In fiesta terms, traditional Tenerife in March is quiet with locals recovering from the excesses of carnival whereas the resorts see a boost in numbers with…
As soon as we had a gander at Al Amir’s menu, the first thing that came into my head was ‘why haven’t we eaten here before?’
It suddenly hit me that in our humble garden there was a display of flowers to rival what we’d seen in the Teno Mountains…
After being blown away by a dining experience that was right up there with the food at El Bulli and the Cellar de Can Roca, we’d praised El Rincón de Juan Carlos…
What is your idea of an authentic Tenerife location? Is it a sweeping bay with a beach lapped by azure seas backed by a row of quaint fishermen’s cottages with…
To truly understand carnival on Tenerife you have to surrender yourself to a week of unleashed hedonism that will have its wicked way with you before…
After doing all the official events at the carnival in Santa Cruz last year, we decided to stay in Puerto de la Cruz this year and concentrate more on the wilder…
Mesón del Norte sits overlooking the El Palmar Valley, on a level with where buzzards soar. I know this as there was one eye-balling me as we parked the car…
For visitors who want to get dressed up, get down and get slightly drunk with the locals type of carnival or maybe even just to experience the best parades…
Carnival (carnaval here) dominates the northern scene and you never know what’s going to happen with that, plus the weather likes to keep the island on its toes…
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