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Los Gigantes Beach Preparing A Sandy Welcome

Posted on March 5, 2011March 30, 2011
byColin Kirby

Dangling from coils of rope, workmen in hard hats drilled into the cliff face as curious tourists pressed to see through the metal fence sealing off Los Guios beach in Los Gigantes on Tenerife’s west coast […]

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Hey Mr Sandman Sculpt Me A Dream

Posted on November 12, 2010December 14, 2010
byColin Kirby

Deflated, utterly deflated, I’d lift my bucket having lovingly packed it with sand and tapped it on the bottom with my little spade but it would crumble at the edges…

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Top Ten-erife Sun Bed Prices

Posted on September 10, 2010November 2, 2012
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byAndy Montgomery

The cost of hiring sun beds and that all important umbrella can quickly mount up over the course of a week or two’s vacation. So here’s our top 10 of the cost of hiring a sun bed and parasol at Tenerife’s most popular sun worshipping venues:

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Scene on the Beach at Playa del Duque

Posted on September 2, 2010September 20, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

Lying at the western end of Costa Adeje, Playa del Duque is separated from the rest of the resort by a large rock jutting far out into the sea which acts as a natural curtain lending the beach an air of detached exclusivity[…]

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PKRA Kiteboarding World Tour 2010, El Médano, Tenerife

Posted on August 15, 2010September 7, 2010
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byAndy Montgomery

They say “it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good” and while much of Tenerife broiled in the excessive calima heat … the wind catchers of El Médano pumped up their kites and took to their boards.

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Los Gigantes, Living Without The Beach

Posted on August 4, 2010September 7, 2011
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byColin Kirby

Spectacular and dangerous, they often go hand in hand, something that Los Gigantes became painfully aware of on 1st November 2009 when part of the steep rock face above the…

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Top Ten-erife Beaches

Posted on August 3, 2010August 20, 2010
byAndy Montgomery

Tenerife has invested a great deal of time and money in the importing, sifting and general manicuring of sand to create beaches which, whilst they may not be the best in the world, are exceedingly pleasant places to be[…]

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El Médano, Chilling Out And Defying The Political Storm

Posted on July 28, 2010August 13, 2010
byColin Kirby

Wind and sea erosion sound like good reasons to worry but in El Médano they take everything in their stride and find the positives. A walk along the wooden slatted…

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Keep the Blue Flag Flying- Tenerife’s Award Winning Beaches

Posted on June 3, 2010June 26, 2010
byAndy Montgomery

Yesterday the International Environmental Blue Flag Programme gave its verdict on awards for 2010 and the Canary Islands received 34 of the prestigious flags for its beaches and 3 for its ports[…]

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