About Tenerife
10 Tips to Understanding the Weather on Tenerife
The weather on Tenerife is as misrepresented as the populist image that Tenerife is one big dry rock stuck in a Britain in the sun circa 1985… […]
Tenerife
About Tenerife
Exploring the Real Tenerife, Goats & Tomatoes
There’s one thing you can almost be sure of when exploring the real Tenerife and that is that you will see something ‘different’ on every little voyage of discovery… […]
Food & Drink
Ten Things About Puerto de la Cruz
It’s the perfect tourist resort for visitors looking for a destination that is distinctly Canarian in character but has the facilities of a tourist resort. […]
Food & Drink
Tenerife Bars, Alberto’s in Puerto de la Cruz
We discovered Alberto’s Bar just after we moved to Tenerife. Whilst exploring, we followed a passage near the house we were renting that led upwards toward Parque Taoro. At one point the narrow path… […]
Food & Drink
Tenerife Restaurant Review, Otelo in Adeje
Otelo’s location in Adeje overlooking the ruggedly dramatic and shut (possibly soon to be re-opened) Barranco de Infierno has the draw of a Klingon tractor beam for tourists… […]
Fiestas
Tenerife Carnival Photo Diary, Welcome to the Kiosk California
Tenerife’s carnival parades are a fiesta feast for the eyes and the street parties are a hedonist’s heaven but carnival on Tenerife comes with accessories that excite me nearly as much. One of these is the California food stall in Puerto de la Cruz. […]
Fiestas
Tenerife Carnival Photo Diary, Santa Cruz Closing Parade
Let’s get one thing straight, the closing parade in Santa Cruz, Tenerife isn’t actually the end of carnival. It’s a technicality, a religious thing to do with giving things up for Lent on Shrove Tuesday… […]
About Tenerife
Tenerife Carnaval Photo Diary, The Party Begins, Santa Cruz Opening Parade
There are clowns driving cars to my side and my rear. Okay there are often clowns driving cars around me but this time they are actually dressed as clowns. […]
Fiestas
Tenerife Carnaval Photo Diary, What Does a Carnaval Queen Look Like Out of Costume?
Barely hours after the gala for Election of the Carnaval Queen was over we were back in Santa Cruz and in the gardens of the Hotel Mencey to interview… […]
Fiestas
Tenerife Carnaval Photo Diary, Election of the Carnaval Queen
The problem with carnival (carnaval) on Tenerife is that once it begins it demands your attention lock, stock and barrel – well if you allow yourself to be… […]