Tenerife

Situated slightly north of the Tropic of Cancer and almost at the centre of the Canary Islands, Tenerife is a triangular shaped island that lays some 300km from the northwest coast of Africa. It covers an area of 2,034 km2 and on approaching Tenerife from either sea or air; it is impossible not to notice Mount Teide, which at 3,718 metres above sea level, is the highest point in the whole of Spain.For more information check out our Tenerife movie

It is generally thought that Tenerife and the Canary Islands were formed around 7 million years ago when volcanic eruptions were a daily activity throughout the world. Rising from the seabed with Mount Teide leading the charge, several smaller islands were pushed up above the sea level to create one large landmass. Areas that we now know as Teno, Anaga and Adeje were some of these smaller islands and they later joined together to form the Dorsal Mountain range.Learn more about Tenerife Nature here.

There are many island Tenerife hotels, with a wide range of Hotels to suit all your needs, from Family hotels in Tenerife to Business Hotels, Exclusive Hotels like the famous tenerife Mediterranean Palace to Hostels throughout Tenerife. Here is a list of some of our Reccommended Hotels in Tenerife. From five star hotels to properties to rent, we have it all.

Tenerife is perhaps most reknown for its sunny climate, long sandy beaches and its mass of day time and evening entertainment of all kinds.However, Tenerife has much more than just this, for the active people among you, there is cycling, walking, diving, sightseeing and much more readily available. There are also a lot of Tenerife nature reserves and lots of Tenerife museums which are well worth visitng while in Tenerife.

Very little is known about Tenerife prior to the 14th century, but its history since 1500 is well documented. During the early 1400's the Spanish Conquistadors arrived, and for almost 100 years, there were daily confrontations with the local population of Guanches. But the small island of Tenerife dates back several millions of years, spoken about by the famous Plato speaking of Atlantis, the continent that sunk beneath the ocean floor. Find out more about Tenerife history on this site.

There is a vast amount of excellent Tenerife restaurants availble to the visitors to Tenerife. In Tenerife there are restaurants of all kinds, shapes and sizes with food available from every cuisine around, including Russian, Japanese, American, Thai, Mexican, Indian, of course, typical Canarian and Spanish and many more kinds. As there are so many Restaurants in Tenerife to choose from, we cannot list all of them but check out our restaurants section.

Here are some Tenerife maps that can help you to find your way around the beautiful island of Tenerife and its surrounding areas. Here is also an assortment of Tenerife photos of the island and its countryside.

Tenerife's enviable position just off the west coast of Africa and its short flying time from most of mainland Europe, has meant that Tenerife has become a favourite place to own a holiday home, or better still to retire to. The climate is friendly with almost 12 months of spring like weather and the sun shines almost 3,000 hours each year.Interealty, the Canary Islands premier estate agent,have lots of Tenerife Properties available in the Canary Islands. Interealty have an office in Playa de las Americas and their friendly staff are waiting to can show you an amasing assortment of property for sale in Tenerife and the Canary Islands.