Food & Drink
Favourite places for tapas in Puerto de la Cruz
These are our favourite places in Puerto de la Cruz for tapas which, incidentally, is a great Tenerife location for attractive restaurants which have interesting tapas menus. […]
Year: 2017
About Tenerife
Typical November weather on Tenerife
Let’s cut to the chase right away. You get bad weather in the Canary Islands during November. It’s virtually unavoidable. […]
About Tenerife
Choosing the right resort or town in the south and south west of Tenerife
A question often asked is “which resort on Tenerife would suit me best?” Unless you know someone and their preferences well, it’s an impossible question to answer. Before we decided where to set up home […]
About Tenerife
Boots and and big jackets on Tenerife
We’ve got masses of walking gear, but most of it was bought for hiking in the Canaries where, even in the coolest weather, a light fleece under a light rain jacket is far too hot for me. […]
About Tenerife
Tenerife is rubbish
A couple of weeks ago there was a damning report in the Spanish press about the state of Mesa Mota zona recreativo (picnic area) in La Laguna after a group of students left the area like a disaster area following a Saturday night al fresco party. […]
The Views
The sunset scene on Tenerife
Sunset in Santa Cruz in the east of the island is generally a bit of a damp squib, it just gets dark. Further south west or north west, is where you want to be to bask in the last exuberant glows before the golden orb slips below the surface of the sea […]
Tenerife Talk
Tripadvisor true or false, more questions about Tenerife
Every so often I like to take a look at some questions asked on the travel advisory site Tripadvisor to see how accurate the information being dished out is and whether users are being given good or flawed advice. […]
About Tenerife
Tenerife still isn’t a well known hiking destination
A review on our Walk this Way Tenerife guidebook questioned our claim that Tenerife was still not known as a walking destination. When we initially wrote the book, despite there being plenty of other walking […]
About Tenerife
Burn baby burn, the fantastical creations of artist Luigi Stinga
In theory it should be relatively easy on Tenerife to find one of the magical works of art constructed by resident Italian artist Luigi Stinga. His eye-catching creations are impossible to miss, dominating whatever landscape […]
Food & Drink
A taste of honey on Tenerife
Before we moved to Tenerife I could take or leave honey. Now a jar of local, golden (or otherwise) goodness is one of the things I seek out when I travel anywhere. […]