Tenerife walks and drives
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife. If staying in the capital Hotel Mencey is well placed at the junction of the Rambla and Parque Garcia Sanabria. (However in 2009 it is undergoing extensive refurbishment and we stayed a few metres away at Taburiente - with its excellent restaurant "Gom" on the premisies) It is a pleasant walk down through a series of small parks and pedestrianised streets to the harbour and Plaza España (expensive). The original part of the hotel (far left) statue (left) and fountains (right) in the park. Canarian food and restaurants.
Las Cañadas
Teide and the caldera area. Climbing Teide is an energetic full day, as are other major peaks of the caldera rim, there are however easy walks in Las Cañadas.
winter on the caldera - rainbowLas CañadasTeideGUAJARATeide
winter storm over Teideteide duskwinter on the caldera - rainbowLas Cañadas
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Teideafter rainTeideTeideTeideLas Cañadas
teide photowinter on the calderawinter on the calderaTeideLas CanadasLas Canadas
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The La Fortaleza walk (2 hours - walk 1 in the Teide National park walks booklet) from the information centre at La Portillo
pico viejo
 The Pico Viejo walk from Los Roques (walk 23)
Fasnia
 fasnia  The Volcan de Fasnia walk (walk 20)
Drives. Once away from the coast, roads become steep and sometimes tortuous, all the roads that go anywhere of significance are metalled but there are many "forestals" and rough jeep tracks in out of the way places. In the national park the jeep tracks are now blocked to vehicles and are used as footpaths. I suspect this is a general trend.

Walks. There are many easier walks than Teide and Guajara. Three walks start from a Jeep track just above Vilaflor.
There are a couple of good roads through the old caldera area giving good views of Teide. In this photo the source of the 18C eruptions can be seen.
road repairsRare winter storms bring problems to the roads.
As you drive up from the capital into the caldera area, its not uncommon to pass through low cloud and then into the sunshine. 
los gigantes The resort at Los Gigantes seemed pleasant.
birds of tenerife
 The Blue Chaffinch (Pinzon Azul)

 




























Tenerife walking books

Climbing El Teide