Puerto de la Cruz
Of fishermen and artists, the Ranilla district in Puerto de la Cruz
It amazes me, but some visitors to Puerto de la Cruz never ever make it to what we consider one of the best areas of town; the Ranilla district… […]
Tenerife Blogs
Food & Drink
Where to find fresh fish on Tenerife
Recently we were asked if it was possible to buy fresh fish anywhere on Tenerife. A visiting couple had been disappointed to find the ‘fresh’ fish on sale in restaurants where they were staying wasn’t actually as fresh as they expected. […]
About Tenerife
Scenes of winter on Tenerife
Rather than write another boring post about the reality of the weather across Tenerife I thought I’d just show you what walking on Tenerife has been like this winter. […]
About Tenerife
10 ways to tell if you’ve gone local on Tenerife
But for all those who make no effort at all to integrate or try a different way of doing things, there are plenty of incomers and people who visit Tenerife on a regular basis who do. […]
About Tenerife
Mount Teide is boring, and other moans about Tenerife
I decided to have a look on Tripadvisor to see what it was about Tenerife landmarks that left some people cold. Some answers were baffling, and some gave me a laugh. […]
About Tenerife
Easter on Tenerife
Forget fluffy bunnies, apart from those in a salmorejo sauce, or Easter egg hunts. Easter on Tenerife is still all about a decent man being paraded through the streets before being nailed to a cross. […]
Food & Drink
Travel Man in Tenerife and his guachinche experience
The guachinche Richard Ayoade and Lena Dunham visited was one of the posher, more sanitised versions but the dishes they chose represented a good mix of the type of food regularly served in guachinches. […]
About Tenerife
Big waves on Tenerife are spectacular and dangerous
Some people will have heard about the tragedy which occurred on the coast near Los Gigantes in Santiago del Teide yesterday when two people lost their lives after huge waves swept them from the rocks. […]
San Miguel de Abona
Discovering San Miguel de Abona in south Tenerife
San Miguel was a revelation; an awakening that made us realise for the first time the world outside of the main resorts was very different. […]
About Tenerife
Exploring Tenerife’s quiet coastline
Considering the great majority of people who visit Tenerife do so to spend (hot) chill out time on its coast you’d be forgiven for thinking there might not be a lot of quiet coastline left […]