Tenerife

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Tenerife is a holiday island with a difference. In fact it's a holiday island with many differences. It's the largest of the Canary Islands, but this is by no means its only distinguishing feature; for example to the north you'll find low-key Tenerife resorts  with an often humid sub-tropical climate and predominantly black sand beaches; to the south you'll find popular tourist hotspots with sun and blue skies as standard, with golden sandy beaches (sand imported from the Sahara Desert, no less).  And crowning the entire island is the mostly dormant Mount Teide, an impressive peak often covered with snow and cloud that is technically the highest in Spain.

It's worth remembering when you visit Tenerife that the Canary Islands are volcanic.  The natural black sands that encircle the island were, some decades ago, considered by some of its resorts to be tourist-unfriendly, and so they amazingly embarked upon a considerable series of costly imports from the Sahara Desert.  So while southern resorts such as Los Cristianos and Playa De Las Americas boast golden sandy beaches, other northern resorts such as Puerto De La Cruz are justifiably proud of their natural black sands.

The climate in Tenerife is split by Mount Teide, with trade winds from the western Atlantic creating a warm and often humid sub-climate with impressive year-round sub-tropical foliage to the north of the island, while nearby Africa accounts for the prevailing weather that makes Tenerife's south and east to be on average hotter and drier.

Mount Teide itself is well worth exploring.  Coaches negotiate up seemingly impossibly winding roads through forests of pine, then suddenly you're beyond the tree line and other Canary Islands are visible in the shimmering Atlantic. The roads take you up through increasingly sparse terrain, where you'll see villages that aren't visible from the sea and which were originally home to inhabitants who were obviously wary of pirates and other raiders. And then soon, the full majesty of Mount Teide reveals itself; the road snakes across a 2-mile wide crater, in the middle of which sits the tip of Teide's peak; a stunning natural sight that offers amazing views out over the Atlantic.

Cheap Holidays To Tenerife

Tenerife holidays are so popular undoubtedly due to this magical mix of natural beauty and well-established beach resorts. So, whereas a beach holiday to Tenerife has everything for the beach lover (take for example the resorts of La Caleta and Playa Paraiso), there's also much to explore if you fancy a break from the hot sun.  And with so much to offer, whether you book a cheap holiday well in advance or you're looking for a bargain last minute deal, Tenerife is a perennial favourite that continues to delight thousands of happy holidaymakers.

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