Welcome to the island Holiday Guide Of Tenerife

Tenerife guide provides detailed listings of hotels, apartments, water parks, animal parks, theme parks, attractions, excursions, holiday resorts, beaches and other activities for perfect holidays in Tenerife.

Where is Tenerife - Tenerife is situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa and is the largest island in the Canary Islands. Tenerife has an area of 2034.38 square kilometres, and 899,833 inhabitants. Over five million tourists come for their holidays to Tenerife each year. Tenerife is the only island in the Canaries served by two airports the north airport TFN and the south airport TFS.

Mount Teide or, in Spanish, Pico del Teide, is the highest point in Spain and the third largest volcano in the world from its base. Teide is a dormant volcano, the last eruption was in 1909 from the El Chinyero vent on the northwestern rift. The volcano and its surroundings comprise the Teide National Park (Parque Nacional del Teide) in spanish. The park has an area of 18900 hectares and was named a World Heritage Site. It is also one of the Twelve Treasures of Spain. Midway up the volcano are the telescopes of the Observatorio del Teide.

Teide is the most visited National Park in Spain. And receives on average 3.5 million visitors a year. A height of 3718 m above sea level makes it the most famous natural landmark in Tenerife and the Canary Islands.

Carnival Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Tenerife hosts one of the biggest and most spectacular carnivals in the world. Every February, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital of Tenerife, hosts this historical event, attracting around a million people from all over the island. Its considered the second most popular and internationally known carnival after those held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). In fact the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is twinned with the city of Rio de Janeiro for this reason. The party starts in the streets of Santa Cruz on the Friday before Carnival with a spectacular opening parade, when thousands of people in fancy dress dance until the early hours of the morning. The party continues night after night until Ash Wednesday. That day, the people of Santa Cruz celebrate the "entierro de la sardina" (burial of the sardine).