To get a real feel for any destination it helps to experience it at various times of the year as the weather and local living patterns change with the seasons. Even with its year-round good weather, this applies equally to Tenerife...
To get a real feel for any destination it helps to experience it at various times of the year as the weather and local living patterns change with the seasons. Even with its year-round good weather, this applies equally to Tenerife...
We decided to write a guide so that others didn't do what we had done, waste inordinate hours wandering the less interesting parts of the town hoping to discover something good along the way...
Sunset in Santa Cruz in the east of the island is generally a bit of a damp squib, it just gets dark. Further south west or north west, is where you want to be to bask in the last exuberant glows before the golden orb slips below the surface of the sea
Anyone seeking an authentic Tenerife tapas experience doesn't have to go quite so seriously native, simply visit one of the bigger traditional towns or cities
Gofio has been a staple part of the diet of islanders since before the conquest and can be found in every Canarian supermarket on Tenerife.
Midsummer is a magical time on Tenerife for a number of reasons. There's a palpable change in the air as, despite the misleading name, summer kicks in.
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.
Puerto de la Cruz is a good hunting ground for belenes, apart from some shops displaying them, there's always the equivalent of a belen one-stop shop in Casa Ventoso.
We didn't realise how important walking/hiking was to Tenerife until we read some official statistics provided by Turismo de Tenerife recently.
How can you easily spot the difference between a Tenerife, or any Canary Island, town which has a strong local community and one which doesn't? By the plaza... or lack of.