Articles of category "Canary Islands"

Until you are in Tenerife, you imagine that it consists of ugly, beach-to-beach tourist complexes. But this sun-lounger sprawl is confined chiefly to the south-west. Head north and you find yourself in verdant, awe-inspiring and unspoilt countryside, where tour buses are held up by tractors.

Easily navigable roads, a dry-as-toast climate that ensures cool, crisp nights and mozzie-free days by the coast corporeal comforts, clear water with a surprising number of colourful fish and very reasonable prices are five more that make a holiday here almost shamefully low maintenance.