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Communications

All the towns and some of the villages have post offices (Correos) and public telephones. Opening times for large post offices are usually 0830–1430 Monday to Friday, 0930–1300 Saturday, closed on Sunday. Small post offices have more limited opening times. Mobile phone coverage is usually good in towns and villages, but can be completely absent elsewhere, depending on the nature of the terrain. High mountains and deep barrancos block signals. Wi-fi internet access is usually offered by hotels but, if relying on it, please check when making a booking.

WALKING ON TENERIFE

El Teide stands high above the clouds, experiencing different weather from the rest of the island

This is the largest of the Canary Islands, in the middle of the archipelago. The southern part of the island is arid and often environmentally degraded, having been intensively cultivated and then abandoned as water supplies ran out. Walking opportunities are limited, and most visitors travel through the southern parts at speed on busy roads, not inclined to stop. The northern part of the island, by contrast, is moist, fresh and green, often terraced and intensively cultivated, with good walking routes available. The extreme ends of Tenerife, Anaga in the north-east and Teno in the north-west, are the oldest parts of the island, riven by deep barrancos, with cliffs and arid slopes rising to summits covered in laurisilva forest.