Even though the sending of telegraphs began in 1837, by 1880 on Tenerife and the Canary Islands if you wanted to communicate with anyone overseas the only way to do so was by sending mail by ship.
Even though the sending of telegraphs began in 1837, by 1880 on Tenerife and the Canary Islands if you wanted to communicate with anyone overseas the only way to do so was by sending mail by ship.
I like churches that stand out from the ecclesiastical crowd. With that in mind, this is a selection of our favourite churches across Tenerife.
For centuries, the main route travellers followed when they arrived by boat at Santa Cruz was quite different. They headed along the north coast, passing through busy little towns, many of which are now considered 'off the beaten track'.
Every so often our research churns up snippets about the Second World War on Tenerife.
Lying in a sarcophagus in the Convento de Santa Catalina in La Laguna is the 284 year old body of a nun, and one day a year on the 15th February, thousands of people wait in line to see it. This is the body of Sister María de Jesús de León y Delgado. Not the bones, not the skeleton, but the body, more perfectly preserved than any Guanche mummy. Except that this body...
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.
Amongst the many sculptures and statues in plazas and in front of churches across Tenerife, it would be easy to write off the ones of Hermano Pedro as...
Why are there a collection of small stone buildings in the centre of the volcanic plains in Teide National Park? It's the question we asked ourselves when we...
It's nearly midnight on a sultry September evening and although I'm in short sleeves, there are pearls of sweat on my forehead. The bottle of red wine in front...
The old run down mansion that stands forlornly beside the Church of San Pedro Apóstol in Vilaflor has intrigued from the first time we saw it.