About Tenerife
Keep Living Statues on Tenerife Alive
Living statues add colour and interest to some of the resorts on Tenerife. In Puerto de la Cruz there is usually an interesting selection along Calle Quintana […]
Year: 2013
Culture
Crafts Amongst the Pines at Pinolere 2013
Tenerife has a rich cultural inheritance of handicrafts practised and honed through generations which today produces world class goods in exquisite designs. […]
About Tenerife
Celebrating the Virgin of Candelaria on Tenerife
Candelaria on the evening of the 14 August is mental. I knew it was going to be busy, these big fiestas always are, I just didn’t expect it to be as busy. […]
Fish and Seafood
Get to Know Your Shellfish and Molluscs in Tenerife and the Canary Islands
This is second part of our series about helping seafood lovers make sure they know exactly what sea creature is going to end up on their plate when they order… […]
About Tenerife
Fantasy Island, the Story of the Other Battle of Santa Cruz
On 20 April 1657, during the Anglo-Spanish war, Admiral Robert Blake launched an attack on the Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz harbour… […]
Food & Drink
To the end of the Road and Beyond, Review of Restaurant El Mirador in Benijo
Restaurant El Mirador was unmissable – a shocking yellow façade was as blinding as the sunlight. A row of rickety chairs painted in primary colours and a red-tiled roof contrasted… […]
About Tenerife
How to Deal with a Swarm of Bees on Tenerife
Living on Tenerife can involve having to deal with all sorts of unexpected situations, like last week when a swarm of bees decided to set up home in our garden. […]
Food & Drink
Lovely Lunches, Review of Tito’s Bodeguita in Puerto de la Cruz
Since Tito’s Bodeguita opened just over three years ago it’s become a favourite lunch spot for us; visiting friends usually will end up there at some point. For a start, Tito’s Bodeguita is a feast […]
About Tenerife
Enrame de Chorros, Getting Dressed Up for Summer in Puerto de la Cruz
As well as beach parties and dunking goats, there’s another pretty little tradition to welcome in summer in Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife – Enrame de Chorros. […]
About Tenerife
Surviving Midsummer Fiestas and the Noche de San Juan on Tenerife
To celebrate the Noche de San Juan there are beach parties and events organised in lots of towns and villages on Tenerife… […]