Many landscape attractions for the island of Tenerife, riding a Canary Islands, but if you have not yet had the opportunity to visit these beautiful Atlantic islands, you may be surprised to know that seeing the sea of clouds at the feet of Teide It is one of the essentials.
But what is the sea of clouds?
Popularly known as donkey belly, is the result of the trade winds coming from the Azores anticyclone that blows constantly.
What is it and how is the sea of clouds formed in Tenerife?
Due to the humidity they carry, these winds create a cloud front at a height between 500 and 1.200 meters, which collides with the mountain range that rises around the Teide.
These clouds usually stagnate for months, especially in summer.
Therefore, when from the Puerto de la Cruz, in the Orotava Valley, you go up to Canyons of Teide, once you get over the clouds, you can find a completely clear day...and the impressive cloud sea landscape.
When you cross the sea of clouds on the road, you will notice a high humidity of almost one hundred percent.
As a result, for a couple of kilometers you will find landscapes more typical of regions such as Galicia o Asturias, due to the effect of the so-called horizontal rain.
Normally you can see the sea of clouds in all its splendor in summer.
To do this, it is best to follow the TF-24 highway, which from the Mount of Hope, southwest of La Laguna, will take you along the upper edge of the mountain range to the Canyons of Teide.
Viewpoints to see the sea of clouds of Teide and Orotava
Along this road there are various viewpoints, from which you will have diverse and spectacular perspectives of the sea of clouds, with the imposing Teide volcano at the bottom, and at the foot, the Orotava Valley.
Of all of them, without a doubt the best is the viewpoint of the Teide cake, a place where you can also see an interesting volcanic landscape with various layers of lava exposed.
El sea of clouds It also occurs on the other islands of the archipelago where the height of the mountains exceeds the level of the clouds, above 1.000 meters.
This is not the case, for example, of the island of Fuerteventura where the mountains do not reach that height
I have only had the opportunity to see it in Tenerife, yes, numerous times, and due to its spectacular nature, I advise you not to miss it on your tourist trip to this beautiful island.
It would be great if some way to fly through this formation for example in a balloon or a hang glider.
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