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… […]
Year: 2014
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… […]
About Tenerife
Eating in an Authentic Guachinche
Whilst guachinches come in all shapes and sizes, if the one you’re in looks like a restaurant and has a menu, the chances are it is a restaurant, not a guachinche. […]
Culture
Wine Tasting at the Award Winning Bodegas CHP
As few things ring our bell more loudly than being introduced to the best of the Canary Islands producers, we went along to Bodegas CHP to get to the roots of the family’s vinicultural success… […]
Food & Drink
Have You Tried Churros de Pescado on Tenerife?
Churros de pescado is a sort of Spanish mini version of the great British dish, with a slight variation or two. […]
About Tenerife
Ten Secret Scenes of Tenerife
These are ten places that are a bit different from the Tenerife of sun, sea, sand and Euro a pint fame. How many can you recognise? […]
Food & Drink
Eating Cheaply on Tenerife Doesn’t Have to Mean Sacrificing Quality
Looking back I realise that the culinary agenda we inadvertently put together covered quite a diverse range of cheap local eating, but not the sort of cheap… […]