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The Best Restaurants on Tenerife According to Tripadvisor 20 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
Tripadvisor can be an incredibly useful tool for planning trips and holidays. The information within comes from real holidaymakers (most of the time anyway) which means you can trust what people say… ...
The Abandoned Leper Village of Tenerife 16 Aug 2013 | 02:19 pm
For a long time I thought it was a developer’s folly; a never completed resort beside a quiet bay on Tenerife’s breezy east coast. From a distance the buildings look like bare breeze block. It’s only ...
Keep Living Statues on Tenerife Alive 14 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
The girl puts her camera to her eye and prepares to take a picture of the Guanche who looks as though he’s sitting cross-legged and motionless in mid air. He spots her and ‘real’ legs suddenly appear....
Crafts Amongst the Pines at Pinolere 2013 13 Aug 2013 | 03:10 pm
Wander the aisles of souvenir shops populating the promenades of Tenerife’s popular resorts and you might conclude that the island’s craft skills stretch no further than banana plant fridge magnets, I...
Celebrating the Virgin of Candelaria on Tenerife 12 Aug 2013 | 07:18 pm
Candelaria on the evening of the 14 August is mental. I knew it was going to be busy, these big fiestas always are, I just didn’t expect it to be as busy. There are cars parked along the TF1 autopista...
Get to Know Your Shellfish and Molluscs in Tenerife and the Canary Islands 5 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
This is second part of our series about helping seafood lovers make sure they know exactly what sea creature is going to end up on their plate when they order a dish in seafood restaurants on Tenerife...
The Best Fiestas, Festivals and Events on Tenerife in August 2013 1 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
The hottest month of the year on Tenerife sees nearly all the action take place outdoors. Forget figures, all you need to know is that it will range from hot to too hot everywhere on the island, even ...
Fantasy Island, the Story of the Other Battle of Santa Cruz 30 Jul 2013 | 01:59 pm
On 25 July 1797 Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson was defeated, losing an arm in the process, after his troops had unsuccessfully tried to attack Santa Cruz, the capital of Tenerife. He wasn’t the only Bri...
To the end of the Road and Beyond, Review of Restaurant El Mirador in Benijo 29 Jul 2013 | 08:50 pm
It was one of those special days when there wasn’t a cloud over the Anaga Mountains. The formidable peaks and lush forests were resplendent and sharp against a deep, blue sky. We’d managed to time our...
How to Deal with a Swarm of Bees on Tenerife 25 Jul 2013 | 02:28 pm
Living on Tenerife can involve having to deal with all sorts of unexpected situations, like last week when a swarm of bees decided to set up home in our garden. I was sitting typing happily away on m...
