Tenerife in photos
31 photos from around the island, organised the way you plan: beaches, pools, days out, food and the quieter north. Click any photo to enlarge it.
Sand, breakwaters and clear water
Las Teresitas, where a long breakwater holds the imported Saharan sand in a calm, shallow bay
Los Cristianos, with the beach, the town and the harbour close together
A typical serviced beach in the south
Playa El Camisón at Playa de las Américas
Kitesurfers at El Médano, the windy beach near the airport
A typical dark-sand beach, the volcanic sand most of the island has
A typical dark-sand cove on the southern coast
A typical small harbour on the south-west coast
Costa Adeje and the coast towards Las Américas
The island climbs steeply behind the coast
The Los Gigantes cliffs on the west coast
Paddling in the shallows on a calm southern beach
Beaches and coast
Where most of the week happens
Pools and resorts
Animals, boats and the volcano
Days out
What ends up on the table
Food and eating out
Planes, ferries and hills
Getting there and around
Greener, cooler, different