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Buy this
The island is full of
exotic flora, like its 3m
high crimson spikes
of tajinaste, which
bloom in Teide National
Park in June, and this
lends the local honey
a wonderful aromatic
quality. Pick up a jar, but
be sure to ook for the
Miel De Tenerife label
of authenticity.
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Sweet stay
Re-opened after two
years and a €25m
refurbishment, the
Iberostar Grand
Hotel Mencey
(
thegrandcollection.
com
),
in Tenerife’s
capital city of Santa
Cruz, now has 21st-
century comfort within
its charming old-world
walls to provide the
perfect winter-getaway,
city-centre hotel stay.
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Photo op
For a Felix
Baumgartner view
–
without the need
for a parachute! –
ride the cable car
(
telefericoteide.com
)
to within 200m of
Mount Teide’s summit
and walk to the Pico
Viejo crater, where the
whole of south Tenerife
lies below you and the
islands of La Gomera,
El Hierro and La Palma
float on the horizon.
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Walk to the Pico Viejo
crater, where the
whole of south Tenerife
lies below you
