The ONLY website to show you the REAL Tenerife.
When it comes to your Tenerife Holidays, don't miss out on the best parts of the island.
Real Tenerife Island Drives is about showing visitors to Tenerife that there's much more to this island than just the sun soaked beaches of the coastal developments. There's history, beauty, culture and tradition set in a landscape that varies from lava strewn crater, through pine coated forest and vine covered terraces to coastal banana plantations, rocky shores and fine sand, palm tree lined beaches.
Throw into the mix a culture where fiestas are as important as work and you'll find fireworks, traditional costumes, bullock-led carts, goat filled streets and an atmosphere of fun and celebration somewhere on the island just about every week of the year.
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In case you haven't heard, it's Carnaval on Tenerife this month which means murga and carnaval queen contests in the run up to a week of madness and thumping all-night street parties if you're in Santa Cruz or Puerto de la Cruz between 18th and 25th. If you're in a southern resort you'll have to wait till Carnaval is over in the north before and Los Gigantes and Los Cristianos hold their versions at the beginning of March.
Tenerife’s countryside boasts an incredible variety of different terrains and scenery. With fascinating routes through dense forests, plunging ravines, ‘other worldly’ volcanic landscapes and unspoiled coastlines, Tenerife is a walker’s paradise. With year round sunshine to accompany you, why not check out some Tenerife flights and take to the hills. Discover the best of Tenerife’s great outdoors with our guides to the places to go walking and hiking on Tenerife.
The authors of Real Tenerife Island Drives are pleased to announce the publication of ‘Going Native in Tenerife
200 pages crammed with in-depth reviews of towns and villages across Tenerife as well as the island’s history, culture, traditions, food and drink, language, climate, extensive calendar of fiestas and not least, suggested itineraries for quick visits, holidays, temporary residence and a whole lifetime of enjoying the best of what Tenerife has to offer.
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The pic of the month had to have a carnaval theme... but what? It was difficult to pick from carnaval queens and drag queens; street parties, scantily clad dancers or sexy nuns. Carnaval is a whirlwind of colourful and surreal images with the streets of Santa Cruz and Puerto de la Cruz filled with a bizarre army of revellers from midnight onwards. In the end the glitz, glamour and flamboyance of a carnaval queen contestant wins out.
On Tenerife, the ratio of altitude (sea level to 3718 metres) to surface area (86km long, 56km wide) provides a multitude of micro-climates, and the volcanic make-up of the land offers unrivalled drama in its scenery.
With 'Island Drives' you can move through spectacular landscapes from snow to sunbathing in a half day journey.
Packed with information, anecdotes and stunning photographs, Island Drives is your key for unforgettable holidays in Tenerife.
All that's left now is to order your copy of Island Drives, book your Tenerife Holidays and prepare to discover a vibrant, fascinating and friendly island rich in history and culture.
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When it comes to reliable information about Tenerife, the team here at Island Drives are constantly travelling the island to parts that visitors and even most residents never see, trekking along goat trails in the mountains, treading the streets of every town and village, revelling at fiestas until dawn -all in the name of research.
In the About Tenerife pages we share some of our extensive personal knowledge of the island of Tenerife.
So browse the site, check out a Monarch vacation package and get the most from your Tenerife holidays .
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