Barcelona - Tenerife 4 July 2009

4 July Barcelona to Tenerife

Early start - had to leave the guest house by around 7am in order to get to the airport by 8 and catch the flight by 9.20. Easy travelling of course as we still don't have any major luggage although the additional clothes are starting to weigh us down - as well as the goggles as snorkels for the kids.

Get to the underground to find that actually the tickets don't operate on a 24 hour basis but on a daily basis. It means that we have to work out how to buy tickets on the underground and then on the train to the airport. All well there. We travel Clickair (which is part of Iberia) directly to Tenerife and arrive there at around 3pm (1 hour time difference).

Tenerife is a lot bigger than I had anticipated. I had imagined something slightly bigger than the Greek islands, but while the island is small in size, it has a major highway circling it and the captial is a large city. We are told to take the 103 bus which we do and after half an hour or so we end up at the bus terminal (looking at my friend Neil Tweddle who just happens to be in the ad campaign for the bus company!) After a while we work out that we have taken the bus in the wrong direction, so we take another one (102) to Puerto De La Cruz. We manage to get off at the right stop and Club Casablanca is not too far away.

Its typical resort with a large pool in the middle but our apartment has a small balcony with a bit of a view of the sea. The resort is at the top of a cliff / steep hill that leads down to the main town - around 15 minutes walk there and 30 back!

We relax for a bit and then head down to the black beach and buy some supplies at the large supermarket (at the bottom of the hill) on the way back. Its an at home night - we can now produce our own food which provides some savings (although the costs are still high)