Firstly it's probably worth cautioning those thinking of visiting either of these delightful islands not to start from the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria! However it was my birthday and that was where I wanted to go so that was that!
A four hour drive to Sofia and an early evening BA flight into Sofia meant we stayed over at the Thistle at T5 (the pod is great fun!) before transferring to Stansted for an afternoon flight with Ryanair to Tenerife South. Arriving early evening we collected the hire car from CICAR (great advice from members here) and proceeded to drive to our rented house in Las Aguas on the northern coast (approx 1 hour). A delicious meal of fresh squid and salad at a local restaurant was washed down with a couple of cold Dorada Especials/vino blancos and we retired to bed in preparation for the next day's challenge - the assault on El Teide!
A four hour drive to Sofia and an early evening BA flight into Sofia meant we stayed over at the Thistle at T5 (the pod is great fun!) before transferring to Stansted for an afternoon flight with Ryanair to Tenerife South. Arriving early evening we collected the hire car from CICAR (great advice from members here) and proceeded to drive to our rented house in Las Aguas on the northern coast (approx 1 hour). A delicious meal of fresh squid and salad at a local restaurant was washed down with a couple of cold Dorada Especials/vino blancos and we retired to bed in preparation for the next day's challenge - the assault on El Teide!