View Full Version : Mr D invades Tenerife


FREKI
October 30th, 2006, 06:09 PM
If you like sun, heat and sandy beaches Tenerife is certainly the place to be..

All you gotta do is put up with about a million old people... :)

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Forza Raalte
October 30th, 2006, 06:15 PM
:ohno: Nothing in those pictures shows something typical Spansih

FREKI
October 30th, 2006, 06:23 PM
:ohno: Nothing in those pictures shows something typical SpansihNo offense, but why would I travel 4000km to a remote spot off the coast of Africa to see something typical Spanish?

Greenland doesn't look especially Danish either, nor would I want it to...

The misanthropist
November 5th, 2006, 02:00 AM
I think what he's trying to say is that your pictures show tourist resorts, and tourist resorts tend to look alike all around the world. Next time you go to Tenerife check out the cities of Santa Cruz and La Laguna for a real taste of Tenerife city living.

opium
November 5th, 2006, 02:58 AM
What country is this?

FREKI
November 5th, 2006, 02:59 AM
^ It's a Spainish owned island off the coast of Africa.. ( part of the Canaries )

I think what he's trying to say is that your pictures show tourist resorts, and tourist resorts tend to look alike all around the world. Next time you go to Tenerife check out the cities of Santa Cruz and La Laguna for a real taste of Tenerife city living.I did go to Santa Cruz and while I did find it nice and all it just didn't have anything specific that made the cut when I chose what pictures to show...

Tenerife is a vacation island with almost as many tourists as residents - sunny weather, sandy beaches and resorts are what people come there for, not the typical Spanish 60's and 70's blocks - there's plenty of that back on the mainland...

Also my picture threads are not photo documents - they are pics of what I liked and think people might like too..

Anaga
November 5th, 2006, 02:25 PM
Some Santa Cruz pics, the capital city. Pop: 224.000.
Really we don't like the touristic part of the island very much. Santa Cruz and La Laguna are very interesting cities, for living and for visiting.

SANTA CRUZ:

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Santiago Calatrava's Tenerife Opera House (2003, 60 m):

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The tallest building of the city (las torres de Santa Cruz, 120 m), now it has a twin nearly completed:

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A render with the new projects. The brown and white towers are not definitive.
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WinoSoul
November 5th, 2006, 04:33 PM
I´ve never seen pics of Tenerife! Great place!!

Danish_guy
November 5th, 2006, 04:42 PM
These pics are from Los Americas right? if so, which hotel did you stay in?

FREKI
November 5th, 2006, 05:23 PM
These pics are from Los Americas right? if so, which hotel did you stay in?Yep and from Los Christianos - where I stayed at the Paradise Park Resort and Hotel thingy...

Hviid
November 6th, 2006, 11:42 AM
So... sunny... so... warm... so... :drool:

Cool photos of a not so "cool" place... :) Thanks for showing...
How come u never posted this in the S&B forum?

oliver999
November 6th, 2006, 01:30 PM
i dont like warm weather, but the scnery is stunning.

FREKI
November 6th, 2006, 04:46 PM
^it was only about 25-28C so it wasn't too bad :)

So... sunny... so... warm... so... :drool:

Cool photos of a not so "cool" place... :) Thanks for showing...
How come u never posted this in the S&B forum?Thanks - I did't want to flood the place with "non S&B pics"...

Liam-Manchester
November 7th, 2006, 01:17 AM
I find Tenerife very interesting, I've been a couple of times. The weather is always very pleasant (all year round) and the scenery is spectacular. I think to fully appreciate Tenerife you need to either rent a car and drive around the island or take bus trips to Mount Teide, Santa Cruz etc.

schmidt
November 7th, 2006, 01:27 AM
Heh that looks like Florida! :D

Very interesting town, I had never seen any pics from the Canarias. Thank you very much!

FREKI
November 7th, 2006, 02:06 AM
Heh that looks like Florida! :D It has a very different feel... but both places are packed with old people :D

Very interesting town, I had never seen any pics from the Canarias. Thank you very much! No problem - thank you for viewing them :cheers1:

Danish_guy
November 7th, 2006, 08:51 PM
Yep and from Los Christianos - where I stayed at the Paradise Park Resort and Hotel thingy...

Cool i was there last year. a Quite nice place

FREKI
November 7th, 2006, 11:56 PM
Cool i was there last year. a Quite nice placeAt Paridise Park or just the Los Cristianos/Americas area? :)

ilikehotdogsalot
March 16th, 2008, 02:40 AM
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I love this picture. Clean, sleek road, nice looking European cars and apartments, and a gorgeous Volcano [?] looming in the background. Thank you for sharing!

davee08
March 16th, 2008, 02:46 AM
love the scenery

goschio
March 16th, 2008, 02:50 AM
Yes, the last pic looks really great.

christos-greece
March 16th, 2008, 12:16 PM
Great pics :okay:
But i dont think that is a volcano in ^^ picture

Tymel
March 16th, 2008, 06:34 PM
Seems interesting. Never heard of this place before tho.

Nice pics.

JuanPaulo
March 18th, 2008, 08:38 PM
Beautiful pictures! I had always wanted to see pictures of this island. Great job, keep posting more please :)

Benonie
March 18th, 2008, 09:53 PM
Great pics :okay:
But i dont think that is a volcano in ^^ picture
It doesn't look like a volcano, but Tenerife is an vulcanic island, as the other Canarian islands are as wel.
I would like to visit Tenerife once, just to climb the famous, huge, gorgeous vulcano Pico del Teide. When we visit Grand Canaria 4 years ago, we could see the vulcano from the house we stayed in, and it impressed us very much.
Nice pics from Mr.D, but I don't like those tourist resorts at all.
Santa Cruz looks much more interesting.

omarkitek
May 5th, 2011, 04:08 AM
confirmed.

I'am from Tenerife and that is a mountain, not a volcano.