Tenerife Tourist Guide

Live Webcams

If you are planning to visit Tenerife soon, you may want to check out how the weather and the beaches look like before you go. There is a new site offering all the available live webcams in the Island:

www.tenerifewebcam.com

The image above is from the Troya beach in Costa Adeje. Click in the picture to see this beach in real time.

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Tenerife and variations of the word

Where is the word Tenerife coming from? Same as many places names in the Canary Islands, the word Tenerife is not Spanish at all. It comes in fact from ‘ten er efez’, name given by the old aborigines of La Palma, an island nearby. It meant ‘White Mountain’ (ten = mountain, er efez = white), referring to the Mountain Teide, easily visible from that island.

Although typically not translated, we can find these translations:

Spanish: Tenerife (pronunciation: tānārē’fā)[key]
English: Tenerife or sometimes Teneriffe
German: Teneriffa
French: Ténérife
Hungarian: Tenerifei

The misspellings of the word Tenerife are very common. Having a look to our visits logs from Google, Yahoo or MSN, the most common ones are Teneriff, Tennerife, Tenerifi, Tenerrife, Trenerife or even Tenerreef. Less common are Tenerifa and Trenerife.

If you know other names given to this island, do not hesitate to let us know

Popularity: 79% [?]

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Tenerife photos from tourists and locals

Flickr has an important collection of photos of Tenerife. We found these pictures far more real than the typical tourist guides photos, as they show the Island of Tenerife from the point of view of tourists and locals. If you click in the photo below, it will be shown the author and a link with the original location.

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Popularity: 79% [?]

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Teide national park

If Tenerife is famous for anything, apart from being an exceptional tourist resort, it is for possessing the highest mountain in Spain and one of the most highest in the European Union. The area which surrounds Teide is of volcanic origin and created a ‘lunar’ landscape which is both spectacular and beautiful. In this privileged spot there are many species of animal and plant that only exist in the Canary Islands such as the Teide Finch, the most beautiful bird to be seen here, or the Teide violet. It has been necessary to institutionalise these treasures of nature in order to preserve them, and thus the National Park of the revines of Teide was created. The meteorological Observatory and the International Astrophysics Observatory are to be found at one end of the valley. It is possible to be really close to the summit by the teleferico, like a ski-lift. The view at 3,555 metres (11663 feet) is a must-see: In a clear day, or even through the sea of clouds it is quite easy to spot most of the Canary Islands at simple sight.

Today the Teide National Park has been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List (official page here). The north city of La Laguna is the other place in Tenerife already inscribed in the same list.

Popularity: 36% [?]

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Tenerife municipality

Tenerife is composed by 31 counties or municipalities, commonly grouped in three categories:

Metropolitan zone: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, La Laguna, El Rosario, Tegueste.

North zone: Tacoronte, El Sauzal, La Matanza de Acentejo, La Victoria de Acentejo, Santa Ursula, La Orotava, Puerto de la Cruz, Los Realejos, San Juan de la Rambla, La guancha, Icod de Los Vinos, Garachico, El Tanque, Los Silos, Buenavista del Norte.

South zone: Santiago del Teide, Guia de Isora, Adeje, Arona, Vilaflor, San Miguel de Abona, Granadillade Abona, Arico, Fasnia, Guimar, Arafo, Candelaria.

As a curiosity, Puerto de la Cruz is the smallest county in the Canary Islands with 8.73 Km2. It was before part of La Orotava county, which is the largest municipality (207.31 Km2).

Popularity: 43% [?]

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