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Scene on the Beach ““ Playa Bollullo, La Orotava’s Hidden Beach

Posted on December 4, 2009March 4, 2010
byJack Montgomery

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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Poinsettias – Christmas is Blooming on Tenerife

December 12th is National Poinsettia Day.
Tradition dictates that you should give a poinsettia on that day and it gives us an excuse to feature this most enduring of Christmas icons which bring a splash of crimson delight to the festive season […]

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A Sweet Christmas Tale of Turrón

Posted on November 24, 2009March 4, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

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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Style Counsel – Oysho

Posted on November 24, 2009March 4, 2010
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byAndy Montgomery

Oysho is one of those shops you need to keep a regular eye on as they change their stock so frequently that you just might miss something […]

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Santiago Del Teide’s Casa del Patio Opens its Doors

Posted on November 19, 2009March 5, 2010
byAndy Montgomery

I was finally able to explore the tantalisingly lovely building that has been under restoration and off-limits for many years and that yesterday was finally opened to the public. Including a permanent exhibition to Chinyero’s eruption, it was a tardy but timely finish to the project[…]

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Churros

Posted on November 12, 2009March 5, 2010
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byColin Kirby

Is it the crunch as you bite into the golden shell, or the warm yielding dough inside, or the sweet taste, for me, most of all, it’s overdipping it in…

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Braving “˜El Bravo’ ““ Tenerife’s Gigantic Waves

Posted on November 11, 2009March 5, 2010
byJack Montgomery

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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5 Tips Before You Buy Property in Tenerife

Posted on November 10, 2009December 7, 2010
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byJulie Hume

It doesn’t matter how many times you have visited Tenerife on holiday, the time that you arrive with all your worldly possessions ready to set up home, is like no other […]

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The miracle of Chinyero

Chinyero in 1909, a miracle happened when the lava stopped short of El Calvario, Las Manchas

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Fashion Design in the Canaries

Young Canarian fashion designers were given a window onto their work last week […]

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