Tag: Mountains & Hiking
Gran Canaria highlights - Maspalomas dunes, Roque Nublo and the old streets of Vegueta
Ancient travellers are said to have named this island after the big dogs they found here, not after the little yellow birds. The canaries...
How to visit Mount Teide - Cable car, summit permit and the hike to Spain’s highest peak
Measured from the seabed, it rises around 7,500 metres. Only two volcanoes on Earth are bigger, and both are in Hawaii.Mount Teide is the...
Serra de Tramuntana highlights - Stone villages, the road to Sa Calobra and the Dry Stone Route
Most people picture this island as one long beach. Its north-west coast is a wall of limestone, terraced by hand over a thousand years.The...
Visiting Montserrat Monastery - The rack railway, the Black Madonna and the boys’ choir
Legend says angels carved these mountains with a golden saw. Stand beneath the rock pinnacles in the morning light, and you might start to...
Visiting Teide National Park - Roques de García, crater viewpoints and some of Europe’s best stargazing
Drive an hour uphill from the beach and the air turns thin and cool, the pines give way to lava, and you find yourself...
Best time to visit the Benalmádena cable car - Calamorro summit views, walking trails and birds of prey
On a clear winter morning you can stand on one mountaintop and see two continents, a snow-capped sierra and most of the Costa del...