The latest Tenerife location to suffer the Tripadvisor 'not quite accurate' treatment is La Orotava in the north of the island. A thread titled 'Polluted streets & impossible parking' drew me in because, well, it's not exactly the way I'd describe La Orotava.
We were asked a question on Twitter this week that got me thinking. It was along the lines of 'any suggestions for an authentic Tenerife experience?'
One day when seven locals, and a few of their mates, reminded us why the Orotava Valley is such a wonderful place to live.
I saw a comment on facebook recently about how difficult it was to interact with the local Canarian population on Tenerife.
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.
What is your idea of an authentic Tenerife location? Is it a sweeping bay with a beach lapped by azure seas backed by a row of quaint fishermen's cottages with...
“Tenerife is an island that attracts over 6 million visitors a year, many of whom believe they know it like the back of their hands and few of whom know it at all.”
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...