ABOVE: Waterfall in Los Tilos forest


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Prestige Holidays offers a seven- night stay with


breakfast at Hotel Hacienda de Abajo including direct easyJet flights from Gatwick and


private transfers, from £1,009, departing


November 7.


prestigeholidays. co.uk


Inntravel offers a seven-night, hotel-to-hotel self-guided walking trip, including a stay


at the Benahoare, from £715 in October and November, which covers accommodation, breakfast, six other meals, daily luggage transfers and route notes. Flights and


transfers not included.


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destination, so the best time to go partly depends on preference. For stargazing, summer delivers the


clearest skies; average temperatures then of 24C also suit beach-minded breaks, aided by slightly reduced prices, since that’s off-peak for the Canaries. It’s mild in winter, though –


February’s average is 18C – hence Inntravel’s new self-guided walking holidays operating from September


until May. According to product manager James Keane, the most popular time is January to March, for winter sun. “However,” he adds, “Good weather and abundant spring flowers make April and May brilliant months to travel.”


w SEE: FROM SEA POOLS TO SALT PANS La Palma’s most famous walk is its Volcanoes Route, which surfs a dormant ridge of vents and cones for 14 miles along the island’s southern spine. Unfortunately, much of its greenery was scorched by last year’s wildfires, and is still recovering. Yet its last section, from San Antonio


volcano, remains unaffected. The eerie scenery here comprises noirish dunes and a huge plain covered in jagged basalt boulders. At Palma’s southern tip lies Fuencaliente, home to a lighthouse and rectangular salt pans gleaming white against the blackened ground. Los Tilos, in the northeast, couldn’t


be more different. Part of a World Biosphere Reserve, this laurel forest’s dense, tall trees line a misty gorge; fern fronds and spidery sunshine rays complete the enchanted, Lord of the


RIGHT: Charco Azul seawater pool


BELOW: Santa Cruz


The village of Charco Azul is best known for its seawater swimming pool – a deep basin protected from waves by a wall


Rings-type vibe. Hikes here conclude at hot springs atop the ravine. Walkers can also venture on to the rim of Caldera de Taburiente, a six-mile-wide bowl ringed by cresting peaks. The most popular access is from La Cumbrecita’s car park: a steady, four-mile ascent of Pico Bejenado. Views of snow-capped mountains and their emerald-green sides are easily ample reward. At the summit of the highest


Taburiente peak is the 2,420m-high Observatory of Roque de los Muchachos. A recent audit ranked its impressive fleet of telescopes behind only Hawaii’s Mauna Kea for sighting prowess in the northern hemisphere. Free English-language tours are


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