Los Cristianos Carnaval Queen Election
Title: Los Cristianos Carnaval Queen Election Location: Recinto Ferial Description: Who will lift the senior crown? Find out at the big gala at the Recinto Ferial, by the Valdes Centre…
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Los Cristianos Infant Carnaval Queen Election
Title: Los Cristianos Carnaval Infant Queen Election Location: Recinto Ferial Description: Who will lift the crown? Find out at the Recinto Ferial, by the Valdes Centre. Starts at 8.30pm. Date:…
Los Cristianos Carnaval Queen Candidates
Title: Los Cristianos Carnaval Queen Candidates Location: Los Cristianos Cultural Centre Description: A chance to see the full range of costumes before the candidates are cut to the final 6.…
Framed ““ Photographs of Carnaval on Tenerife 2010
If you were unlucky enough to miss out on carnaval on Tenerife this year, here’s a brief selection of images to give you a flavour of the fun. In the interest of decency I’ve omitted any shots of the numerous fake genitals that were thrust my way over the course of the week ““ at least I think they were fake[…]
Los Gigantes Carnaval
Title: Los Gigantes Carnaval Location: Los Gigantes church plaza Description: Centred on the church plaza, Los Gigantes flexes its Carnaval muscles with an Africa theme. The election of the Carnaval…
Carnaval on Tenerife ““ Surviving the Street Parties
If you’ve never been before here are some essential tips worth knowing before taking the plunge into the hedonistic and bizarre waters of a carnival street party[…]
Carnaval is Coming!
Barely have the Ayuntamientos (Town Halls) in Santa Cruz and Puerto de la Cruz taken down the Christmas lights than they’ve been back on their ladder trucks installing the carnival lights.
Aligned to Easter, Carnaval (Spanish spelling) is early this year and many of the run-up events have already started.
Aligned to Easter, Carnaval (Spanish spelling) is early this year and many of the run-up events have already started.
Guide to the Top Ten-erife Fiestas
It’s the start of a new year. Traditional Tinerfeño rainbow-coloured skirts are being ruffled, horses harnessed up and batucada drums beaten. The fiestas are about to start coming thick and fast and if you don’t want to miss out on Tenerife’s most exuberant, colourful and occasionally mind-boggling parties […]
Having a Beast of a Time at the Fiestas of San Antonio Abad
Have you ever noticed that there’s something missing from Tenerife’s countryside? Drive along winding lanes backed by eye-catching scenery and a nagging voice whispers that there’s something incomplete about the scenes of neatly tended terraces and sweeping valleys[…]
Best of the Fest ““ San Andrés, 29th & 30th November.
Popular folklore on Tenerife has it that when Saint Andrew arrived on the island to preach the gospel he arrived late, discovered the island’s new wine and, just to be polite, partook of it liberally before […]
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