Culture
Crafts Amongst the Pines at Pinolere 2013
Tenerife has a rich cultural inheritance of handicrafts practised and honed through generations which today produces world class goods in exquisite designs. […]
Culture
About Tenerife
Celebrating the Virgin of Candelaria on Tenerife
Candelaria on the evening of the 14 August is mental. I knew it was going to be busy, these big fiestas always are, I just didn’t expect it to be as busy. […]
About Tenerife
Surviving Midsummer Fiestas and the Noche de San Juan on Tenerife
To celebrate the Noche de San Juan there are beach parties and events organised in lots of towns and villages on Tenerife… […]
About Tenerife
Why The Real Tenerife Guidebook is Different
The Real Tenerife is full of unique information that comes from first hand experience of living, working and playing amongst the Canarios… […]
Culture
Survival Guide to Going Local at Carnival on Tenerife
To truly understand carnival on Tenerife you have to surrender yourself to a week of unleashed hedonism that will have its wicked way with you before… […]
Culture
False Boobs, Fishnets & Fantastical Fun, Scenes of Carnival on Tenerife
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… […]
Culture
Celebrating the Fiesta de San Antonio Abad on Tenerife in Pictures
This year we decided it was time for a change and instead of heading upwards, turned westward along the coast to Buenavista del Norte. […]
Culture
A Night With Sir Francis Drake and TEA in Tenerife
I love TEA and what it stands for. The slate grey building defies convention; its angular lines and quasi-industrial design should be awkward and ungainly… […]
Culture
Santa Blues 2012, America’s Deep South Comes to Tenerife
The Delta Saints created a frenzy of sexy, swampy, voodoo music that got under the skin and made it itch. Theirs is a talent worth selling your soul for. […]
Culture
Riding the Boards for San Andrés in Icod de Los Vinos
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 […]