Continuing our peek behind the scenes of carnival on Tenerife, after the costumes are designed comes the big night, the grand gala for the election of...
Continuing our peek behind the scenes of carnival on Tenerife, after the costumes are designed comes the big night, the grand gala for the election of...
A couple of years ago we interviewed the king of Tenerife's carnival queen costumes, designer Leo Martinez. Arranging to meet Leo was like arranging to meet a spy.
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...
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.
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...
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...