Mount Teide

At 3718 meters (a little 12,000 ft) Mt. Teide is snow covered for most of the year. Not only is it the highest mountain in the Canary Islands, since the islands are controlled by Spain, Mt. Teide is the highest mountain in Spain.

The Island of Tenerife

January 7th 2006
With the snow and cold of Germany in winter and no chance of going back to San Diego for Christmas, Kate and I decided to find a warm place to go during Christmas. Our local travel agent suggested either Egypt or the Canary Islands. Since we prefer islands to sand we choose to go to the island of Tenerife, a Spanish possession for over 500 years. We were going to arrange our trip to be gone ov ... read more

Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife

Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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