‘That’s not Mexico,’ I exclaimed. The location at the start of BBC’s Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue was instantly identifiable. ‘That’s Abades on Tenerife.’ When I Googled it, AI disagreed, insisting only Gran Canaria appeared in the series, Jardín Canario de Viera y Clavijo to be exact. Not for the first time, nor the last, AI was wrong. The leper village that...
By the Time Dawn Breaks: A Tale of Mystery and Magic From the Canary Islands Two friends on holiday on Fuerteventura become lost in the hills, unaware a violent storm is heading their way. Life in a sleepy Canarian town on La Palma is thrown into turmoil during the visit of an obnoxious American author. Descending into one of Lanzarote’s unexplored volcanic tunnels...
We've included new information on Tenerife's unique culinary scene, from its ancient heritage potatoes, prized cochino negro and distinctive mojos to authentic guachinches, providing arguably the most comprehensive guide to Tenerife's food and drink available in the English language ...
In our A to Z of Tenerife Part 1 we included a diverse range of things we like and find interesting about Tenerife, from a leper village to its colourful, and sometimes spicy, sauces. Part 2, N to Z includes a famous English admiral, an other-worldly flower, and the Canarian gastronomic speciality that everyone loves.
A couple of years ago A to Zs of travel destinations were all the rage so, even though I liked the idea, we kept away from doing one for Tenerife as, well, everybody seemed to be doing them.
We chose the routes specifically because they follow old roads and take anyone who drives them into parts of Tenerife where life and traditions haven't changed that much in decades.
We always keep an eye out for whose names are on the awards list at the 2019 Diario de Avisos-Dorada Especial Gastronomy Awards Gala, an event which recognises innovation and passion in the world of food and drink in the Canary Islands.
From the opening scenes of Anaga to the second the celebrity chefs touched down on Tenerife and set up their kitchens in the Mercado La Recova in Santa Cruz, it became apparent the foodie focus was going to be very much on the Tenerife which exists outside of the resorts.
Every so often we like to do a round up of some of the more interesting questions we've been asked, or have seen being asked on travel forums such as Tripadvisor. Here are ten Tenerife questions from September which piqued our interest.
A spate of travel blogs about Tenerife following an organised blog trip by a UK low cost airline had me pondering about authentic Canarian food on Tenerife. The line in one of the blogs which prompted this bout of pondering was this: