Tenerife 2009 Holiday Pictures Click on a picture to view enlarged version
We have been to Tenerife a couple of times before so we did not visit many new places. Instead we planned to try and get up Mount Teide which we had not been able to do before because of the bad weather conditions, and go to the Carnival in Santa Cruz. We stayed in Los Cristianos. For previous years picture click here.
On one day we took one of the local walks (about 6 miles). Once on the plateau the marked path disappeared and so we took what we thought was the right path. The walk was a lot more that six miles and part was difficult walking (not 'moderate' as in the book). However it was enjoyable and had it's own surprise. In the middle of the plateau we came across a nativity scene which was not mentioned in the book.

View from the ascent to the plateau towards our resort.	View of Los Cristianos from the ascent to the plateau.	Path towards the plateau.	Nativity scene in the middle of nowhere.	Teide from the plateau.
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The start of the difficult section of the walk.

Mount Teide cable car was operating, however once we arrived at the top we were informed that it had just been closed because the weather had closed in. It was -8 at the top and now in a blizzard.On returning to the cable car base site it had just started snowing whereas the summit was in a blizzard. It soon stopped and the road began to dry, steam started to rise from the tarmac.


The highlight of the holiday was the Carnival in Santa Cruz. Even with the rain at the start spirits were not dashed. The theme of this years carnival was Monsters and Horrors of the Nigh. Although highly colourful it was difficult to see how some of the entrants were either monsters or horrors of the night. Here are just a few pictures from the all day event.