North Tenerife in WINTER : : Must watch before traveling / moving to Tenerife
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2022
- Wild idea: let's move to Northern Tenerife in one of the coldest months of the year, just to see how it is! We tried the full package of living in the North: high above the coast, commuting to a nearby town, managing working & exploring for a month and a half to see how it suits us. Check out the video for the main points and the conclusion to this try-out!
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I live in Florida and I can't wait to go back home every time I can. It's not just the weather, which bty is one of the best in the world, having traveled extensively to the Caribbean I can attest to that, because the summers there are much more milder, but the fact that the food is amazing and social life unbelievable. Now having said that, you need to know where to go. I find nowadays a lot of videos from people that think they know the island after just a weeks vacation, many tourists and visitors never come to really know the real gems, you need an islander to show the secrets, and there are many despite the fact that it's very touristy. I have introduced the island to many friends and they all have fallen in love with it, the other one is La Palma, an amazing place, you probably have never seen a night sky like there. The thing about the Canaries is that it is so easy to jump from island to island, and each one is different from the other but for me an important part is that I feel safe when I visit.
Puerto de la Cruz is, in my opinion, the best place in the North as being on the coast has good winter weather, great eating and drinking places, a range of cultural attractions, decent beaches, facilities, and is close to the interesting hillside villages, towns and nature of the Orotava valley.
thanks for sharing! I love Puerto de la Cruz as well for all the same reasons you listed :D
That's where I spend several months in the winter and I completely agree.
Thank you for sharing this video I've always wanted to there it looks very peaceful there
Thank you very much for interesting video! 🙂
Tenerife is so different North to South, it's the warm Sun of the south though that draws me back from an often cool UK. Good vid!
If you prefer the winter temperatures in the south and want to experience "local" flair at the same time, then try Playa San Juan or Alcala. 😉
I was in Spain in the US Navy. I purchased and used an electric blanket which I purchased on base. This was in Rota.
Good tip! 💕
Thanks for the great video. It was nice to get to know your opinion.
Glad you enjoyed it! ❤❤
Ah, I think that is a very short-sighted view. Its probably like that for max. 8 weeks of the year!!!! We have holidayed in Puerto de la Cruz twice now and due to my disabilities, we stay around 4 weeks. My kids love it. When we pass Los Rodeos airport the weather changes and that weird mist descends. I love how it seems grey and misty like that but you can still get a great tan. Its real "volcano weather". The lido Lago Martinez is somewhere I love to be, there is a similar smaller one in Santa Cruz. I think I could put up with a couple of chilly months. I would probably consider moving as far South as Guimar, but nowhere near all the British resorts. I love the whole vibe of the North. Totally different and was a massive and very pleasant surprise the first time we went.
It's super cool you had such a great experience! I like to be in the North as well, but yeah, long term it's all depending on personal preferences ❤️💕 and I will check out Lago Martinez, haven't been there
unreall view, Axi-😮
All Tenerife's merit💕
Great content, keep it up!
I found your videos quite informative.
Didn't know you're romanian 😀
Some houses, mostly in the north of the island have heating. I have a friend living in the northern area and it gets kinda cold in winter as you said, so they have heating for those days jajajajja, great video btw
Thanks for sharing this, definitely good to know! We asked so much about this and everyone said " nobody has heating here" 😆
Jajajaja, loved the interference of the little bird and cracked me up hearing u calling it "pasarica". They are known to be distractive)) All the best sweetie, great content 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate you watching until the very end to catch this hahaha!💕
I stayed for 10 days in Santa Cruz and in Playa de Las Americas but I went all over the island during my stay. I know a lot of people talk about a north/south divide but imo there is more of an east/northwest type of a divide. I would say the weather in Santa Cruz is similar to Playa de las Americas which is in the south, but as soon as you go west of Santa Cruz over the mountains it becomes much colder, greener and rainier. If you take a look at Tenerife on the satellite map it is quite clear that the entire east coast has a desert look to it, while the entire west side has a lush rainforest look. Even though Santa Cruz is in the north, it is much drier and sunnier than the rest of locations in the north which are usually over the mountains to the west. Altitude plays a massive role in temperature, the highlands of Santa Cruz and San Cristóbal de La Laguna toward the airport are much colder than Santa Cruz down at the coast. While in Santa Cruz I stayed in an area called Urbanizacion Anaga which is right at the coast and was generally very warm and sunny. There is a very nice promenade that goes all the way from Urbanizacion Anaga to Zona Centro and I took that walk every day and every night several times. It's a great place to spend time during winter. btw when going with the bus from Santa Cruz west to Puerto De La Cruz you feel the temperature change when going up the mountain and then go down when you go down the mountain. Puerto De La Cruz at the coast was warmer than La Orotava which is at 400m of elevation.
Thanks foe the detailed comment! I understand what you mean and I see Santa Cruz however as being in the South, aka the South Coast 😆vegetation always influences temperature, definitely 🍀🍀
Enjoying nature in cold and rainy weather is just a matter of attitude and proper layer-based clothing. In the Northern hemisphere, we ski and trek in the snow-covered landscapes when it's -20 °C or colder. Therefore, I find the Northern Tenerife pleasant during the winter months. Summers are too hot for me. But as you said, we are all different.
Yup, 💯. I definitely love spending time outside for sporty activities, it just depends on the overall setting 🍀
Last winter there was a few weeks that were some of the coldest weather in 25 years. It was the same everywhere. Also yeah anything at 500m is going to be cold you're also not getting the warmth of the ocean as much. But be honest it's 20c or more every day in Bajamar in January that is objectively warm in the northern hemisphere.
No heating anywhere? Your viewers need to know that most airbnb's do in fact have heated apartments in the North.
Hi there. Amazing stuff you cover here. What about the places to stay for 1-2months ? What is the best way to find a good flat apart from idealista or airbnb sources ? best
If you search from abroad, there's not much more than that. If you already live in Tenerife, you can always ask around, and friends of friends of friends will maybe know about something.🍀
Thank you for sharing these great insights! You are totally right. We also want to move to the Canarias for the weather, not to be in the cold.
We are a young family still starting our adventure, so we still have to choose an island.
Do you happen to know the weather in Santa Cruz and how it compares to that in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria? And do you have any other reasons to choose Tenerife over Gran Canaria?
Thanks so much!
I don't have a lot of insight about the weather in Gran Canaria, we've only travelled there in beginning of September and the weather was very similar to Santa Cruz. We actually haven't been to Gran Canaria before deciding to move to Tenerife, we didn't really consider it, as we liked Tenerife from the start. To me Gran Canaria feels way drier and with less vegetation, especially in the south, so I guess it's mainly a subjective preference. You can only do a proper comparison if you go to both Santa Cruz and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the same timeframe :D Let me know which one are you leaning toward, I'm curious how you approach this choice!
I visited Tenerife in march and it was 25 degrees and ocean was warmer than in Portugal in September 😂
The coast is always warmer than the inland, the North is cooler than the South...and Tenerife is closer to the Ecuator than Portugal - all makes sense 🫡
When you are in Teneriffe 7-8 years you get what it is called the island syndrome. I have been there in 1987 (Las Americas)
I noticed we have something in common! I am from Belgium (Antwerp) and my wife is from Romania (Drobeta Turnu Severin) We live now in Pipera since 2022-05-01 and left behind Andalusia (Alhaurin el Grande) after nearly 23 years for different reasons. Erwin
i'm going for christmas. looks like it will be hot. I cannot handle the cold. even if i only see tourists, i need to go so it will be the south then.
Mie personal mi-ai deschis ochii. Ma gandeam la nordul insulei, dar ce-i drept ma duceam dupa o experienta de 10 zile de concediu. Mersi.
Concediu ≠ real life 😅 si iarna nu-i ca vara 😂 Mersi de feedback! 💕🌟
Thanks for the video, what was the town/ village you lived in the south of the island?
We were in the area of Los Cristianos ❤❤
@@AxiMolnar Have you looked at less touristy places in the south, like San Isidro?
Hungarian? Very nice observation about deciding to live somewhere by "do I want to do this and this every day..."
Warm, I'm from one of the neighbors
Te pot privi constant și când citești din Cartea de Telefoane :)
It is "taaa koraaante" not "takoranté"! lol
By the way us a berber word that means "the dry one"! 😆
And not "tenerifééé" but "tin n'aarif" which means "the shore line" in Berber;)
Can you rent automatic cars or do they just have Manila cars available?
There's all kinds of cars available, also automatic, BUT usually *not short notice* . If you want a specific car (either short or long term), you should book way ahead, for long-term rentals months in advance.
Tenerife is such an amazing Island. Your videos are very helpful!! If you have any thoughts on buying property on Tenerife it would make a great video I'm sure:)
Thank you so much for the kind words! will do one for properties in Tenerife as well 💕
@@AxiMolnar I knew a German lady with an apartment in Tenerife. Everybody will recognize that the owner is only for vacation purposes there a few weeks in a year. So there is plenty of time to break in and steal everything you need. She gave up the apartment after a few years because of that problem. Meanwhile there are hundrets of poor boat people (illegal migrants) on the canarian islands which need to find a way to survive......
Why not live in Puerto de la Cruz instead? Much milder in the winter.
At the time we were exploring different parts of the island and we wanted to see how the North inland felt, smth like "how cold does it get?". Later on we learned about Puerto de la Cruz and we liked it a lot, but eventually, we decided to go to the South because there are way more sunny days.
Which months were you talking about?
February & March - they're the coldest in Tenerife (and in Europe)
10 degrees a drama, try going to upstate ny hahaha
Just curious, does update NY have heating indoors? 🍀
Hi, You are Hungarian?
Probably from where are you coming 😂 In my home country is -30 in winter. So even +5 in winter is extremely hot 😂😂😂
I can take very cold outside, I can't take very cold inside 🥲 +5 outside in the winter, I agree, it's HOT. +5 inside in the winter because there's no heating:🥶☺
@@AxiMolnar I understand what you mean. But you have gas or electricity in house? So you can use heaters. 🤷♂️
@@homeoffice3524 yesss we had the electric heaters but you can't leave them on overnight and they are no comparison to good old central heating system 🌟👌🏻😅
@@AxiMolnar Ha ha I know. I’m living in UK now. Half of the properties here are with electric heating only. Now I have a gas, but in my previous flat I had just two electric heaters. Usually I let it go all night or part of night without a issue. Not really cheap, but I am ready pay to be comfortable. P.S- there is electrical blankets to. Definitely suggest to use one of them in the night. Really economical cost couple euro per month and make your bed nice and warm. But I totally catch what you mean.
@@homeoffice3524 YEaaah, I had a hot water bottle which was also very useful to keep under the blankets. we found out about the electrical blankets way too late, so 100% we weren't properly prepared. ...but now we know the deal 😆
how old are you? :)
take a guess :)
No public transport is shit...
island fever...where are you originally from? Spain is better Imo...
In which mounts you was in Tenerife?