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Hotel San Roque

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The wonderful hotel San Roque is a beautiful hotel were we stayed during our little trip to Tenerife. Tenerife is a beautiful island and certainly worth a trip when you are looking for a great beach holiday. The island is also great for some sightseeing and culture. The hotel lies in the heart of the Isla Baja lowland and when you walk towards it you can just see the beautiful paved streets of the little city and the port of Garachico. The city is located at the north west of the island and is surrounded by natural swimming pools. The surroundings is truly beautiful and very relaxing. This hotel comes with a lot of history and has been there for a few hundred years already. It’s a very sma...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on October 5, 2012

Hotel San Roque
Calle de Esteban de Ponte, 32
Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Spain 38450
34 922 13 34 35

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Santa Cruz de la Palma

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Santa CruzSanta Cruz is located on the east coast of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands. The city has about 18,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a large port, with regular big cruise ships docks. There is also a beach, along the edge of town.ParkingParking can be quite a problem, once you arrive later in the day. When you approach the city from the south, there is a parking lot right along the coast. When we arrived there was a proper mess. Arriving on the parking lot wasn’t a problem but getting off was horrible. There were a lot of cars looking for a space and lots were driving the wrong we. Eventually we managed to leave the parking l...Read More

Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is located on the east coast of La Palma, one of the Canary Islands. The city has about 18,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a large port, with regular big cruise ships docks. There is also a beach, along the edge of town.

Parking
Parking can be quite a problem, once you arrive later in the day. When you approach the city from the south, there is a parking lot right along the coast. When we arrived there was a proper mess. Arriving on the parking lot wasn’t a problem but getting off was horrible. There were a lot of cars looking for a space and lots were driving the wrong we. Eventually we managed to leave the parking lot and we finally came to the north of the city where we can just find a parking spot along the road.

What can you see here?
From the shore you walk into a narrow street to where the main street of Santa Cruz is, Calle O''Daly. Here you will find a street with many shops still in traditional style. There are many colonial houses and beautiful buildings. Santa Cruz is known for colorful houses with beautiful antique wooden balconies. The main street is pretty busy before or after the siesta. During the siesta all the shops are closed, often with high wooden shutters and suddenly everything looks dead and deserted. At that point, however, it again off to theterraces of restaurants. Furthermore, there are pleasant squares to find churches that are centuries old, there is a covered market and there are a number of museums. But aside from the main street, are also often very steep and narrow streets up the hill, nice to walk through. You'll see terribly small houses from where we stood.

Museums
• The Maritime Museum is housed in a concrete replica of Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria. It allows you to view charts and small scale counterfeit boats.
•'''Natural''museum island ". It is housed in a Franciscan monastery and is located at the Plaza San Francisco Museo Insular. You can see stuffed animals, pottery, fragments, corals, minerals, etc. The monastery itself is an attraction.

El Salvador Church
The church is open to visitors during the day. There are great religious works of art. If you are just before or after Mass, the church is illuminated so you can see the good work.

The town of La Palma
Here is the meeting of the island government on the first floor. You can use the stairs and goes through beautiful murals.

My opinion
Santa Cruz is a beautiful city with lots to see. The town is pleasant about it. You have to worry about not just to arrive during siesta, because then the whole town is quite extinct. The main shopping street is very attractive and beautiful. Everywhere there are beautiful wooden balconies colored houses. There are also steep, narrow streets, where it is easy to see how the locals in the often very low houses. There is much beauty to see, even the manhole covers in the road are worth. We have one hour or four enjoyed walking around and look at everything.
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Teide National Park/Mount Teide

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El TeideTenerife is an island known for its volcanoes. The most famous and largest volcano is El Teide. This summit of the volcano is located less than 3718 meters above sea level and even more than 7000 meters above the sea floor! This is a volcano that last erupted in 1909. The volcano is considered a dormant volcano. This means that the volcano is quiet now, but that is expected to be erupting once more. The volcano and the area around it is called the Parque Nacional del Teide and covers an area of 18,900 hectares. The area received in 2007 the World Heritage List of UNESCO. To conserve nature you can only go up with a number of walkers at a time up and you need a permit for the last part to...Read More

El Teide
Tenerife is an island known for its volcanoes. The most famous and largest volcano is El Teide. This summit of the volcano is located less than 3718 meters above sea level and even more than 7000 meters above the sea floor! This is a volcano that last erupted in 1909. The volcano is considered a dormant volcano. This means that the volcano is quiet now, but that is expected to be erupting once more. The volcano and the area around it is called the Parque Nacional del Teide and covers an area of 18,900 hectares. The area received in 2007 the World Heritage List of UNESCO. To conserve nature you can only go up with a number of walkers at a time up and you need a permit for the last part to be allowed to enter. This authorization must arrange in advance! We didn’t had a license. It is also forbidden to take things from the area. So no rocks or anything like that. You could be in big trouble because they are very strict with this!

Accessibilty
There are organized bus trips to El Teide, which is a popular destination. You need to book a place on time especially if you want to climb all the way to the top. Personally, we went with the car and have the advantage that you can come and go whenever you want. We also have the car parked on a small parking lot at "Montana Blanca" which is about 200 meters from the parking lot of El Teide is.

EL TELEFERIQUE del Teide
This is the cable car that’s goes up and takes eight minutes. A maximum of 8 meters per second pass. The total distance you traveled with the cable car is 2482 meters and a "wagon" can be transported up to 35 people. Please note: there are no seats. You have to stand the journey and the fact that it goes pretty fast and sometimes fluctuates is difficult for some people. People with vertigo should also be a bit careful. The view was magnificent!
For the cable car you can buy two types of tickets, a return (most common) or one-way ticket. We have over one-way ticket bought, since we already had walked up. We have one way is a bit of 15 euros paid. A return ratio was slightly cheaper and is approximately 25 euros.

KNOW WHERE YOU GOING TO GO!
What struck me when we were informed of the cable car were tourists who had had no idea where they went. Enjoyed walking in slippers, a shirt and nothing else with them. The cable car is not a problem, but ifyou want to climb you will still need good shoes. Also be informed by a different temperature than at the bottom. A jacket is not a luxury (wind) but also a good sunscreen and sunglasses (you're closer to the Sun and the radiation is more intense) are highly recommended. W

WALK TO THE TOP
I shall stress that this is really a trip is what you should be well prepared and you need to be an experienced hiker! Wise is not starting so late! The only thing you can do is carefully check the weather! That prediction is right then you can walk up. It will take up to 4,5 hours to walk up. Remember to drink plenty, good footwear, spare laces - not a luxury - walking sticks! Furthermore, natural food (carbohydrate) and energy bars are no luxury!

The route starts glowing in a nice flat path. But then you come to rocky trails that you have to climb. You can’t differ from the main path and that’s not advisable. At 3260 meters altitude is Refugio de Altavista. If it is open you can go for a drink, just inside for the shade and rest. Consider the thin air and the risk of altitude sickness. Symptoms include extreme performance loss, dizziness, rapid heartbeat thumping alpha, nausea and headache. Anyone suffering these symptoms should start to take it very easy and not to do too much. If it doesn’t get better then quickly turn back immediately and not continue the climb.

MY OPINION
The Teide National Park and are definitely worth a visit. Please note that you are dealing with a thin air above the volcano and think of good shoes. Whoever is in good condition and has experience in mountain hiking, I can really recommend the trail to the top. Departure at dawn, we left at 6:45 and were up 5 hours later. That was not against us because it takes normally 4.5 hours on average. The experience itself to climb the El Teide is satisfaction enough for me!
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Member Rating 4 out of 5 on November 28, 2010

Teide National Park/Mount Teide

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San Antonio Volcano

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Attraction | "San Antonio Vulcano, La Palma"

San Antonio Vulcano 1 Photo - San Antonio Volcano, Tenerife, Canary Islands

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IntroductionLa Palma is a truly volcanic island. A place what you should definitely visit is the Volcano of San Antonio. The volcano last erupted in 1676. There is a visitor center, where you can find lots of information about the eruption of San Antonio and adjacent Teneguia volcano erupted in 1971.The Visitor centerBefore you arrive you have to pay 3.50 euros per person. Children are free. There is a spacious parking place. In the visitors center can see a movie of about half an hour, where the history and eruption of the volcano is shown. The film will be screened in different languages. We have seen him in English. In the visitor can get drinks, ice and light refreshm...Read More

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La Palma is a truly volcanic island. A place what you should definitely visit is the Volcano of San Antonio. The volcano last erupted in 1676. There is a visitor center, where you can find lots of information about the eruption of San Antonio and adjacent Teneguia volcano erupted in 1971.

The Visitor center
Before you arrive you have to pay 3.50 euros per person. Children are free. There is a spacious parking place. In the visitors center can see a movie of about half an hour, where the history and eruption of the volcano is shown. The film will be screened in different languages. We have seen him in English. In the visitor can get drinks, ice and light refreshments. There are toilets, which are neatly cleaned. The visitor center has large billboards with all kinds of information and pictures of the volcano. Through a door in the rear you to get to where you can walk over to the edge of the crater.

The walks
You can choose between a walk on the edge half hour or one larger walk of two hours, which is tiring because you are walking down the ramp trough mullet volcanic dust. We were on the top of the left edge and enjoyed the spectacular 'moon' views. We didn’t really go fast, because at the beginning, we saw many lizards, some with stunning blue throats. The lizards were clearly fond of tourists and wanted to be fed. They come eating out of your hand and it is nice to see. Once you continue the walk you will see to the left the magnificent volcanic crater, which has slowly grown with plants again. Right you have ocean views, with beautiful rocky coastline and villages in the area. The hills look barren and rocky out like a moonscape.

My experience
A beautiful place where you really like to go. It is worth 3.50 euros! The view is spectacular on both sides. I think you should not suffer from vertigo in some places the path is narrow and it is very deep on both sides. We have a good time with the lizards and hang around there very long. Also in the vicinity of the volcano, there is plenty to do, to a full day outing. Highly recommended!
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Member Rating 4 out of 5 on November 28, 2010

San Antonio Volcano
La Palma Island
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Santa Cruz de la Palma, La Palma

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IntroductionWe went two weeks this year to La Palma, and had two fully booked private homes. Arrival at the houseUpon arrival at the airport we got with a car rental at the house. We had detailed directions to the house and there was also a clear road map attached. The letter stated about what time you expected in the house. There you are greeted by a woman who gives you a guided tour through the house and explains everything. Upon arrival there was a bottle of wine, a bottle of water and a fruit bowl of fruit awaiting us.The houseThe house is built against a mountainside. So therefore you have to do with height. There are also three different terraces. On the...Read More

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