Carnival
Wearing Fancy Dress Costumes at Carnival on Tenerife
We regularly say to people that carnival on Tenerife simply isn’t the same if you don’t wear some sort of fancy dress. […]
Articles by Jack
Food & Drink
Ale and Hearty, Review of Tacoa Cerveceria in El Sauzal
Some of the most interesting restaurants on Tenerife lie off the beaten track. Tacoa Cerveceria in El Sauzal is one such example. […]
Tenerife Talk
Pretty Fishing Villages on Tenerife
Can you name a pretty fishing village/town on Tenerife? I can’t think of a single one. Not pretty in the way Greek fishing villages are drop dead gorgeous with quaint harbours filled with turquoise water […]
Culture
Animal Crackers, Strange Sights on Tenerife
Carnival might be when people slip into fancy dress on Tenerife. But in January during San Abad, it’s the island’s animals who wear odd outfits. […]
Hotels
A Beauty Spot, Review of Hotel RIU Garoe in Puerto de la Cruz
There some four star hotels on Tenerife which really should be described as four star plus. The award winning Riu Garoe in Puerto de la Cruz is one of them. […]
About Tenerife
Tenerife Has Been Invaded by Cat Tails
The landscape in parts of Tenerife is covered in seas of rabo de gato (cat’s tails) this year. Whether it’s because of the lack of rain combined with the unseasonably hot weather we’ve been having on Tenerife or… […]
Days out
10 Scenes of Teide National Park
The mountain dominates Teide National Park. It dominates much of Tenerife, in fact it dominates the Canary Islands. The scene which brings people to a halt on islands like La Gomera and Gran Canaria is as likely to be Tenerife’s Mount Teide… […]
About Tenerife
Let the Land Tell You What the Weather is Like on Tenerife
Tenerife is a subtropical island – that should tell anyone all they need to know about the climate across the island.
Nature is very good at providing information which is difficult to spin. […]
Food & Drink
A Guide to Going Vegetarian in Puerto de la Cruz
Whilst there are still some locations in the Canary Islands where vegetarians struggle for choice – ‘you can always eat an omelette’ doesn’t count as choice – Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife isn’t one of them. […]
About Tenerife
The Belen, A Christmas Tradition on Tenerife
Puerto de la Cruz is a good hunting ground for belenes, apart from some shops displaying them, there’s always the equivalent of a belen one-stop shop in Casa Ventoso. […]