The big draw here is the Teide (Tay’ day) volcano. Tenerife means “white mountain” and Teide means “hell”. Teide does get snow. Ron took an excursion to ride a cable…
Today we joined an all day tour to the UNESCO site of Garajonay National Park. Since the Canary Islands are volcanic, and small, the effect of elevation and trade winds…
All the Canary Islands came about through volcanic activity which has made figuring out what can grow a bit of a challenge. On today’s excursion, we visited an aloe vera…
A historic land of hills, fado*, beautiful vistas and architecture, previously unsampled but delicious wine and food and an ever increasing focus on tourism. We lucked out on the weather…
