The Banana Road: It’s Tenerife But Not As You Know It When Andy and Jack walk away from their successful careers, leaving family, friends and Manchester to move to the Canary Islands, they hope to find a new adventure and quality time together in the sun. What they do not expect to encounter is the intriguing, often amusing and sometimes downright bizarre cast of...
You know that feeling, when the last day of your holiday looms and you head to the beach or the pool, feel the warmth of the sun on your skin and wish you could stay forever? I think the first time that we were really aware of being on the ‘right’ side of that feeling was the first time we took visitors back to the airport for their return flight while we...
It was a valuable lesson about the Tenerife where people lived and worked as opposed to the one on which to enjoy holidays...
It's the beginning of July and the start of the Spanish holiday season. Lots of islanders will be taking a break. A few years ago I read a statistic which stated at least 33% of Canarios spent their holidays on a Canary Island.
In the past we've made the mistake of organising trips to coincide with the start of the working week. The commuter traffic between Puerto de la Cruz and Santa Cruz on a Monday morning is a nightmare.
We have at least four types who inhabit the same space as us. The Tenerife lagarto (lovely markings), copper coloured skinks with a metallic sheen, a small striped lizard and the nocturnal geckos...
Whilst the bulk of British visitors head to the southern side of Tenerife here are five reasons why I'm perched on a northern slope.
Palm trees backed by the velvety La Orotava slopes create an inspiring frame that draws us upwards and onwards passing weeds with delicate blooms...