This book is ideal for countryside-lovers staying either in the south of Tenerife or on the neighbouring island of La Gomera (only 35 minutes away by hydrofoil). Hydrofoil schedules allow you enough time to get between the islands for a day's car touring or walking. This book is divided into two par[...]
"10 car tours, 45 long and short walks, 14 picnic suggestions
Pocket-sized and in full colour, this new edition describes just one car tour on this tiny island, where most people get around on foot. There is a fold-out, very large scale map for motorists, cyclists and walkers (scale 1:18,000; revised 2009). This is the only book dedicated to Paxos, and includ[...]
Pocket-sized full-colour guide describing car tours, walks and countryside picnics. Large-scale topographical walking maps (scale 1:50,000), fold-out touring maps. Timetables for local transport. Unique free on-line update service with specific route change information. Series (50 destinations) dubb[...]
4 car tours, 50 long and short walks, 30 picnic suggestions. Gran Canaria is gaining in popularity among countryside enthusiasts, and especially walkers, due to publicity about the old 'caminos reales' centuries-old cobbled trails criss-crossing the island, which have recently been restored with EU[...]
Fuerteventura is different from all the other islands in the Canaries. Being the closest to Africa, there's a definite taste of the Sahara about it. The countryside is lonely but warm, bleak but friendly and, in its own way, beautiful. Beaches are what Fuerteventura is all about; mile upon mile of u[...]
Few holidaymakers realise that Lanzarote has more to offer than just beaches and sunshine. This fascinating island is truly extraordinary. Its fate was decided some two and one-half centuries ago, when the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history took place, leaving a strange and alluring count[...]
Based on Puerto de la Cruz, this book features car tours all over the island and is the best choice for those staying in the north. The walks cover the Orotava Valley, Las Canadas, the Teno and Anaga peninsulas. All the official walking routes on the island are highlighted and numbers on the newly d[...]
Features 4 car tours, 50+ long and short walks, 25 picnic suggestions. The maps, all much redrawn for this edition, include the Corfu Trail route. (And apart from the Corfu Trail guide, this is the only walking guide for Corfu.) The car touring section will show you the best of the island, and the [...]
For centuries Corfu's magnetic beauty has attracted travellers, who have sung the praises of the peacock-hued bays, the hillsides drenched in silvery-green olive trees, and the emerald greenness of the countryside. This pocket-sized guide focuses on walking in Corfu, but it is not intended only for[...]
Gran Canaria is often referred to as a 'continent in minature'. If you travel across the island by car or on foot you'll see why for yourself! From the hub of the cumbre, the island's great saddle, ravines are born and fan out seaward like spokes on a wheel, gouging enormous valleys in their wake. [...]
In natural beauty, La Palma rivals all the other Canary Islands put together. Its immense, abyss-like crater, the Caldera de Taburiente, is considered to be the largest of its kind in the world. Deep within its pine-speckled, towering walls is a year-round abundance of gushing streams, boisterous ca[...]