Look at the pictures of Tenerife on any travel agent's website or in the pages of a glossy holiday brochure. Now throw them away. Welcome to the Anaga Mountains. While the coasts of Playa de Las Am...

Nestling in the foothills of the seven million year old Teno Mountains in Tenerife's north western corner, Buenavista is part of what is known as the Isla Baja region – the lowlands.  A stra...

One of the lesser-known coastal resorts on the island, Candelaria is located in the north east of Tenerife, just a short drive away from Santa Cruz. This area is not so much a tourist resort as a s...

Costa Adeje is the newest resort area in Tenerife, a coastline swathe of plush hotels and modern attractions. It's where much of the recent development money has been poured in, to create a distinctly...

Located on the flight path between Las Galletas and Amarilla Golf, Costa de Silencio doesn’t really live up to its name, which was presumably given to it many years before the arrival of the Reina S...

El Médano is Tenerife's most laid back resort where the surf dudes and the all-over tan seekers come to spend energy on the sea and strip off in the sun. Despite gradual expansion and development, it...

Garachico As you stroll around the quiet cobbled streets of this pretty little harbour town it’s hard to imagine that more than once it’s been the scene of chaos and frenzy. Firstly as Tenerife...

Nestled on the southern coast of Tenerife you’ll find the lively resort of the Golf del Sur which is a haven for erm, you’ve guessed it…golfers! It stands out as a lush verdant area, and while i...

La Gomera has only recently woken up to its ‘get away from it all appeal’. The island’s haunting silence has been broken now that the hills are alive with the sound of Gore-Tex. Walkers in parti...

Quite possibly the least developed resort on the south coast, Las Galletas is an attractive fusion of traditional seaside town with a cosmopolitan new marina, a strong fishing community and a penchant...

Colourful fishing boats bob on the waters of a charming little harbour in a cosy village called Los Abrigos nestled on Tenerife’s south coast. A far cry from the neon lights and party atmosphere’s...

Separated by a rather hazy line that edges the lush fairways of Golf Las Americas, Los Cristianos grew from a shy, retiring fishing community focused on the comings and goings of a handful of gaily pa...

Few cannot failed to be wowed by the colossal cliffs of Los Gigantes, an impressive ridge 6 miles long and 1,600 feet high plunging into the Atlantic. At the foot of these mountains is a purpose-built...

Tenerife's answer to Lost World, the tiny hamlet of Masca is the second most visited destination on after Teide National Park, and with good reason. The first non-Canarios who discovered Masca must ha...

Regarded as Puerto Santiago’s quieter and more relaxed neighbour, Playa de la Arena is an unpretentious little holiday resort that often gets overshadowed by more the lively  destinations on th...

What can be said about Playa de las Americas that hasn't been written already? One of Europe's top holiday resorts received such a slagging in the UK media several years ago that you'd be forgive...

Nestled in the west of the island, between Playa de la Arena and Los Gigantes, Puerto de Santiago is small fishing village which is slowly developing into an up-and-coming tourist resort. In Puerto...

Forget preconceptions of Tenerife gleaned from Uncovered-type reportage. Puerto de la Cruz is a completely different cage of canaries. There’s more subtlety here, more sophistication, more sensory f...

Sunshine and solace top the shopping list for the conventional bucket and spade brigade in Tenerife but up north a revolution has been going on. For the past few years the island's capital has been tr...

On the site of what was once a huge volcano, Mother Nature has decorated Teide National Park with a weird gallery of basalt and pumice rock statues rising from a sandy plain. Sci-fi film directors ...