Every so often I like to take a look at some questions asked on the travel advisory site Tripadvisor to see how accurate the information being dished out is and whether users are being given good or flawed advice.
Every so often I like to take a look at some questions asked on the travel advisory site Tripadvisor to see how accurate the information being dished out is and whether users are being given good or flawed advice.
Before we moved to Tenerife I could take or leave honey. Now a jar of local, golden (or otherwise) goodness is one of the things I seek out when I travel anywhere.
We don't tend to share news we hear about grand plans on Tenerife - theme parks, luxury hotel complexes... racing circuits etc. for one very good reason.
One of the reasons why there has been a backlash against tourists in some locations is the balance of locals to tourist has switched...
We recently spent a few days at a family get together in Albufeira in the Algarve. There was a lot of alcohol consumed and many hours of laughing notched up. The extreme temperatures were such that to walk anywhere ran the risk of heat exhaustion so we mostly spent our time around the pool at the villa where most of my family were staying. But we did venture out into...
For a relatively small island Tenerife is fortunate to boast two international airports, one in the south of the island and one in the north.
I decided to have a look on Tripadvisor to see what it was about Tenerife landmarks that left some people cold. Some answers were baffling, and some gave me a laugh.
“Why did they think that was going to work?” It’s a question we ask sometimes when we see a new venture where the venture isn’t in the slightest bit new at all. In our first summer on Tenerife we sat beside a young man in the Beehive Bar in Puerto de la Cruz. He and his wife had recently opened a bar, a Brit bar to be precise. It was in a local; business...
There are a number of reasons why anyone accidentally gives wrong advice about Tenerife. Often it is because they haven't experienced first hand the topic they're advising about.
For anyone thinking of making a new life for themselves in Tenerife, this is my personal top 10 list of the good and bad, based on our experiences trying to earn a living here...