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Tenerife From The Air Is Picture Perfect

Posted on January 21, 2011February 4, 2011
byColin Kirby

So there we are standing in the dewy Golf Costa Adeje grass at 9am waving up at a helium filled zeppelin, it’s the only way to start the day. Being Tenerife the sky was clear blue and the sun was already knocking out plenty of heat […]

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Top Ten-erife Sculptures

Posted on November 8, 2010December 8, 2010
byAndy Montgomery

From a perfect set of buttocks or an octopus tentacle escaping from a basket, to being a bath time voyeur ““ these are my top Tenerife stone people.

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Hermano Pedro, the Goatherd who Changed the World

Posted on September 30, 2010October 21, 2010
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byJack Montgomery

Born in 1626 in Chasna, now Vilaflor, the first half of Hermano Pedro’s life was spent herding goats between Vilaflor and an isolated cave near El Médano.

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A Volcano on the Doorstep ““ Mount Teide; a Curse or a Gift?

Mention volcanoes and what do many people visualise? Possibly an angry mountain spewing out rivers of molten lava and turning the skies black with billowing clouds of gloomy smoke[…]

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Teatro Guimera

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

Some people have got a lot of face, well you might think that when you’re on the Santa Cruz tram. A few stops out of the main bus station, and…

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Rasca Lighthouse

Posted on October 29, 2009March 5, 2010
byColin Kirby

A candy-striped beacon as you gaze out to Palm Mar from Las Vistas beach, Los Cristianos. This is the newer 167 foot lighthouse, added in 1978, and fully automatic. A…

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Chicharreros

A soundtrack to Carnaval, and belted out by CD Tenerife fans. “Chicharrero de Corazon” has become an anthem for Tenerife. The people of Santa Cruz are referred to as Chicharreros…

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A Tenerife Mystery ““ The GÃ¼Ãmar Pyramids: Ancient Wonders or Farmers” Rubble?

In looks terms, the Egyptian pyramids are George Clooney, whereas GÃ¼Ãmar’s are Woody Allen ““ not particularly stunning to look at but fascinating nonetheless […]

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Virgen del Carmen ““ Harbour beach, Los Cristianos

Posted on October 14, 2009March 5, 2010
byColin Kirby

This shrine at the harbour corner is a scale copy of a 600 kilo life size sculpture, submerged 40 metres down to bless the craft that pass overhead […]

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