The eternal spring Island

May 21, 2006 on 6:37 pm | In Weather, Beach, Tenerife | No Comments
Camison-beach

Tenerife is internationally known as the eternal spring Island. His geographic location, so close to the African continent makes you think of a more dry and warm weather, but it is not the case due to the Alisios, a wind stream. The local orography and the cold maritime stream is responsible of the fresh temperatures around Tenerife beaches.

In general, the weather in the Island is very soft, warm and moderated during all seasons of the year. There aren’t periods of intense cold or very high temperatures. The average temperature is around 18°C/62°F in winter and it reaches around 25°C/81°F degrees in summer. If you want to see the different average temperatures by month, as well as the precipitation in mm followed by and sun hours, click here.

The photo below shows the beach of Camison in December, in Playa de las Americas (Tenerife South).

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Tenerife according to Alexander V. Humboldt

May 14, 2006 on 12:31 pm | In Nature, Tenerife | 1 Comment

Anaga - Tenerife

“From Tacoronte Valley, you enter the wonderful country which travellers from all nations have spoken of with enthusiasm. In the torrid zone I have found places where nature is more majestic, more rich in the development of organic forms; but after being all over Orinoco river sides, Peru Mountains and the beautiful valleys in Mexico, I must confess I have not seen such a varied, attractive and harmonious place because of the distribution of the expanse of vegetables and rocks…”

Alexander Von Humboldt, German Traveller and Naturist

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Tenerife Map

May 7, 2006 on 8:43 pm | In Maps, Tenerife | No Comments

If you are considering to go to Tenerife, you would be find useful to have a map of the Island. In the following map shows the main spots, like the Teide vulcano in the center of the Island. If you want to print it, just click on it to have a real size map.

Tenerife Map

It is also easy to spot the 2 airports available:

- ‘Tenerife Sur’ airport is located at the very South, it is the bigger one and it is the most common used for international flights.

- ‘Tenerife Norte’ airport (also known as ‘Los Rodeos’) is placed close to the capital of the Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It mainly covers flight with the other Canary Islands as well as flights to the Spanish mainland, like Madrid, Barcelona or Sevilla.

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