West Travel Video Guide

West Travel Itinerary

• Maps and flag of Spain
• West travel photos
• West travel forum
• Flights to West
• Hotels in West
• Hostels in West
• Buy the guide book!

The west of Tenerife is largely defined by the colossal and ancient Teno mountains which encompass most of the island's northwest tip. The sheer sides of this range mean that the region's coastal towns have to squeeze into narrow flat areas, or spread up steep roads. The coastal road on the northern side of the mountains links several of the island's oldest towns, including Icod de Los Vinos , home of the largest specimen of the endemic dragon tree, and the quaint formerly bustling harbour town of Garachico . The impressive bleak peaks of the Teno rise from here and in their midst lies the remote village of Masca in a stunning precipitous valley of the same name. The trail to the sea from here is one of the most impressive on the island and ends

at a beach surrounded by staggeringly huge cliffs, the Acantilados de Los Gigantes or Cliffs of the Giants, after which the modest neighbouring resort of Los Gigantes has been named. Connected to Los Gigantes are two other coastal resorts, Puerto de Santiago and Playa de la Arena , the last major towns between here and Playa de Las Americas. The coast south of them is dominated by farming and fishing, though occasional small resort developments have begun to take hold.

Your Tips For West

• Tenerife Spain Travel Videos
  Spain Travel Itinerary
  Despite its predictably sunny weather and the wide variety of landscapes that attract millions of tourists every year, Tenerife has a bit of an image problem, thanks largely to the attentions of the package tourism industry. - Spain
  

• Balearic Islands Spain Travel Videos
  Spain Travel Itinerary
  Comprising an archipelago to the east of the Spanish mainland, the four chief Balearic islands - Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca and Menorca - maintain a character distinct from the rest of Spain and from each other. - Spain
  

• Around Madrid Spain Travel Videos
  Spain Travel Itinerary
  The lack of historic monuments in Madrid is more than compensated for by the region around the capital. - Spain
  

• Andalucia Spain Travel Videos
  Spain Travel Itinerary
  Above all else - and there is plenty - it's the great Moorish monuments that compete for your attention in Andalucia . - Spain
  

• Madrid Spain Travel Videos
  Spain Travel Itinerary
  Madrid became Spain's capital simply through its geographical position at the centre of Iberia. - Spain
  

• Barcelona Spain Travel Videos
  Spain Travel Itinerary
  Barcelona has boomed since the early 1990s, when preparations for the Olympic Games wrenched it into modernity, and today it remains well in the vanguard of other Spanish cities (with the possible exception of Madrid) in terms of prosperity, stability and cultural activity. - Spain