Blogs from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe - page 16

Since we have got ourselves a little more organised at home, we have been trying to visit new places around the island of Tenerife. Yesterday we decided to visit El Medano. El Médano, formerly port of Granadilla, is now a tourist resort in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona in the South of the island of Tenerife. It is 11 km from the town of Granadilla de Abona, reaching a maximum altitude of 10 meters above sea level. It has the largest natural beach of Tenerife and is about 2 kilometres in length. This beach of fine white sand which is frequently windswept. The area is popular for the practice of windsurfing and kite surfing. There are many bars and friendly restaurants close to the beach and many hotels of varying sizes nearby. The price of ... read more

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After we came down from the mountains we reached the city of Puerto de la Cruz. Coming to our next to do point on our list. Visiting Loro Parque. Loro Parque was initially a park for Parrots. During the years it became a big park of many different birds, different plants and sea animals. We spent some hours by enjoying the lovely park. Especially the shows were above expectations. The cute dolphins and funny seals were nice. The parrot show was excellent. We were quite amazed how they were able to train birds that they can count and many other tricks. We left satisfied Loro Parque and went to orient a bit the city centre of Puerto de la Cruz. We noticed that the beaches on the north were typical 'volcano beaches', which means that the ... read more

DAY 1 Finally time for holidays. It was Sunday night and our flight was in the early morning. Destination for this time was Tenerife, Canary Islands. Unfortunately the flight to Tenerife was not at a desirable time. Especially when you are not able to sleep in a plane. After the check in procedure at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and entering the plane, the flight took off. After approximately 4 hours of flying we approached Tenerife. Above the clouds one of the important sight seeing was visible. The El Teide Volcano. After landing and and the transfer to our hotel at Playa de las Americas we were so exhausted that we needed a nap to recover. When we woke up it was quite late in the afternoon and we started to have a walk to orient the surrounding. ... read more

George’s sister and her husband are going home today. Had a lazy morning then left for the Airport about 10.30am. A tearful farewell. Their flight leaves at about 12.45pm. From the apartment, we saw the flight taxi down the runway. A strange experience. The runaway of Reina Sofia Tenerife South is about three miles away from us. We are plane people and enjoy watching movements in and out of the airport. It fascinates us. Recently we have seen a jumbo from Russia, 2 military planes come in and a couple of aborted landings. The Airport does not cause us any nuisance. ... read more