A few days in Tenerife, March 2024

I had a week off from work in March 2024. My friends Martin and Anderson had already booked a holiday in Los Gingantes on the Canary Island, Tenerife & I was invited to meet up.

I booked my own flights and accommodation two weeks before the holiday was due to start. 

Tenerife is one of the Canary Islands off the west coast of Northern Africa. The islands are volcanic, but Tenerife is the most hilly. Mount Tiede is a volcano in the middle of the island and is the highest peak in all of Spain and her islands. 

Sunday 17th March 2024

The flight EZY8035 was scheduled to take off from London, Gatwick (LGW) at 11.50. In order to allow sufficient time to go through security I had an early start this morning.

The bus left Calcot at 05.21. Due to engineering work on the Reading to Gatwick line, buses replaced trains between Reading and Blackwater. The rail replacement bus left Reading at 06.28 and I travelled to North Camp, from where I caught the 07.46 train to Gatwick Airport. I met Martin at North Camp station and we travelled to Gatwick Airport where we arrived at 08.50.

We passed through to North Terminal Security and we had plenty of time to enjoy a large breakfast at the airport's Wetherspoon pub called The Red Lion.

Although the aeroplane took off virtually on time, our flight was delayed by about an hour. Martin & I were not seated together, but I had downloaded some radio programmes onto my tablet which kept me entertained during the flight. I also had a cup of tea and a shortbread biscuit.

We landed around 5pm and passed through passport control.

The sun was shining outside the Tenerife South (TFS) airport buildings and the temperature was about 22 degrees Celcius.

We left the airport at around 6pm and travelled to Los Gingantes on the shuttle bus. We arrived outside the Globales Hotel at around 8pm. Anderson met us. Martin and Anderson were staying in an apartment opposite the Globales Hotel.

I was staying in a small apartment on Calle Pina which was a 15 minute walk from Martin & Anderson's apartment

We all walked to my apartment and I checked in. Martin and I had our supper on the balcony which overlooked the marina, the open sea and a smaller canary island called La Gomera.