When we decided to buy my big brother, John, a plane ticket to Tenerife for his birthday this year, it was with some trepidation that we ever thought we would actually see him at the arrivals hall of Tenerife South airport
When we decided to buy my big brother, John, a plane ticket to Tenerife for his birthday this year, it was with some trepidation that we ever thought we would actually see him at the arrivals hall of Tenerife South airport
We never tire of visiting La Orotava, there are endless things to discover in Tenerife's most noble of towns.
We watch random rivulets tracing an unsure path down the smooth glass. We marvel as a spout of water arcs triumphantly from the red tiled roof onto a patch...
Much more to our liking are beaches which exude more of a carefree, get away from it all personality. Beaches like Playa Bollullo in La Orotava...
Benijos cheeses are award winners and the more curado they are, the more they should appeal to serious cheese fiends.
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.
Wherever you are on Tenerife there's a good chance that there's a decent market not too far away and they're always worth a nosey. Here's Real Tenerife's complete (almost) guide to farmers' and agricultural markets on Tenerife.
In lots of towns and cities on Tenerife, the Christmas spirit is in full flow during December and early January and in many ways is more magical and charming...
In the distance a cockerel completes his dawn duties with a final throaty bugle call. There's silence for a few seconds before two doves take up the early morning chorus, cooing loudly from the top of the pine tree.
It's important to understand the types of towns and villages that exist on Tenerife. To do that we need to break the island into geographical sections...