About Tenerife
The four stages of Tenerife’s sea of clouds
One of the most unforgettably mind-blowing experiences to be enjoyed on Tenerife is to be had when there’s a low, grey, cloud blanket blotting out the sun. […]
Weather
About Tenerife
What it means to get high on Tenerife
Just over a decade ago I set up a Tripadvisor account for one specific reason. I was tired of the amount of misinformation about Tenerife being posted on the travel site, especially in relation to […]
About Tenerife
How many months of the year can you find snow on Mount Teide?
How many months of the year can you find snow on Mount Teide? It’s not uncommon to read in travel articles, blogs, and travel company websites that El Teide is snow-capped all year round. It […]
About Tenerife
Why people get it wrong about Santa Cruz on Tenerife
Santa Cruz being cool and cloudy is a claim I’ve heard numerous times over the years. Usually from people who don’t know the city very well. […]
About Tenerife
Typical November weather on Tenerife
Let’s cut to the chase right away. You get bad weather in the Canary Islands during November. It’s virtually unavoidable. […]
About Tenerife
Boots and and big jackets on Tenerife
We’ve got masses of walking gear, but most of it was bought for hiking in the Canaries where, even in the coolest weather, a light fleece under a light rain jacket is far too hot for me. […]
About Tenerife
What is bruma in Tenerife and the Canary Islands?
It was our friend Jo who first mentioned the word ‘bruma’ to us, long before we moved to Tenerife. We were visiting her on La Gomera, sitting on her terrace on the edge of the Garajonay National Park in the sun, drinking beer and marvelling at views… […]
Life
25C isn’t hot enough on Tenerife, that’s crazy
I’ve just read a comment which said “so not really that hot then?” when advised temperatures at the coast in the north of Tenerife would be between mid and upper 20sC in August. […]
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Scenes of winter on Tenerife
Rather than write another boring post about the reality of the weather across Tenerife I thought I’d just show you what walking on Tenerife has been like this winter. […]
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Big waves on Tenerife are spectacular and dangerous
Some people will have heard about the tragedy which occurred on the coast near Los Gigantes in Santiago del Teide yesterday when two people lost their lives after huge waves swept them from the rocks. […]