[Closed] Issue 77: Holiday in Tenerife with decent bike hire- costs?

Flights are about £200 each
Check out Lavatrax for bike hire and guiding

AI?
I reckon you'd be better off renting an apartment or villa, there's plenty of good, cheap food and drink about.

It looked awesome - want to go!

bumpy 🙂

Take your own bike : ) i went last year in aug, stayed in costa adej a couples only h10 hotel gran tinerfe, very nice and very good prices, went up to the mountain region only hire place i saw had old rigid jamis bikes that had seen better days, i did see two guys from germany but they brought their own bikes. The terrain looked mental!!!!

maybe, just maybe, you can hire a different bike and a different car everyday. A proper home from home experience 🙂

I think the person who runs this place goes on Bikeradar. Seems like a good bloke (although not seen his posts for a while) http://www.tenerife-training.net/Bicycle-Bike-Hire-Rental-Tenerife/Road-Racing-Bike_Hire-Tenerife.php

Another recommendation for Lavatrax, they´ll rent you a proper bike.
I got a Marin Wolf Ridge when I was there, stuck my own pedals on and it was lovely. The trails are spectacular.

Piceswise, flights are cheap.
Accomodation is about 45€ per night in a decent villa with breakfast.
Guiding 50€ per day
Bike Hire 30/45€ per day
Food is cheap, so is the beer and wine.
We rented a car for 100€ for 7 days.

There´s a massive difference between the north and south of the island. All the best trails are in the north but the nicest weather is south. Hence, we stayed in El Medano fishing village on the southern coast and used the rental car to get about.

Guiding 50€ per day

EACH?

Single days ride without accomodation and includes a 1 hour transfer.
Its cheaper if you get a package.

I'll be there in a week or two, having a single day ride with Darran (Lavatrax), it'll be the second time I've been out there and done that. Great riding the 1st time, so no hesitations about rebooking.

I am looking into road bike hire for one or two other days as I'm happy enough to ride solo on the road, but consider it a bit risky going off piste on my own.

Are you sure about Tenirife? How about Greenland? Or Russia? Or Liverpool? And do you really want to mountain biking? How about paragliding? Or Kite surfing?

Decisions, decisions eh? 😉

Would love to go there on the Family holiday next year, with me riding in the morning ( Can't coax any of them to join me riding :cry:) and spending time with the Family in the Afternoons.

Has anyone got any info on were the best place to stay would be to go snorkeling in the afternoons.

Thanks

There's some great snorkelling at El Puertito so staying in Playa de Fanabe would be ideal.

Try looking on youtube for El Puerito turtles for an idea

great thread!

anyone been in Dec/Xmas for riding and snorkelling - too cold?

Thanks Jota 🙂

This thread ( and the mag article) have really got me thinking. I might try and get out there in Jan, just me and my bike so I can "check out it's suitability for the family holiday"

Goes to check out El Puertito and Lava trax.

anyone been in Dec/Xmas for riding and snorkelling - too cold?

I'm in Lanzarote every other Winter, last Boxing Day it was 26 degrees
Tenerife is usually a degree warmer, I don't go in the sea so can't really comment on that temp but there's always plenty in so ....?

Roady_Tony me and Mrs S went in late November last year. Daytime temp mid to high 20's, swimming in the sea was fine. We also went out with Darran at Lavatrax on an easy route for her ladyship for the day. Good fun though the cactus punctures are not fun. The scenery around Teide and Arenas Negras is fantastic.
I have been told I can go again in March with some mates as a 50th birthday present. Mrs S is the awsomez.

thanks for the info - might look at a Christmas break then as temps sound good - something close to the beach and a weeks bike hire/guiding - mmmm warmthhhhhhhhhhh