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An Elegant Point of View at the Humboldt Mirador

Posted on February 24, 2011March 22, 2011
byAndy Montgomery

It was in the summer of 1799 that the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt formed an opinion of Tenerife as one of the most beautiful places he had seen. Today, Humboldt has been immortalised in bronze in the very spot where he stood[…]

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Following in the Footsteps of Britain’s Victorian Explorers on Tenerife: Part 2

Posted on February 16, 2011March 14, 2011
byJack Montgomery

He was keen to scale the peak even though it was March and he’d been advised that at this time “˜furious winds threaten to sweep away intruders like dry leaves’ …

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Following in the Footsteps of Victorian Explorers on Tenerife: Part 1

When Richard and Isabel arrived in Santa Cruz, Yellow Fever was raging in the capital and the couple made straight for La Laguna in a rickety stagecoach which Isabel described as “˜the skeleton of the first vehicle that was ever made’…

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Holding the Fort in Tenerife

Posted on January 25, 2011February 22, 2011
byAndy Montgomery

It has always struck me that, for an island which for much of its history has held such a strategically important position on the world trade map, there are precious few castles on Tenerife, save for those that plop out of buckets and have flags stuck in them until the tide comes and washes them away[…]

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Tenerife From The Air Is Picture Perfect

Posted on January 21, 2011February 4, 2011
byColin Kirby

So there we are standing in the dewy Golf Costa Adeje grass at 9am waving up at a helium filled zeppelin, it’s the only way to start the day. Being Tenerife the sky was clear blue and the sun was already knocking out plenty of heat […]

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You’d Be Nuts To Miss The Almond Blossom Walk In Santiago Del Teide

Posted on January 15, 2011February 8, 2011
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byColin Kirby

Sugared or covered in chocolate, that’s probably your childhood memory of almonds, after all they don’t just grow on trees, hmm hang on, apparently they do. Memorable crunches were very…

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Walk this Way, GuÃa de Isora to Chirche

Posted on January 11, 2011February 7, 2011
byAndy Montgomery

This month we take an excursion away from the sun-soaked beaches of the south west coast to discover the ghosts of a past in the hills above them.

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Checking Into Hotel Barceló Santiago

Posted on December 21, 2010March 8, 2011
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byAndy Montgomery

This is a hotel that knows how to make its guests feel welcome from the moment they arrive at reception. While the smiling Nancy goes through the details of my booking and the hotel’s facilities at my disposal, a chilled glass of cava appears […]

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A Christmas Cocktail In Santa Cruz And La Laguna – Hold The Ice

Posted on December 5, 2010January 5, 2011
byColin Kirby

Trying hard not to step on a shepherd or reduce the wise men to 2, I picked my way through the large free standing nativity or belen (above) at the Casa de Los Capitanes Generales…

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Walk this Way, La Caldera

Posted on November 30, 2010December 25, 2010
byAndy Montgomery

From the wide forest pista (path) of La Caldera a trail snakes up through the forest, ever higher until it reaches the ridge and the world below opens up at your feet. You can sit on flat rock chair, dangle your legs and tuck into egg butties in front of a wide screen vista that makes you glad to be alive.

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