Tenerife, "the island of eternal spring", is the largest of the seven Canary Islands and a hugely popular year-round destination for British travellers. With a wonderful annual climate averaging out at 20 degrees, considered by many to be the best in the world, and a wide range of well-equipped resorts. Tenerife caters to the young and the old, and attracts both families and groups wanting fun in the sun. Tenerife offers an extremely diverse range of landscapes – the north is full of verdant subtropical vegetation, forests and banana plantations with a dramatic rugged coastline, whilst the south is more arid and desert-like, filled with a lunar landscape and a mix of black and white beaches. In central Tenerife, the island boasts the highest point in all of Spain– the majestic Mount Teide volcano.
Tenerife offers a good mix of resorts to suit all types of holidaymakers, with over two-thirds of all visitors choosing to stay in the more commercial south, enjoying the man-made beaches, great facilities and lively nightlife. Playa de las Americas is the largest resort on the island, and caters mainly to the 18-30’s crowd, who relax on the golden beach (with its’ sand imported from the Sahara desert) by day and party hard at the all-night clubs and bars by night. Los Cristianos, originally a fishing village next door, offers a slightly quieter, more traditional base, whilst the purpose-built Costa Adeje and Playa Paraisa are modern suburbs of their boisterous neighbour. Further north, Puerto de la Cruz is the oldest resort on Tenerife, and offers a quaint town centre with a charming old quarter, and some fabulous attractions including a Blue Flag beach, whilst Los Gigantes, home to the unique and dramatic cliffs emerging from the Atlantic, is known for the best weather on the island.
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