About Tenerife
Why You Shouldn’t Put Your Bag on the Ground in Spain
Earlier in the year we stopped at a café in Candelaria with my mum. Depositing our bags by our feet brought the waitress running across to scoop them up… […]
Culture
Culture
A Saturday Night Out in La Orotava
Although known for its historic old town, the bar scene in La Orotava is a modern and quite interesting one that we really need to explore more. The main scene is… […]
About Tenerife
Size Doesn’t Matter, but Dates do with Fiestas on Tenerife
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. […]
Culture
A Typical Saturday Night in North Tenerife
It’s a perfect summer evening so we decide to walk the three kilometres into Puerto de la Cruz rather than catch a bus. […]
Culture
Footsteps in the Sand, Corpus Christi in La Orotava
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… […]
About Tenerife
Local Thoughts on North and South Tenerife
Spend some time on any English language forum concerning Tenerife and the same perceptions of parts of the island will raise their misguided heads at some point. […]
Carnival
Behind the Scenes of the Carnival Parade on Tenerife
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… […]
Culture
Five Fun Tenerife Museums
From war games to zombies and snooping to tippling, these are five of the most fun museums on Tenerife… […]
Culture
Strolling the Sculpture Trail in Santa Cruz
One of the things that surprised us when we moved to Tenerife was finding out that Santa Cruz had a Rambla just like Barcelona; a tree-lined avenue that cuts… […]
About Tenerife
10 Easy Ways to Experience the Real Tenerife
I saw a comment on facebook recently about how difficult it was to interact with the local Canarian population on Tenerife. […]