Tenerife South

The star of this tour was the driver Ignatio who navigated the bus superbly, especially on narrow, winding mountain roads and had... Show full review ➤ The star of this tour was the driver Ignatio who navigated the bus superbly, especially on narrow, winding mountain roads and had the comfort and safety of passengers in mind at all times. The guide, Paulo ??, was less helpful and while initially he updated all the passengers equally, he quickly pandered to the Italian guests, spending much more of his time in conversation with them and providing much more information in Italian than in either English or Spanish. Non-Italians were then virtually ingnored for the remainder of the trip. The timings for the different destinations was unsatisfactory. The first stop at a local food market in Santa Cruz had the potential to be interesting and a possible location for a coffee but was limited to about 20 minutes before we were herded off to a tour of old buildings of limited interest and with only limited information given by our guide on their cultural or historic interest - this section of the tour was quite boring. In contrast to the stop at the food market an excessive about of time was alloted to the stop in La Laguna where we were left pretty much to our own devices for a couple of hours. We found a lovely patisserie for lunch and then wandered about aimlessly but had too much time on our hands at this stop. Our departure was delayed by the failure of three passengers to return to the bus...we were eventually reunited with them by virtue of a lengthy detour to Santa Cruz on our return leg of the trip. Better management of the stop in La Laguna might have avoided this inconvenience. The final part of the trip to the semi-tropical laurel forest was very worthwhile with expansive and impressive views and some heroic driving by Ignatio who then gave us most comfortable and speedy return to our respective hotels in Costa Adeje.  Hide review

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I specifically asked Tripspoint a question before booking as to how many wineries would be visited in February and was told 2 -... Show full review ➤ I specifically asked Tripspoint a question before booking as to how many wineries would be visited in February and was told 2 - so that would be 2 plus lunch stop. We only visited 1 winery, lunch was pretty disappointing (in what seemed a converted garage) and no context provided about the wines served with lunch. Time at the 1242 winery was enjoyable and informative whilst tasting some good wines.  Hide review

Itinerary promised winery visit then meal with glass of Cava during the sunset and then stargazing. Instead had no winery visit... Show full review ➤ Itinerary promised winery visit then meal with glass of Cava during the sunset and then stargazing. Instead had no winery visit but went straight to restaurant for half a sandwich, 2 small pieces of cheese, 2 croquettes and a plate of lentils to share between 4 people with 3 small glasses of wine. Then effectively had 75 mins to kill on the mountain to wait for the sun to set. Stargazing was fantastic, the astronomer was excellent but be warned it’s very cold. We had traffic delays and due to no winery visit we arrived on the mountain far too early. If there is no winery visit pick up should be 4pm rather than 2.30pm.  Hide review