Don’t Look Down? It’s Hard To Resist On Roque del Conde
Goats eh, bit dim aren’t they? Well it seemed that way to me. Down in the depths of Barranco del Ancon, and on the way to Roque del Conde, I…
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Keep the Blue Flag Flying- Tenerife’s Award Winning Beaches
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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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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Street Gardening ““ The Corpus Christi Flower Carpets
Ever since Leonor del Castillo y Monteverde decided in 1847 that it might be a nice idea to put some petals on the ground outside her house for the evening Corpus Christi procession to walk over […]
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Wild Nights ““ Camping on Tenerife
Summer sits waiting in the wings for the ash cloud to shift and Tinerfeño thoughts are turning to Sunday picnics in the woods; time to brush off the canvas and head into the mountains for a spot of camping[…]
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Best of the Fests ““ RomerÃa de San Marcos, Tegueste,
May is almost upon us and we’re heading deep into romerÃa season, so it’s time to polish up those vasos de romerÃa, slip a goatskin rucksack on your back and head into the hills for a dose of local culture, some free nosh and lashings of country wine[…]
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Budding Beauty – Tenerife’s Exotic Plant Life
When Columbus sailed his way onto the school curriculum in 1492, Europe developed a passion for all things exotic, not least, the amazing plant life that thrived in tropical climes[…]
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Rural Tenerife, San Miguel De Abona
There’s a conspiracy afoot to confuse and confound visitors to Tenerife…So, for everyone who is currently looking out over a marina when they should be sitting in a shady church plaza, here’s what you’re missing[…]
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Painting the Town Red – Tenerife’s Urban Graffiti Artists
Ever since primitive man first scratched a matchstick picture on a cave wall which said in caveman language “˜Fred loves Wilma’, he has found it difficult to pass a blank wall without leaving his mark on it[…]
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Tea in the Park
After the so-called “Winter of storms” in Tenerife, it’s time to turn our thoughts to spring and lazy Sundays with the colour supplements…TM’s guide to the best places to enjoy tea in the park […]
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