CinX's Travels 2017

CinX · October 18, 2017, 06:22:43 PM

San Cristóbal de La Laguna by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · October 18, 2017, 06:23:08 PM

San Cristóbal de La Laguna by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · October 18, 2017, 06:24:02 PM

San Cristóbal de La Laguna by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · October 18, 2017, 06:24:48 PM

San Cristóbal de La Laguna by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · October 18, 2017, 06:25:13 PM

San Cristóbal de La Laguna by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · October 18, 2017, 06:25:46 PM

San Cristóbal de La Laguna by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · October 26, 2017, 12:00:16 AM

Vilaflor is a municipality and a village in the south-central part of the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, and part of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife (province), Spain. Vilaflor, with an altitude of 1,400 m, is the highest village of Tenerife, situated south the Teide volcano. It is located 7 km north of San Miguel de Abona and 51 km southwest of the island's capital Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The population is 1,804 (2013)[2] and the area is 56.26 km².[

Vilaflor by cinxxx, on Flickr

CinX · October 26, 2017, 12:00:28 AM

Teide National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional del Teide, pronounced: [ˈpaɾke naθjoˈnal de ˈtei̯.ðe]) is a national park located in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).

The national park is centered on Mount Teide, the highest mountain of Spain (3,718 metres high). Its national park status was passed on 22 January 1954, making it the third oldest national park in Spain (together with Caldera de Taburiente National Park, also in the Canary islands). Pico Viejo, also included within the national park limits, is the second highest volcano in the Canary Islands with its 3,135 m peak. Mount Teide and Pico Viejo are the only two peaks in the Canary islands rising above the 3,000 m level.

The park has an area of 18,990 hectares located in the municipality of La Orotava. It was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on June 28, 2007. Since the end of 2007, it has also been one of the 12 Treasures of Spain. On a ridge, to the east of Teide, are the telescopes of the Observatorio del Teide.

Teide is the most visited national park in Spain and Europe and −by 2015− the eighth most visited in the world, with some 3 million visitors yearly. The Teide is the most famous natural icon not only of Tenerife but also of all the Canary Islands.