THESE are my top tips for exploring Tenerife’s best beauty spots by car.
Before I visited Tenerife, I thought of the island as just another holiday hotspot replete with souvenir shops but devoid of culture.
Although I have nothing against those places – I myself have visited such resorts for sun, sea and sandy getaways – I was eager to discover what Tenerife was really like, beyond the tourist meccas of Playa de Las Americas and Los Cristianos.
So, following the recommendations of a Canary Island native, I set out on a roadtrip of the west coast of Tenerife, heading north towards San Cristobal de la Laguna.
Leaving Playa de Los Cristianos, I twisted up the mountains through picturesque villages, stopping at many miradores along the way.
After about …