What did we discover at Tenerife souvenirs Masca in this great village?

We only paid a short visit to Tenerife souvenirs Masca to show it to our friend Beate a tourist on vacation from overseas, in August 2008.

Why did we make the journey short?

Beate was a handicapped tourist walking with cane.. You see her on a slightly cumbersome Masca road bridge behind me.

She had hip problems.

The shop for Tenerife souvenirs Masca was relatively fast to reach and ideal for our friend to have a well deserved rest and to enjoy best Masca views without having to walk all over the widely spread out but, scarcely populated, tiny town.

The romantic Masca mountain village is full of hills and is, generally, thought after for the most demanding Tenerife hiking trips.

However, not only adventure on foot is famous for Masca. The nearby mountain road TF 438 has become a famous trek for endurance cycling not only in Tenerife but also in all Canary Islands.

The rugged cliffs which so much tempt ambitious climbers were something which had at least to be seen - by our tourist friend.

Tenerife souvenirs Masca shop

offered itself firsthand for a virtual adventure by looking out to the menacing rocks - awesome photos of which all about the Masca Tenerife mountain sport with its scenery are to be seen here.

To be precise, there is an advertisement board with the ferry timetable Masca Los Gigantes displaying its times of departure which first grabs your attention.
This is important for hikers who want to make it up and down Masca gorge.
My friend Guenther joked about it when we were taking refreshments at the shop of Tenerife souvenirs Masca.

Why?

You have to let yourself down on a rope to descend to the sea shore of Masca. Visualising heavy Guenther on a rope would indeed be funny.

By the way, that cumbersome method to descend from Masca to beach is history now. It was only the case after the 2003 wildfires. See some of the damage which they did depicted by Tenerife details.

The Curio shop for souvenirs only advertises a restaurant above this sign post. The shop itself doesn't need to lure people to come.

Its colorful store front displays more than enough for great attraction. You will see it from a different angle, though, and not from where I took the photo of boat times.

You can buy ferry tickets there but, I strongly suggest to book this ferry in advance.

It's definitely the most picturesque.

Double click photo to see even better what souvenir treasures there are and, note the steep road we used to get there.

No wonder! The shop founders must have been inspired by the ravishing surroundings
of Teno mountain village Masca which are said to
have harbored pirates, long time ago, when Garachico was still an important port in Tenerife.

The shop's big front looks like plastered with articles fit to be best Tenerife gifts to take overseas. Besides, it's bigger inside than one would guess. The whole ground floor which might have the length of about 15 meters is shop. Also, it's stocked right up to its ceiling, almost, like a 'Todo 150 Pesatas shop' used to be.

She discovered professional hiking canes or hiking sticks.

They had a compass built in at the top end.

Their quality looked very good.

They came with different looks where Beate liked them with brass features, best.

They also could be adjusted to different size which Beate found ideal for storing in the boot of her car.

The canes of Tenerife souvenirs Masca shop were so cheap.

Beate told me that this quality would have cost her about Euros 35 at home. The Masca curio shop only demanded Euros 9,50 or was it even as little as Euros 7.95? That was the price August 2008 and it might have gone up by now. Who would resist any cost near it when a 2nd stick would come in very handy for somebody who needed a hip operation like my friend?

Also, this inviting treasure trove for shopping in Tenerife has a few tables with umbrellas outside from where one has an unforgettable captivating view of a great part of Masca.

Our friend Guenther who was sitting with us outside the souvenir shop, suddenly, pointed down below our veranda where he had discovered Masca Museum which represents a small, old school for Guanches who were the native neolithic people of Tenerife.

The lovely lady of the shop for Tenerife souvenirs Masca which must have been the owner brought us yummy chocolate and almond cakes. Coffee and cool drinks went also well with it because, Masca was warm on that day. Nothing unusual in Masca, which is renown for its exceptional, tropical Tenerife climate which is rather dry and pleasant and makes it an unusual mountain village opposite Africa.

What else does the shop sell?

It sells products made in Tenerife like pottery, typical liquors made of Tenerife bananas or honey as well as cigars and tobaco and so much I don't even remember. Embroidered products like table cloth, serviettes, ornamental fans, Tenerife custom clothes and stoles were, certainly, stored inside.

We were so preoccupied with our lucky cane that we never even looked at other price offers of the shop.

It's up to you to find those out, now...

Tenerife souvenirs Masca, by the way, also represents the value of an extraordinary location nobody will ever forget. Its sight alone stays imprinted in every tourist's mind as something which can't go astray, broken or wiped out unless by loss of memory in the physical sense.

By the way, friend Beate was not only taken with all she saw of Masca besides its shop but, also loved the whole island it belongs to where she also went to Arona with us.

She is now planning to rent herself a holiday home in Tenerife to spend more extended time there with us.

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