Articles by Andy

About Andy

Andrea (Andy) Montgomery is a freelance travel writer and co-owner of Buzz Trips and The Real Tenerife series of travel websites and travel guides. Author of the Pocket Rough Guide Tenerife & La Gomera, and co-author of The Real Tenerife and Walk This Way Tenerife, Andy is an award-winning member of the British Guild of Travel Writers; former Tenerife destination expert for The Telegraph and has been widely published in the UK travel media including The Independent, Wexas Traveller, Easyjet Traveller and DK Guides.

Puerto de la Cruz Ruta de Tapas

January 22, 2014 Andy 6

Late yesterday afternoon we gave ourselves an early work finish and headed down into town to check out what was on offer in the Puerto de la Cruz Ruta de Tapa… […]

The Price of Tenerife Wine

January 17, 2014 Andy 3

‘Canary’ wine has enjoyed something of a renaissance over the last 15 years and today has found its way onto the prize winners’ platforms of international awards and onto the tables of wine connoisseurs worldwide. […]

Chef Yolanda León Garcia, Hotel Mencey, Santa Cruz, Tenerife

Dinner With Michelin Star Chef Yolanda León

November 13, 2013 Andy 3

The invitation says eight o’clock, so why are we alone, surrounded by empty tables set for dinner and staring at a pristine, show cooking kitchen? As we check the invitation for the fourth time in […]

Review of NH Hotel, Santa Cruz

September 3, 2013 Andy 0

A moderately priced city centre hotel offering contemporary style and comfort in one of the best locations for exploring Santa Cruz. […]

Crafts Amongst the Pines at Pinolere 2013

August 13, 2013 Andy 0

Tenerife has a rich cultural inheritance of handicrafts practised and honed through generations which today produces world class goods in exquisite designs. […]

Taganana

March 20, 2013 Andy 0

Taganana is one of Tenerife’s true hidden delights and taking an hour or so out to enjoy a coffee or a traditional Canarian lunch in the presence of all that simple beauty is a tonic for the soul. […]

A Peek Into The Past In Tenerife’s Anaga Mountains

March 11, 2013 Andy 0

Spanning two climate zones, the Anaga Mountains spread across the hot, arid and windy eastern side of San Andrés and the island’s capital city of Santa Cruz, to the rain forest strewn north western face of the island where ancient laurel forests pre-date the ice age. […]

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