Walking on Tenerife
Author | Paddy Dillon |
Publisher | Cicerone Press |
ISBN | ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 599 5 (First Edition)
ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 793 7 (Second Edition) ISBN-13: 978 9 51236 108 3 (Finnish Edition) Also available in eBook and Kindle formats |
Price | £14.95 |
Walking through the deep and rugged Barranco del Infierno.
A dusting of winter snow in the Valle de Ucanca.
Walkers follow the GR 131 through the national park.
This is one of three guidebooks that replaces Walking in the Canary Islands - West. An update to the original guidebook was planned, then shelved, as the authorities in the Canary Islands embarked on an ambitious plan to signpost and waymark a splendid network of trails across the entire archipelago. After a series of visits to keep a check on the developing trail network, all the routes were walked, photographed and mapped for this new guidebook.
Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands, and home to the highest mountain on Spanish territory - El Teide - at 3718m (12,198ft). The centre of the island is a vast caldera, protected as a national park, boasting a splendid network of waymarked trails, ranging from easy to exceptionally rugged, and always wonderfully scenic. The extreme eastern and western peninsulas of Tenerife, Anaga and Teno, feature deep and rugged barrancos, along with uplands covered in laurisilva forest. Since the Spanish conquest of the island, a number of volcanoes have erupted, and some of these are visited on walks.
In recent years new trails were signposted and waymarked on Tenerife. These include the GR 131, which runs across the island from Arona to La Esperanza, passing through the national park in plain view of El Teide. This is one of seven stages of a route planned to cross all seven of the Canary Islands, and the trail across Tenerife can be completed in five days. Other stages of this long-distance route are marked across the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. Shorter ‘PR’ routes, based on traditional paths and mule tracks, have also been cleared, restored and marked.
Tenerife is of course very popular with summer holidaymakers, but for walkers it offers a splendid winter destination, with enough walking routes available to cover several visits, with fine weather almost guaranteed. However, the high, central parts of the island do catch occasional snowfalls, completely transforming semi-desert landscapes.
Walk Contents
Anaga
Walk 1 | Pico del Inglés to Valleseco |
Walk 2 | Igueste de San Andrés to Chamorga |
Walk 3 | Chamorga, El Draguillo and Almáciga |
Walk 4 | Almáciga, Benijo and El Draguillo |
Walk 5 | Taganana, Afur and La Cumbre |
Walk 6 | Afur, Taborno and Pico del Inglés |
Walk 7 | Cruz del Carmen, Chinamada and Punta del Hidalgo |
Walk 8 | Cruz del Carmen, El Batán and Punta del Hidalgo |
Teno
Walk 9 | Los Poleos and Volcán Chinyero |
Walk 10 | Garachico to San José de Los Llanos |
Walk 11 | Santiago del Teide, Chinyero and Erjos |
Walk 12 | Erjos to Punta de Teno |
Walk 13 | Erjos, Las Portelas and Masca |
Walk 14 | Barranco de Masca |
Arona/Guía
Walk 15 | Barranco del Infierno |
Walk 16 | Arona and Roque del Conde |
Walk 17 | Arona and Roque Imoque |
Walk 18 | La Escalona, Ifonche and Adeje |
Walk 19 | Vilaflor and Montaña de la Vica |
Walk 20 | Vilaflor and the ‘Paisaje Lunar’ |
Walk 21 | Boca de Tauce to Chirche |
Valle de la Orotava
Walk 22 | Camino de Candelaria - Aguamansa to Arafo |
Walk 23 | La Caldera and Camino El Topo |
Walk 24 | La Caldera and Ruta de Agua |
Walk 25 | El Portillo to Realejo Alto |
Parque Nacional
Walk 26 | Izaña and Volcán de Fasnia |
Walk 27 | El Portillo and Alto de Guamaso |
Walk 28 | El Portillo and Arenas Negras |
Walk 29 | El Portillo and Montaña Blanca |
Walk 30 | El Filo to Guajara and Parador |
Walk 31 | Parador and ascent of Guajara |
Walk 32 | Parador and circuit of Guajara |
Walk 33 | Parador and Roques de García |
Walk 34 | Parador and Montaña Majúa |
Walk 35 | Parador, Valle de Ucanca and Vilaflor |
Walk 36 | Parador, Las Lajas and Vilaflor |
El Teide
Walk 37 | El Teide via Montaña Blanca |
Walk 38 | El Teide via Pico Viejo |
Walk 39 | El Teide via Roques de García |
Walk 40 | The Three Peaks of Tenerife |
GR 131 - Arona to La Esperanza
Walk 41 | GR 131 - Arona to Vilaflor |
Walk 42 | GR 131 - Vilaflor to Parador |
Walk 43 | GR 131 - Parador to El Portillo |
Walk 44 | GR 131 - El Portillo to La Caldera |
Walk 45 | GR 131 - La Caldera to La Esperanza |