La Palma and El Hierro

by Noel Rochford

Published 20 February 2020
The go-to La Palma and El Hierro travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover La Palma and El Hierro on foot with the Sunflower La Palma and El Hierro travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
The Sunflower La Palma and El Hierro guide is indispensable for hiking in La Palma and El Hierro or seeing La Palma and El Hierro by car. El Hierro, the least-visited of all the Canaries, at first appears to be a dried-up, sprawling mountain of rock, rising straight from the sea, treeless and barren. But Noel reveals the island's hidden charms - as remarkable as any in the archipelago.
In natural beauty, La Palma rivals all the other Canary Islands put together. Its immense, abyss-like crater, the Caldera de Taburiente, is considered to be the largest of its kind in the world. Outside the crater, high on the cloud-catching hillsides, 20 million-year-old laurel forests grow as dense as a jungle. In the southern half of the island, hills pitted with volcanic craters and mini-deserts of black lapilli speak of the island's volcanic past.
Whether you tour El Hierro or La Palma by car or discover them on foot, Noel introduces you to the islands' best beauty spots.
Inside the Sunflower La Palma and El Hierro guide book you'll find:
* 48 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
* Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain with a scale of 1:50 000
* Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
* Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
* 4 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
* Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
* Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
* Online update service for the latest information
Whether you tour the islands by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.

Tenerife

by Noel Rochford

Published 20 October 1984
The go-to Tenerife travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover Tenerife on foot with the Sunflower Tenerife travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
The Sunflower Tenerife guide is indispensable for hiking in Tenerife or seeing Tenerife by car. This was the first ever guide for walking in Tenerife, but in recent years the island has become the most popular of all the Canaries among walkers. And for good reason. Tenerife has something for everyone: country lanes for strolling, nature trails for hiking, and mountains to be scaled - including El Teide, the highest in all Spain. The profusion of wild plants and flowers makes the island a botanical treasure.
Whether you tour Tenerife by car or discover them on foot, Noel introduces you to the islands' best beauty spots.
Inside the Sunflower Tenerife guide book you'll find:
* 80 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
* Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain with a scale of 1:50 000
* Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
* Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
* 5 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
* Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
* Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
* Online update service for the latest information
* Includes town plans of Puerto de la Cruz and Santa Cruz
* Area covered: Based on Puerto de la Cruz, this book is the best choice for those staying in the north of Tenerife. For those who tour Tenerife by car, the drives range all over the island. Walks cover the Orotava Valley, Las Canadas, and the Teno and Anaga peninsulas. (For walks in the south of Tenerife, see Landscapes of Southern Tenerife and La Gomera.)
Whether you tour the islands by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.

Corfu Sunflower Guide

by Noel Rochford

Published 1 December 2003
The go-to Corfu travel guide travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover Corfu on foot with the Sunflower Corfu travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
The Sunflower Corfu guide is indispensable for hiking in Corfu or seeing Corfu by car. For centuries Corfu's magnetic beauty has attracted travellers, who have sung the praises of the peacock-hued bays, the hillsides drenched in silvery-green olive trees, and the emerald greenness of the countryside. And when you leave Corfu, these will be your impressions too.
While time brings change, the pristine Corfu so beloved of Lear and the Durrell brothers can still be found - this new edition tells you where. It turns the island inside-out and helps you find a Corfu unknown to most tourists.
Whatever your age or ability we've got some glorious walks and car tours to ensure you have a memorable holiday in Corfu.
Inside the Sunflower Corfu guide book you'll find:
* 60 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
* Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain
* Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
* Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
* 4 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
* Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
* Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
* Online update service for the latest information
* Street map of Corfu town
Whether you tour the island by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.

The go-to Paxos travel guide travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover Paxos on foot with the Sunflower Paxos travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on our recommended car tour.
The Sunflower Paxos guide is indispensable for hiking in Paxos or seeing Paxos by car. This is the ideal 'get away from it all' destination - where everyone strolls through olive groves and along the coast. Paxos, just 19 sq km of cosy countryside, is little more than a broken fragment of hills sitting anchored off the southern end of Corfu. The hills are cloaked in a cool mantle of olive trees. Dark groves of cypresses pierce this silvery-green mantle. In the shade of these wooded hills lie sprinklings of rustic hamlets. But the real beauty of Paxos is the dazzling necklace of turquoise green coves that collar the eastern coastline. Whatever your age or ability we've got some glorious walks and a car tour to ensure you have a memorable holiday in Paxos.
Inside the Sunflower Paxos guide book you'll find:
* 25 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
* Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain
* Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
* Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
* 1 car tour and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
* Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
* Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
* Online update service for the latest information
Whether you tour Paxos by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.


Lanzarote Sunflower Guide

by Noel Rochford

Published 30 April 2004
The go-to Lanzarote travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover Lanzarote on foot with the Sunflower Lanzarote travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
The Sunflower Lanzarote guide is indispensable for hiking in Lanzarote or seeing Lanzarote by car. Fascinating Lanzarote is truly extraordinary. Its fate was decided some two and one-half centuries ago, when the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history took place, leaving a strange and alluring countryside in its wake - a landscape littered with volcanoes and dark streams of jagged lava.
This is the backdrop to nearly every scene on the island, and intriguing sights abound - none more so than the 'Fire Mountains'.
As for hiking in Lanzarote, there is no better place in the Canaries for just strolling; trekkers will be in their element here. Each of the walks in this book takes you to a different corner of the island and shows you a scenically different outlook. But if walking is not your favourite pastime, then do explore Lanzarote by car.
Whatever your age or ability we've got some glorious walks and car tours to ensure you have a memorable holiday in Lanzarote.


Inside the Sunflower Lanzarote guide book you'll find:
50 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain with a scale of 1:50 000
Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
3 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
Online update service for the latest information
Includes plans of Arrecife, Puerto del Carmen, Playa Blanca and Corralejo (Fuerteventura)
Whether you tour the region by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.

Corsica

by Noel Rochford

Published 9 June 2005
Sunflower guides have been available in Europe for years and they have a dedicated following. Now Hunter is bringing them to the States. In handy pocket-size format. Sunflower guides offer a unique combination of walks and driving tours for the vacationer. Each guide includes: - dozens of unforgettable walks for all ages and abilities, with highly detailed walking maps in full color- the most rewarding driving tours of the region- large color fold-out maps- color photos that show what you will see on every walk and tour- timetables for buses, trains, ferries- information on the local foods, customs, wildlife, historic sites- a free update service on the Web, www.sunflowerbooks.co.uk, will keep you abreast of all changes since publication

Gran Canaria

by Noel Rochford

Published 29 January 2015
Gran Canaria is often referred to as a 'continent in minature'. If you travel across the island by car or on foot you'll see why for yourself! From the hub of the cumbre, the island's great saddle, ravines are born and fan out seaward like spokes on a wheel, gouging enormous valleys in their wake. Between them there are magnificent barrancos (ravines). Each has its own little secret to share. In the Barranco de los Cernicalos there are knee-deep grasses and a chuckling stream; the Barranco de la Aldea hides an emerald-green reservoir; the Barranco de Guigui opens out to an incomparable beach. These are but a few of the island's breathtaking ravines...and this is only the start of what you will find when out walking in Gran Canaria. For many years Gran Canaria was the most underrated of the Canary Islands among countryside enthusiasts, but more recently, with the restoration of the old trails (the so-called 'Kings Highways'), the island has been 'discovered' by walkers. This pocket-sized guide describes car tours, picnic places and walks throughout Gran Canaria. There is a fold-out touring map for motorists, which also highlights the various walking areas.For those without a car, there are timetables for local transport.
4 car tours (and accompanying touring map), 50 long and short walks (each illustrated with 1:50,000 topo map), 30 picnic suggestions. Plans of Las Palmas and Maspalomas/Playa del Ingles. Free online update service with specific route change information on the publisher's website, maintained daily. The 'Landscapes' series, with 50 destinations, has been dubbed 'the blue Bibles' by the Sunday Times and led to Sunflower being one of only four publishers (from a field of 18) chosen as a Which? Recommended Provider of Guidebooks. A great little guide book to get you off into the interior of this beautiful island. Each walk is concisely and accurately described. --(Mike, Amazon) Dear Noel, Thank you for your wonderful book on Gran Canaria. I'm in my third year of teaching in Las Palmas, and over the last 18 months have found your book a godsend, as it's enabled me on numerous occasions to traipse around the cumbre. PS: This is the obvious one: I've never felt moved to write to a writer before! --(SL, Las Palmas) Still the best [hiking guide for Gran Canaria].I
've gradually assembled the alternatives (Rambling Roger, Rother and local publications), but keep returning to the Sunflower guide. --(TC, Amazon)

The go-to La Gomera and Southern Tenerife travel guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover La Gomera and Southern Tenerife on foot with the Sunflower Gomera and Southern Tenerife travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
The Sunflower La Gomera and Southern Tenerife guide is indispensable for hiking in La Gomera or seeing Ssouthern Tenerife by car. This book is for those staying on La Gomera or in the south of Tenerife within easy reach of the Gomera ferry. Since the two islands are just a 35-minute ferry ride apart, the book covers walks and tours on both. There are car tours with picnic suggestions ranging all over both islands, with pull-out touring maps and plans for the larger conurbations.
Walks are described throughout the whole of La Gomera, while for Tenerife there are walks in the south and west. All walks are illustrated with newly drawn 1:50,000 topo maps based on OpenStreet mapping. GPS tracks are available for all the walks, and there are satnav coordinates to the starting points. All 'official' signposted and waymarked government trails have been highlighted and numbered on the walking maps - a real plus: if a walker comes across a signpost for a route not fully described in Noel's text, it can still be used as a short- (or long-!)cut. (Note: those going to Tenerife for a long walking holiday, who will be based in the south, should ideally have this book and Landscapes of Tenerife.)
Area covered: The book is divided into two parts. The major emphasis is on exploring the whole of La Gomera by car or on foot. But the Tenerife section of the book is also packed with suggestions: there are tours (from Playa de las Americas/Los Cristianos) covering the whole of Tenerife by car, as well as the best walking in Tenerife's south and west.
Whatever your age or ability we've got some glorious walks and car tours to ensure you have a memorable holiday in Gomera and southern Tenerife.
Inside the Sunflower Gomera and southern Tenerife guide book you'll find:
* 70 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk
* Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain
* Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies
* Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists
* 6 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour
* Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way
* Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday
* Online update service for the latest information
* Plans of San Sebastian (La Gomera), Playa de las Americas, Los Cristianos (Tenerife) are also included
Whether you tour La Gomera and Southern Tenerife by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.