Flights to Tenerife – Volcanoes and beaches
Tenerife is home to almost 800,000 people, most of whom are probably involved with tourism one way or another. Once a sparsely populated island with a small trade in wine, it is now a tourist hot spot and a very popular destination with UK holidaymakers. Investigating flights to Tenerife, we came across an interesting fact; apparently the island is packed solid with 29 inhabitants per square metre. Surely not… we went there once and it didn’t seem that crowded! They must mean per square km? Anyway… volcanic Mount Teide sits at the island’s centre, almost 4000m high and snowy at the top even in summer. Most people choose flights to Tenerife for a classic beach holiday; it seldom drops below 20C in winter and in summer it averages 25C. Lovely.
UK to Tenerife Flights – Reina Sofia airport
Holiday flights to Tenerife will probably drop you off at Reina Sofia airport, although the island has two airports on offer. Los Rodeos in the north if the island is smaller and sees much less tourist traffic. All the same, four million or so passengers passed through Los Rodeos in 2007. Flights to Tenerife Reina Sofia, home of most of the island’s charter flights, usually include transfers to your hotel or resort. If yours doesn’t, not to worry. There are loads of taxis for hire and the island’s public transport is excellent. Unlike many Spanish resorts Tenerife gets busier as the weather in the UK gets worse as Brits flee gloomy winters. Reina Sofia airport is Spain’s seventh busiest with almost nine million passengers spread across a massive 65,000-ish flights.
Fly in to Santa Cruz for an injection of culture
Ok so the airport is slightly out of Santa Cruz but the capital of Tenerife, offers more than sea and sand. There’s museums, monuments and guided tours on offer too, a nice break from frying on the beach. La Laguna is actually much prettier and more scenic than the capital, a quaint place with cobbled streets and old buildings. Flights to Tenerife don’t all land you in a modern contemporary landscape – you can find old stuff too. If you’re heading for Puerto de la Cruz resort you’ll find bits and pieces of pirate related history scattered around. And the marina at Puerto Colon is cool, stuffed with the most expensive yachts you can imagine.
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