About Tenerife
There is not a carnival on Tenerife
At this time of year there are articles galore about carnival on Tenerife and many either get something wrong, or don’t paint quite the full picture of what carnival means on the island. […]
Los Gigantes
About Tenerife
Tenerife mistakes and misconceptions
I signed up to Tripadvisor in 2007 for one reason and one reason only. Its Tenerife forum was rife with misinformation. The biggest culprit was connected to the weather. When people asked about the difference […]
Food & Drink
The prices we pay for Canarian cuisine around Tenerife
Generally speaking, there are some areas where, for the same standards and quality we’re used to in restaurants in many other parts of Tenerife, there’s a premium to pay. […]
Food & Drink
Comparing Tenerife restaurant reviews
Over a two week period recently we ate at a number of restaurants in various areas of Tenerife. Did our findings match English language reviews on Tripadvisor? Here are the results. […]
About Tenerife
A world of differences, an after dark tour of Tenerife
We regularly say to enjoy a fully rounded flavour of Tenerife’s towns/resorts it’s important to experience them after darkness falls. We also urge people to research thoroughly before deciding where to stay on Tenerife… […]
Food & Drink
Trying Tenerife’s tasty degustación menus
Here’s how the conversation goes in our house when we’re planning a visit to any of our favourite restaurants where the cuisine is more of the imaginative kind. “I’m not having the degustación menu this […]
About Tenerife
Exploring Tenerife’s quiet coastline
Considering the great majority of people who visit Tenerife do so to spend (hot) chill out time on its coast you’d be forgiven for thinking there might not be a lot of quiet coastline left […]
Days out
Thar she blows, whale and dolphin watching on Tenerife
It can be frustrating to live on an island like Tenerife which is remarkable for many reasons, yet which more often than not is only viewed in how many sunshine hours there are in a […]
About Tenerife
Scenes of Isla Baja, Tenerife’s Secret Corner
As secrets go, Isla Baja in the north west of Tenerife isn’t a well kept one. Well, it is and it isn’t. Millions of visitors to Tenerife will have visited one of Isla Baja’s treasures. […]
About Tenerife
The Different Faces of Tenerife at Night
We’ve written before about Tenerife after dark and that to get to know a town, you have to experience what it’s like when the sun toddles off to bed. […]