About Tenerife
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… […]
History
About Tenerife
Tenerife, A Little Bit of Ireland in the Sun
How can I be sitting in a pub called JC Murphy in Santa Cruz and yet still be able to argue that the bar I’m drinking in is as Canarian as papas arrugadas? […]
Food & Drink
The Price of Tenerife Wine
‘Canary’ wine has enjoyed something of a renaissance over the last 15 years and today has found its way onto the prize winners’ platforms of international awards and onto the tables of wine connoisseurs worldwide. […]
About Tenerife
The War of the Walls at San Telmo in Puerto de la Cruz
I was baffled after reading reports about plans to destroy an historic wall in Puerto de la Cruz and the outrage they had caused… […]
About Tenerife
A Secret in a Tenerife Church
It was a Dan Brown moment. Why was there the crypt of a pirate in a church in La Laguna, a UNESCO World Heritage Site? There must be a story. […]
About Tenerife
The Abandoned Leper Village of Tenerife
When you get closer to curious town and notice the breeze blocks are jablé you realise that this ghost town has stood empty for a lot longer than it might at first seem. […]
About Tenerife
Fantasy Island, the Story of the Other Battle of Santa Cruz
On 20 April 1657, during the Anglo-Spanish war, Admiral Robert Blake launched an attack on the Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz harbour… […]
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… […]
About Tenerife
A Peek Into The Past In Tenerife’s Anaga Mountains
Spanning two climate zones, the Anaga Mountains spread across the hot, arid and windy eastern side of San Andrés and the island’s capital city of Santa Cruz, to the rain forest strewn north western face of the island where ancient laurel forests pre-date the ice age. […]
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… […]