Continuing our peek behind the scenes of carnival on Tenerife, after the costumes are designed comes the big night, the grand gala for the election of...
Continuing our peek behind the scenes of carnival on Tenerife, after the costumes are designed comes the big night, the grand gala for the election of...
A couple of years ago we interviewed the king of Tenerife's carnival queen costumes, designer Leo Martinez. Arranging to meet Leo was like arranging to meet a spy.
It's true that Tenerife has felt cooler than normal this winter but that's not necessarily the reason that the Santa Cruceros were in woolly winter gear...
All we really knew about Benijos at that time was that it produced excellent cheese. When we headed off the main road to Mount Teide and into quiet, rural...
Tenerife has a rich cultural inheritance of handicrafts practised and honed through generations which today produces world class goods in exquisite designs.
After doing all the official events at the carnival in Santa Cruz last year, we decided to stay in Puerto de la Cruz this year and concentrate more on the wilder...
This year we decided it was time for a change and instead of heading upwards, turned westward along the coast to Buenavista del Norte.
Question: What do Scotland and Tenerife have in common? Answer: a) They have the same flag and b) They both celebrate San Andrés. He may be better known to the Scots as St Andrew but it’s the same Apostle whose feast day, November 30th, is traditionally celebrated in communities in the north of Tenerife every bit as enthusiastically as it is in Scotland. And...
Following the conquest of Tenerife in 1496 the Guanches were, like many conquered indigenous races at that time, more or less decimated and their existence on Tenerife gradually dwindled away until they simply ceased to exist. Ironically in recent years, the Guanches have been elevated to superstar status...