From Mount Teide to the Snows of Kilimanjaro
Anyone who’s trekked around Mount Teide’s upper slopes will know only too well that the least bit of exertion leaves you gasping for air as though the breath has been…
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Jack Montgomery
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I’m Dreaming of a Hot Christmas: Top Ten – erife Christmassy Things to do Over the Festive Season
If you think that Tenerife at Christmas has as much festive atmosphere as a British seaside resort in August then you don’t know Tenerife. There are positively oodles of Christmas events taking place all over the island.
Here are our top Ten-erife tips to ensure you have yourself a merry little Christmas […]
Here are our top Ten-erife tips to ensure you have yourself a merry little Christmas […]
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Scene on the Beach ““ Playa Bollullo, La Orotava’s Hidden Beach
Bollullo’s “˜off the beaten track’ location and limited access keeps it out of bounds to the masses. It’s too far for any tourist who doesn’t like to have to trek any distance to a beach, so most of the people around me are groups of young Canarios […]
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A Sweet Christmas Tale of Turrón
Forget colourful decorations and chubby Santa Claus figures hanging from window ledges, there’s one sure sign in Tenerife that Christmas is closing in with the speed of a runaway bullet train ““ a whole aisle appears in supermarkets filled with boxes of a peculiarly Spanish Christmas speciality, turrón […]
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Framed – San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Despite being the former capital city of Tenerife, San Cristóbal de La Laguna (its Sunday best name) still rarely makes it on to the radar of many visitors.
And yet it boasts an old quarter which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (which means loads of interesting nooks and crannies) and a University (which means loads of “˜too cool for school’ bars, clubs and restaurants) […]
Braving “˜El Bravo’ ““ Tenerife’s Gigantic Waves
What do you do when a gigantic wave, rearing to a height that would have cruise liner captains thinking about the Poseidon movie and wishing they’d opted for another career, is rushing toward you […]
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A Tenerife Mystery ““ The GüÃmar Pyramids: Ancient Wonders or Farmers” Rubble?
In looks terms, the Egyptian pyramids are George Clooney, whereas GüÃmar’s are Woody Allen ““ not particularly stunning to look at but fascinating nonetheless […]
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Best of the Fests ““ Tenerife’s Full of Clowns
Before anyone who lives here starts writing an “˜outraged of Adeje’ letter to us, we’re talking about the performing clowns from all over the world who descended on Santa Cruz…
Tenerife’s Clash of the Titans – Watch The Trailer
The buzz is building. A scene from Clash of the Titans, much of which was filmed on Tenerife, has just been featured on the front cover of the UK’s most prestigious movie magazine, Empire and now the movie trailer has just hit the web […]