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Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands and also attracts the highest number of tourists. The population figure (812,839 Jan 2004) is steadily rising as more and more EEC citizens realize the dream of living in this wonderful climate, the majority of the locals live in and around the capital of Tenerife, Santa Cruz. The area of Tenerife extends to some 2057 square km of very mountainous terrain. Apart from the main tourist areas most of the inhabitants don't speak a word of English, only Spanish. Even the Tenerife tourist information offices have only now realized that visitors spending their hard earned cash expect staff to speak other languages. The majority of tourists come from Great Britain and Germany, although there are large numbers of Scandinavian.
The Tenerife driving style is, to say it kindly, strange. Very few drivers in Tenerife follow the accepted international traffic rules. If a car stops to let you cross the street that is looked upon as a real favour from the driver, you are supposed to nod and feel lucky, (a nod in Tenerife goes in the opposite direction, a lift of the head!) zebra crossings are treated as extra parking spaces, a left indicator means either I'm turning left, or I'm pausing here so don't overtake, please don't ask me how one tells the difference! More about the Tenerife transportation system.
From Tenerife one can take ferries to visit the other Canary Islands, one has to allow a full day for the nearer islands and over night stays on the others. There are also a growing number of local inter-island flights.
Tenerife is popular with walkers and mountaineers, because Tenerife has Spain's highest peak, Mount Teide (3718 m) which is also the 3rd largest volcano on earth and of course warm climbing and walking in Europe's winter months. The national park has many other interesting and challenging summits to visit.
Other attractions on Tenerife include; animal parks, surfing, windsurfing, paragliding, camel tours, diving centres, golf courses and the excellent Tenerife symphony orchestra.
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