Crew: Adrijana, Andrej, Nika, Urban (just before her second birthday) and Klara (5m). We traveled in early April 2019. The trip lasted 10 days. We slept in three locations: El Medano, Icod de los Vinos and San Andres. We flew from Trieste, in the evening. On the plane there was- ahm – tiring . Urban was too tired, he didn't calm down at all, when he finally fell asleep he woke up because of the uncomfortable position or we had to wake him up because of the landing. Klara coped with everything more than perfectly. ( Free advice for parents: travel when you have babies - when they are not moving yet and live mostly from/on the breast. I highly recommend it. )
Around 1am we picked up the car: a spacious Citroen Picasso. The first location was El Medano. The kids fell asleep right away! In the morning we were up at sunrise anyway. We were accommodated on the top (fourth) floor - with a beautiful terrace and in a really nice and well-equipped apartment. The whole trip was more than just exploring nature, hills and hills, gorges. Well, we also went to the beach, but we are primarily interested in nature and hiking trails.
On the first day we climbed a hill near El Medan - Red Mountain or Montana Roja . A short climb from the parking lot (access is also possible directly from the city along the beach to the foothills and to the top). It is named after the red rock. From the top there is a beautiful view of the city and the beach. In the afternoon we drove along the Costa Adeje and looked for a hidden corner and found it. We found a rocky coast and wild campers. We walked to the cliffs and the still undeveloped part of the Costa Adeje. By the way - the south is really saturated. I was in Tenerife for the first time about. 10 years ago, even then there were a lot of English tourists. This time, however, I thought there were an abnormally large number of hotels, tourist resorts, all built up. On the verge of tasteless... We wanted to get away from this hustle and bustle for a bit and turned off on one of the walking paths. Beautiful cacti and a view of the blue sea. What we came across were tents. One, two, in between some kind of straw hut, and some kind of We found a real hippie wild camp (I apologize - I don't know what to call it - alternative lifestyle maybe? ). More than likely, young and not so young people lived there in simple houses or tents (without water or electricity - in the middle of nowhere). They have a better view than the rich people in their villas. In short, quite unusual...
The second day I spent it alone, quite peacefully, with Klara and Urban on the city beach. The morning passed quickly. My two went to Barranco del Infierno . The Devil's Gorge, which they liked. Equipped with helmets, they expected something more dangerous, but it was a really nice tour of the gorge, which ends with a waterfall. They were early and avoided both the heat and the crowds.
In the afternoon we visited Caldera del Rey . It is a crater in which there is a ranch. They grow mostly bananas but also other fruits and vegetables. They also have horses. Next came the drive to the famous Los Gigantes. Cliffs that you can see from afar. We missed walking, just driving from A to B and a couple of photos at each tourist spot do not impress us. So we went for a walk by the sea, and in the evening in the city for ice cream. The next day we went to the Teide National Park.
