This year for the first time we experienced the Noche de San Juan (Midsummer) in the south of Tenerife or, more accurately, around the resort areas.
This year for the first time we experienced the Noche de San Juan (Midsummer) in the south of Tenerife or, more accurately, around the resort areas.
From first light goats are driven from the Orotava Valley into the centre of Puerto de la Cruz old town and shown their spot on the harbour's cobbled beach.
The day of the Corpus Christi flower carpets in La Orotava is one of our favourite days of the year on Tenerife. As well as being a visual assault, there's a...
Some Carnival parades on Tenerife have a better atmosphere than others. The opening carnival parade in Santa Cruz has more energy and fun than the city's...
The Fiesta de San Andrés (Saint Andrew) is celebrated across Tenerife on the nights of 29 and 30 November, but the tradition is strongest in Puerto de la Cruz and Icod de los Vinos.
The Corazones de Tejina (Hearts of Tejina) is one of the 'odd' little fiestas on Tenerife. Not that it's that little, you could hardly fit an anorexic fly into...
The truth is we didn't want to go to the Sardinada in Puerto de la Cruz. Two days of hiking in summer temperatures in the Anaga Mountains and then Teide...
Just about every traditional town on Tenerife has a romería at least once during the year. Generally the romerías in the north are significantly bigger than...
Brotherhood after brotherhood wearing capirotes of royal purples, midnight blues, scarlet, emerald and black, parade silently through streets that come with a...
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...