About Tenerife
Eating in an Authentic Guachinche
Whilst guachinches come in all shapes and sizes, if the one you’re in looks like a restaurant and has a menu, the chances are it is a restaurant, not a guachinche. […]
About Tenerife
About Tenerife
Ten Secret Scenes of Tenerife
These are ten places that are a bit different from the Tenerife of sun, sea, sand and Euro a pint fame. How many can you recognise? […]
About Tenerife
Sardines and Salsa, Sounds and Smells of the Real Tenerife
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… […]
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OAPs Behaving Badly in Tenerife, but not as Badly as British TV Companies
It’s insulting to Tinerfeños that their island is defined by a small area that has as little in common with most of the island. […]
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Is Tenerife a Friendly Place?
Recently the Tenerife Tourism Corporation launched a new initiative called Tenerife Buena Gente which loosely translated means that the folk on Tenerife are… […]
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Buying Local Cheese in the Hills on Tenerife
Normally an outing to our favourite cheese shop on Tenerife involves an hour’s drive, then a steep ascent of a remote valley on foot, stopping to be awed at… […]
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Preserving Tenerife’s Precious Potatoes
Today, La Papa Antigua de Canarias is considered a gourmet delicacy in the kitchens of the island’s top chefs and is featured on all the best menus… […]
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Easter on Tenerife, the Sound of Silence
Brotherhood after brotherhood wearing capirotes of royal purples, midnight blues, scarlet, emerald and black, parade silently through streets that come with a… […]
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This Tenerife Resort is NOT for You
The fact is that on Tenerife not all resorts are the same. Not everywhere is a resort for a start. And not all resorts offer the same things. […]
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Behind the Scenes of Tenerife Carnival, Designing the Carnival Queen Outfit
A couple of years ago we interviewed the king of Tenerife’s carnival queen costumes, designer Leo Martinez. Arranging to meet Leo was like arranging to meet a spy. […]