La Orotava's flower carpets also benefits from having one of the most picturesque backdrops on Tenerife. Not only do you get those gorgeous colonial buildings, on a clear day Teide sits in the background.
La Orotava's flower carpets also benefits from having one of the most picturesque backdrops on Tenerife. Not only do you get those gorgeous colonial buildings, on a clear day Teide sits in the background.
Carnival might be when people slip into fancy dress on Tenerife. But in January during San Abad, it's the island's animals who wear odd outfits.
This year for the first time we experienced the Noche de San Juan (Midsummer) in the south of Tenerife or, more accurately, around the resort areas.
The Fiesta de San Andrés (Saint Andrew) is celebrated across Tenerife on the nights of 29 and 30 November, but the tradition is strongest in Puerto de la Cruz and Icod de los Vinos.
The Corazones de Tejina (Hearts of Tejina) is one of the 'odd' little fiestas on Tenerife. Not that it's that little, you could hardly fit an anorexic fly into...
All we really knew about Benijos at that time was that it produced excellent cheese. When we headed off the main road to Mount Teide and into quiet, rural...
To celebrate the Noche de San Juan there are beach parties and events organised in lots of towns and villages on Tenerife...
Follow our photo guide to the Fiestas del Carmen and the Día de la Embarcación in Puerto de la Cruz to enjoy a wet, wild and wonderful Tenerife tradition.
In tourist terms June on Tenerife is one of the low-key months, but relating to what's going on around the island it's one of our favourite months.
Dia de la Trilla is a small, agricultural fiesta that celebrates the traditional methods for threshing wheat, including the use of horses and teams of oxen dragging a threshing board.