For the last few years, The Real Tenerife website has been virtually rotting on the vine. We didn’t outright abandon it, but we certainly neglected it. There were several reasons for this. One was we left Tenerife for Portugal in 2017. Another was that we grew so weary of other writers using our experiences and knowledge as a resource without crediting us (it brings...
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...
The Real Tenerife: An Insider’s Guide The most comprehensive guide to Tenerife available in the English language, written with insight and passion by travel writers who, for 14 years, lived and worked on the island, travelling its length and breadth to research, photograph and record every aspect of island life. Instead of endless hotel and restaurant listings...
We chose the routes specifically because they follow old roads and take anyone who drives them into parts of Tenerife where life and traditions haven't changed that much in decades.
Here’s a question. How many Michelin star restaurants are there on Tenerife? The answer, for anyone who doesn’t know, is five. Here’s a slightly different question. How many Michelin recommended restaurants are there on Tenerife? The answer to that question is eighteen. As well as the prestigious stars, Michelin recommends restaurants based on other...
There are four roads leading to Teide National Park, we chose the one from La Laguna for our Where the Earth holds up the sky driving route because it's our favourite way, and the route less travelled by most visitors.
Tripadvisor's traveller forums can reveal what members who ask for, or give, advice know or don't know about Tenerife. And so it was with a question about where to find authentic food on the island.
One of the most unforgettably mind-blowing experiences to be enjoyed on Tenerife is to be had when there's a low, grey, cloud blanket blotting out the sun.
Los Realejos straggles its way up the Orotava Valley, the two mini centres of Realejo Alto and Realejo Bajo connected by steep streets which deter all but those with a curiosity to find out 'what might lie along this road'.
The Atlantic rollers which are a common feature in northern areas of Tenerife are hypnotic even when they're just going about their normal, daily business.