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Spending a week in Tenerife for the first time. Surprised at the amount of motorhomes here, some hired but others from all over Europe. I assume they cross over from Morocco. But they don’t seem to bother with the six mitre rule over here. 😀


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Are you sure there are people in them? I remember going to what we thought was a Sosta in the Italian lakes years ago that looked a bit like that car park. There was loads of motorhomes on it and we found a spot with a bit of space but there was nobody coming or going to the motorhomes. By the morning we realised they were just parked and left there presumably by locals. :D
 
barryd said:
Are you sure there are people in them? I remember going to what we thought was a Sosta in the Italian lakes years ago that looked a bit like that car park. There was loads of motorhomes on it and we found a spot with a bit of space but there was nobody coming or going to the motorhomes. By the morning we realised they were just parked and left there presumably by locals. :D
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Yes I was talking to Dutch and Germans.
There was also uk, French, Belgian and Portuguese number plates.
 
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Fisherman said:
Yes I was talking to Dutch and Germans.
There was also uk, French, Belgian and Portuguese number plates.
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Blimey! Looks grim then. I don't remember seeing many sites or Aires in Tenerife mind but I presume they exist. I remember seeing a few wilding there though with huge tilting solar panels. I would pick my spot carefully there. A lot of crime last time I was there. I remember spending Christmas there a while back and we rented an apartment on a golf course. We even had security guards in the cul-de-sac where the cars were parked and it was a nice area. One night I left a pair of stinking deck shoes out on the back door step as they were rank. By the morning someone had actually nicked them. :(
 
Those ones parked down beside the conquistador Hotel in las Americas mostly belong to young seasonal workers they can’t afford rents so buy up cheap vans and park up there’s a large area about five miles out towards los gigantes near the cliffs that now looks like a shanty town hundreds of motorhomes caravans tents shacks kind hippy feel about the place.
 
runnach said:
Less being an anorak Bill and Camping Car spotting, you and your good lady get yourself up to Mt Teide, via cable car is a must!!
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Good drive up from memory as well. Would be a good place to go biking I reckon. Interesting island if a bit over subscribed.
 
runnach said:
Aye, and from memory, hair pin bends and narrow road towards the Volcanic area, like a moonscape.
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The back road over the mountains from the north on the western side I think is quite an interesting one as well.
 
runnach said:
Aye, and from memory, hair pin bends and narrow road towards the Volcanic area, like a moonscape.
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long time back I remember driving up and I didn't really think it through and forgot to pack any warmer clothing ... getting a bit nippy as we got higher so turned around and headed back to the beach :)
 
That west side of the island is very much authentic canaries. Icod de Los Vinos is a cracking little town.

On the way up to Tiede a stop at Villa Flor is worthwhile.

Cheers

H
 
runnach said:
Less being an anorak Bill and Camping Car spotting, you and your good lady get yourself up to Mt Teide, via cable car is a must!!
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Yes, but many tourists arrive straight from the beaches.
Nobody tells them it might be a little cooler up there.
Bless 'em.
This time of the year , you should bring warm clothes, just in case...... And a hipflask.
 
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