About Tenerife
The Art of Strolling in Puerto de la Cruz
The streets between Calle Puerto Viejo and the coast are far quieter and home to pastel cottages, hidden restaurants and lesser known plazas. […]
Tenerife Blogs
Food & Drink
Creatively Colonial, the Restaurant at the Hotel Rural Victoria
The Hotel Rural Victoria and restaurant has enough personality to make dinner there an interesting and slightly different experience. […]
Food & Drink
Perfect Pizzas at Pizzeria Rugantino in Garachico
Rugantino is no run of the mill pizzeria. There are original paintings for sale on the wall (a not uncommon feature); also for sale was a water fountain… […]
About Tenerife
A Colonial Moment in Tenerife
It’s nearly midnight on a sultry September evening and although I’m in short sleeves, there are pearls of sweat on my forehead. The bottle of red wine in front… […]
Food & Drink
The Simple and Unsophisticated World of Traditional Canarian Cuisine
A friend visiting the Canary Islands for the first time told us about a meal she’d just eaten in a traditional restaurant. She wasn’t impressed… […]
About Tenerife
After Dark, Ten Scenes of Tenerife by Night
Similarly, after dark in Tenerife’s towns and cities is a very different scene than during daylight hours. Even the island’s cities feel small and intimate thanks… […]
About Tenerife
The Tricky Business of the Tenerife Weather
For centuries the Canary Islands have had the reputation of enjoying an almost perfect climate. The Canary Islands – not a corner of Tenerife, or a promontory… […]
About Tenerife
Murder and Mystery in Vilaflor
The old run down mansion that stands forlornly beside the Church of San Pedro Apóstol in Vilaflor has intrigued from the first time we saw it. […]
About Tenerife
The Strange and Beautiful Hearts of Tejina
The Corazones de Tejina (Hearts of Tejina) is one of the ‘odd’ little fiestas on Tenerife. Not that it’s that little, you could hardly fit an anorexic fly into… […]
Food & Drink
Have You Tried Gofio Amasado on Tenerife?
Anyone who has been to a romería on Tenerife, where food and drink is handed out from the back of beautifully decorated carts, will probably have had gofio amasado… […]