About Tenerife
The difference between Tenerife South and Tenerife North airports
For a relatively small island Tenerife is fortunate to boast two international airports, one in the south of the island and one in the north. […]
Month: June 2017
Fiestas
Midsummer and the best of Tenerife
Midsummer is a magical time on Tenerife for a number of reasons. There’s a palpable change in the air as, despite the misleading name, summer kicks in. […]
Fiestas
The main attraction, the Corpus Christi flower carpets of La Orotava
La Orotava’s flower carpets also benefits from having one of the most picturesque backdrops on Tenerife. Not only do you get those gorgeous colonial buildings, on a clear day Teide sits in the background. […]
Food & Drink
Ten modern takes on traditional Canarian and Spanish dishes on Tenerife
Here are ten examples of traditional Tenerife/Canarian dishes and ingredients which have been given a modern makeover. […]
About Tenerife
What is bruma in Tenerife and the Canary Islands?
It was our friend Jo who first mentioned the word ‘bruma’ to us, long before we moved to Tenerife. We were visiting her on La Gomera, sitting on her terrace on the edge of the Garajonay National Park in the sun, drinking beer and marvelling at views… […]
The Views
From pyramids to a disco in a cave, ten Tenerife hotels with quirks
Most of the Tenerife hotels we’ve stayed in have exuded an individualistic personality that make them stand out from the crowd. Some more so than others, with unusual quirks that have either made us smile or have fascinated. […]
Hotels
The Bahamas of Europe, review of the RIU Palace in Costa Adeje
There’s a fresh, hot and sunny, tastefully sun-bleached, upmarket beach resort vibe that owes more to the Caribbean than the Canary Islands. […]
Life
25C isn’t hot enough on Tenerife, that’s crazy
I’ve just read a comment which said “so not really that hot then?” when advised temperatures at the coast in the north of Tenerife would be between mid and upper 20sC in August. […]