About Tenerife
Rediscovering Real Life in the Real Tenerife
Palm trees backed by the velvety La Orotava slopes create an inspiring frame that draws us upwards and onwards passing weeds with delicate blooms… […]
Places to See
Beaches
The Week Big Brother Came to The Real Tenerife
When we decided to buy my big brother, John, a plane ticket to Tenerife for his birthday this year, it was with some trepidation that we ever thought we would actually see him at the arrivals hall of Tenerife South airport […]
About Tenerife
Highlights of Tenerife Tour
We never tire of visiting La Orotava, there are endless things to discover in Tenerife’s most noble of towns. […]
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… […]
About Tenerife
The Magic of Driving to Masca
Let me tell you about the Masca road. I love the Masca road. It’s a driver’s road that invokes thoughts of Aston Martins driven by suave secret agents who… […]
About Tenerife
Wish You Were Here? Visit the Real Tenerife #4
With a palm grove, a tiny fort, a grand old hacienda and a rock that looks like a camel, this is probably our favourite part of Tenerife’s coastline. […]
Food & Drink
Review of Humboldt’s Mirador, an Historic Lunch Spot
Humboldt’s Mirador (or Mirador de Humboldt to give it the proper Spanish name) nestled into the hillside at the eastern end of the La Orotava Valley overlooking… […]
About Tenerife
Wish You Were Here? Visit the Real Tenerife #3
A sweeping emerald valley populated by a few pools, abandoned stepped agricultural terraces and a few scattered houses. The whole scene overlooked by a lone mountain… and a half. […]
Food & Drink
A Tenerife Restaurant for a Special Occasion, Mesón El Monasterio
A champagne breakfast at El Monasterio in Los Realejos is the perfect way to end a visit from friends and family with an experience that will ensure their memories of Tenerife are capped with a smile-inducing ‘WOW’. […]
About Tenerife
Wish You Were Here? Then Visit The Real Tenerife #1
The Anaga Mountains: our favourite walking area on Tenerife by a thigh stretching mile. We reckon if you did a Mr T with someone and dropped them in this spot they would never guess in a million years they were on Tenerife. […]