of hotel in Puerta de la Cruz Photos of Puerto de la Cruz Trip to Loro Park Bus tour to Masca. Hike down Masca Gorge (Rory and Annika) Bus to Guimar. Visit Pyramids and Thor Heyerdahl Museum Bus to La Caldera. Hike in rainforest (Rory and Annika) Puerto de la Cruz Botanical Gardens (Kim and Jens) Bus to Teide (Parador). Hike around Los Roques |
Hotel Puerto Cruz Loro Park Masca Guimar La Caldera Botanical Gardens Teide |
| Index
| Day1 | Day2 | Day3
| Day4 | Day5 | Day6
| Day7 | Day8 | Day9
| Day10 | Day11 |
| Day12 | Day13 | Day14
| Day15 | Day16 | Day17
| Day18 | Day19 | Day
20 | Day 21 |
| Hotel | Puerto Cruz | Loro
Park | Masca | Guimar | La
Caldera | Botanical Gardens | Teide
|
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2003 Vicki Sherwood
November 20, 2013
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