Life
September Morn
In the distance a cockerel completes his dawn duties with a final throaty bugle call. There’s silence for a few seconds before two doves take up the early morning chorus, cooing loudly from the top of the pine tree. […]
Tenerife Blogs
Guimar
Picturesque Harbours on Tenerife
You’d think that a place like Tenerife would be blessed with picturesque fishing harbours…but there are surprisingly few that I’d term truly picturesque. […]
Culture
Discovering The Guanches in Tenerife
Following the conquest of Tenerife in 1496 the Guanches were, like many conquered indigenous races at that time, more or less decimated and their existence on Tenerife gradually dwindled away until they simply ceased to exist. Ironically in recent years, the Guanches have been elevated to superstar status… […]
Days out
Revisiting the Dragons on Our Real Tenerife Island Drive
Last Sunday we decided to follow the Here Be Dragos Island Drive that takes you through the towns of La Orotava and Los Realejos and ends up at the pretty little beach and harbour of Playa San Marcos. […]
Life
Fight Outside Bar in North Tenerife
It’s the sort of thing you might expect to see around Veronica’s at 1am on a Saturday night, not outside a bar in quiet north Tenerife village on a Sunday… […]
About Tenerife
Eating in Tenerife, Going Native in a Guachinche
Guachinches are rough ‘n’ ready makeshift restaurants that are often set up in someone’s garage, but they can pretty much turn up anywhere – in the middle of banana plantations, in someone’s courtyard, in gardens. […]
About Tenerife
A Brief Guide to Towns, Villages & Resorts on Tenerife
It’s important to understand the types of towns and villages that exist on Tenerife. To do that we need to break the island into geographical sections… […]
Food & Drink
Puerto de la Cruz for Travellers and Puerto de la Cruz for Tourists
Puerto de la Cruz has the reputation (in Britain) of being a quiet Tenerife resort with a Canarian atmosphere and I understand exactly where this comes from. If visitors… […]
About Tenerife
Ten Fascinating Facts About Tenerife’s History
Much of Tenerife’s history is the stuff of adventure stories – legends, pirates, epic battles between primitives and a European army, adventurers, sea battles, eruptions, plagues, floods, hurricanes, beautiful princesses, gallant soldiers, explorers, Nelson, Drake, love, betrayal and bravery. […]
Life
Bread Deliveries on Tenerife
This is one of those little things that always makes me smile whenever I see it. You tend to find it in the more traditional towns around Tenerife… […]