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Los Verodes Apartments, El Hierro
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Review of Los Verodes Apartments, La Frontera, El Hierro

March 2, 2014 Andy 0

Los Verodes Apartments are immaculate, spacious and comprehensively equipped, offering excellent value for money and the ideal location from which to explore the island by car and/or on foot. […]

El Hierro

A Sunset Drink at the World’s Smallest Hotel

February 24, 2014 Jack 0

La Maceta was a dream, its rock pools bathed in rich golden hues, and a few people were enjoying their lure, gliding across the silky water on a warm February evening. […]

Wild Juniper (Sabine) trees of El Hierro
El Hierro

The Surreal Sabine Trees of El Hierro

February 21, 2014 Andy 3

At first there’s just one, perfectly arched trunk, its naked, twisted and seemingly dead branches stretching along the ground before blossoming into unexpected leafiness… […]

Europe

Gran Canaria Rural, a Surprising Gastro Hike Destination

January 23, 2014 Jack 0

Over the last couple of years we’ve spent quite a bit of time walking on Gran Canaria. On one trip we walked from the hills above the south coast right to… […]

Europe

La Graciosa, Paradise in Pictures

January 17, 2014 Jack 1

We’ve written about the tiny island of La Graciosa beside Lanzarote before. Once you know that La Graciosa is basically one huge beach populated by… […]

Europe

Road Tripping on Fuerteventura, More than a Big Sandy Beach

December 18, 2013 Jack 0

When we reached Puerto del Rosario we felt we were starting to see the real Fuerteventura. The island’s capital doesn’t have the history that some of the other… […]

Europe

The Mysterious Mystery, of Stones and Men

December 16, 2013 Jack 6

The Guimar Pyramids have fascinated me since I first learned of their existence. I admit it, I want to believe they are real. Many don’t… […]

Europe

Review of Hotel Fonda de la Tea in Gran Canaria

December 2, 2013 Jack 0

Tejeda is a pretty little Gran Canarian town that draws in the visitors who take the time to explore the interior of the island. And for good reason… […]

Europe

On the Sculpture Trail in Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura

November 12, 2013 Jack 0

I like Puerto del Rosario. It’s got an honest, relaxed workaday charm. And it boasts a couple of beaches, with Playa del Pozos filling the role of an attractive… […]

Europe

Ten Different Scenes of Fuerteventura

October 29, 2013 Jack 2

Fuerteventura is known for its beaches and for the perpetual breeze that attracts the surfing community to the endless white sands. And they do seem endless in parts. […]

Europe

A Year after the Forest Fires on La Gomera

October 21, 2013 Jack 3

In 2012 we walked across a decent chunk of the Canary Island of La Gomera. We did so a couple of months before devastating forest fires swept across… […]

Europe

The Traits and Trails of an International Walking Scene

September 30, 2013 Jack 2

Although our group didn’t represent all the countries in the European Union, there was a healthy mix; Germans, Belgians, a couple from mainland Spain… […]

Europe

Why Walking on La Gomera is so Difficult

September 2, 2013 Jack 0

The irony is that it’s not the terrain that makes walking on La Gomera potentially difficult – well, it is in so much as you’re nearly always either going up… […]

Gran Canaria

Review of Hotel Rural Las Tirajanas in Gran Canaria

September 1, 2013 Jack 1

The Hotel Rural Las Tirajanas occupies the most incredible position, overlooking a wide, green valley hemmed in by sheer volcanic cliffs… […]

Europe

An Afternoon in Agaete and Puerto de las Nieves on Gran Canaria

August 8, 2013 Jack 2

Puerto de Las Nieves and its big brother, Agaete (with which it is almost joined at the hip) are quite quirky little places that deserve more than a passing glance from the car window. […]

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