Tenerife | About the Island

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Tenerife the island of eternal spring, the largest and most popular of the Canary Islands offers ideal year round climate for a host of activities. Whether you are looking for relaxing walks, golf, tennis, scuba diving or a vast array of water sports Tenerife has something for everyone.

Tenerife lies off the coast of Africa and is only four hours flying time from central Europe. Warmed by the gulf stream sun worshippers are refreshed by the Atlantic breezes, the resorts of the South enjoy the highest temperatures and clearest blue skies with superb beaches of the golden sands of the Sahara.

The sophisticated North of the island combines stunning scenary with traditional Canarian lifestyle, with an abundance quaint villages scattered across the hillsides. The slightly more European climate of the North of the island provides a bounty of beautiful and luxuriant tropical plants and flowers.

Climate

Although the island of Tenerife lies only a little way to the north of the Tropic of Cancer, the unique combination of both Gulf and Trade Winds that sweep the island, somehow prevent it from mirroring its nearest neighbour the Sahara desert.

Average Temperatures

Statistics show that Tenerife has the lowest temperature difference between summer and winter for anywhere in the world. As our temperature chart shpws average daily temperatures vary only slightly throughout the year making Tenerife an ideal all year round holiday destination.