In this complete travel guide, Sofía Kristiansen takes you through every layer of the island: the volcanic national park and its extraordinary skies, the colonial towns of the north — La Orotava, Garachico, La Laguna — with their UNESCO-listed architecture and their Canarian food culture, the dramatic Masca gorge and the whale-watching waters off Los Gigantes, the Carnival of Santa Cruz that turns the capital into the second largest street party in the world, and the papas arrugadas with mojo that define a cuisine as specific to this island as any in Spain. Tenerife contains a continent. This guide helps you find it.
Sofía Kristiansen is an independent writer specializing in audio travel guides. She has spent years exploring the world's capitals with one clear goal: to truly understand them before writing about them. She has no interest in postcard itineraries or the same monument lists everyone repeats. What interests her is the rhythm of each city, its food, its people and those corners that only reveal themselves when you stay long enough.
Her guides are born from direct experience and written for travelers who want to live their destinations, not just visit them. With a warm, practical and passionate style, Sofía writes the way a good friend talks when they know a place firsthand.