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66Tenerife herbs: Figwort attracts bumblebees
Figworts are medicinal herbs with unusual flowers that are usually greenish on the inside but have dark purplish or almost chocolate brown outer lips. There are hundreds of different types. Tenerife has its own endemic species including one that...
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70Teide Violet and other endangered wild flowers found on Mt Teide
Mt Teide in Tenerife is the highest mountain in Spain and the unique habitat it provides at elevations of 2,000 -3,600 metres has made it the home of some very rare wild flowers. One of these is the Teide Violet (Viola cheiranthifolia) and it is a...
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70Tamaimo's Cross of the Missionaries
High on a mountain overlooking the village of Tamaimo stands a white cross. It is known as Cruz de los Misioneros, which in Spanish means "Cross of the Missionaries". Tamaimo, on the south-western side of Tenerife, is surrounded by mountains and...
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75Tenerife's winter drought means a nightmare for farmers
Here in Tenerife in the Canary Islands the late autumn and winter is the rainy season. It is when Mt Teide gets snow on its peak, often for several months, but not this time! Tenerife can expect heavy rainfall and thunderstorms that fall as snow...
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68Tenerife drought in winter - a sign of Global Warming perhaps?
Anyone who doesn't believe in Global Warming would find it hard to explain what is happening in Tenerife this winter! Mt Teide, which is normally covered in snow on its peak at Christmas time, and well into the New Year, has none. An on-going...
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66El Hierro Restingolitas sell on the Internet
Just off the coast of the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands an undersea volcanic eruption has been making the news for the past couple of months but now a new development is getting reported. The volcanic rock known as pumice which is so...
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60Christmas in Tenerife has Santa Claus too
Tenerife in the Canary Islands is off the coast of North Africa and with its subtropical climate is not the sort of place I would expect to see reindeer and Father Christmas but they are here. Every year at Xmas time there are Santa Claus figures...
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66Tenerife Island is a recommended information website about Tenerife
TenerifeIsland.org is an information website about Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It is intended to give viewers a brief introduction to many facets of the island and includes plenty of full-colour photos and interesting descriptions. The...
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723-day Tenerife itinerary on Unanchor
A new itinerary on Unanchor.com recommends 3 day-trips by bus that visitors to Tenerife can go on. It starts each journey at Playa de las Américas bus station as a well-known place in the south of the island. The author takes travellers to Icod...
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62Why tourists choose Los Cristianos in Tenerife South
Los Cristianos is a tourist resort in the south of Tenerife, and for many reasons it has become one of the most popular holiday destinations on the island. This is mainly because of its location in one of the sunniest parts of Tenerife and also...
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