Tenerife – the biggest among islands of the Canary archipelago which is one of autonomous regions of Spain. Unique climatic and natural features of Tenerife put it in one number with the most popular and exclusive resorts of the world. Because of an equal and soft sea climate of Tenerife name “island of eternal spring”. All year long this paradise tropical corner is visited by thousand tourists from different doomsday. The nature of Tenerife is so rich and various that the island can be compared to continent in a miniature. Majestic mountain chains and fertile valleys, dense tropical both subtropical woods and volcanic semi-deserts, mountain gorges and sandy dunes - all contrasts of the nature have found the reflexion in an island landscape. For a coastal line along which hotels and tourist complexes are concentrated, alternation of extensive open beaches from gold or black sand and the rocky and steep sites forming grottoes and small bays is characteristic.
The island capital – Santa Cruise де Tenerife – is located at northeast coast in the heart of a small bay. It is the city to Tenerife, but it is not attractive to tourists (except for February – month of carnivals) which come here basically for the sake of purchases. The southern part of Tenerife is characterised by surprisingly warm and fertile climate as the high-mountainous chain of island detains the cold trade winds blowing from the northeast. Thanks to it the south of Tenerife is all year long filled in by the sun. Resort cities Las Americas and Los Cristianos, located in provinces Adeje and Arona – the largest and most popular tourist centres of southern coast of island. The overwhelming majority of hotels in the south of Tenerife has appeared rather recently – in the late eighties - the beginning of 90th years – that has caused use of advanced achievements and workings out in the field of resort building. It explains high level of comfort, a wide choice of the service services given by hotels, and provides a harmonious combination of up-to-date hotel complexes to a protogenic natural landscape of island.
Northern part of island differs from southern more damp climate that, in a combination to a steady temperature mode, leads to violent growth of subtropical vegetation. Puerto de La Cruz, the chief town of valley Valle Orotava and the very first resort which has arisen to Tenerife, now is the recognised centre of the international tourism. Walking on beautiful ocean quay, it is possible to see unusual beauty artificial lakes Lago Martianez, and visiting of the well-known park of parrots Loro Parque delivers a lot of pleasure and to children, and adults. And, certainly, an integral part of a resort landscape excellent ocean beaches from volcanic sand are.
To Tenerife in enough considerable quantity the various specialised parks which have collected interesting collections of exotic copies of flora and fauna are presented.