Top 10 Reasons You Should Visit Santa Cruz de Tenerife
A beautiful city in the northeast of Tenerife, Santa Cruz is known for its immense port and boasts a splendid mix of historic and modern Spanish culture. With a good…
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To Tenerife with Love: Then and Now
Now, on the eve of 2019, I’m preparing to return to a village on the north coast of Tenerife. With me will be my wife Viviana who has never set…
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State Visit will celebrate close royal and historic ties between the United Kingdom and Spain, says British Ambassador Simon Manley
The British Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, has welcomed the announcement of a State Visit to the United Kingdom from the 8th to the 10th of March 2016. “The British…
Tenerife Carnival Scene, Las Burras de GüÃmar
Each year GüÃmar produces one of the most stylish and sexy carnival posters on Tenerife and 2012 is no exception.
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Making Hay While The Sun Shines at DÃa de la Trilla
Sunshine and hay are two commodities they’re not short of in the hills of El Tanque where they’ve always been an integral part of community life, made all the more precious when one of those commodities was taken away from them for over 200 years.
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Watch Los Tres Reyes (The Three Kings) Parade, La Orotava 2011
Tenerife Magazine was in the beautiful old quarter of La Orotava to film the arrival of the Tres Reyes (Three Kings).
In La Orotava, as in many places on Tenerife, the Three Kings arrive on camels and this year Balthazar got a bit of a scare […]
In La Orotava, as in many places on Tenerife, the Three Kings arrive on camels and this year Balthazar got a bit of a scare […]
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Finding Traditional Tenerife at the Dia de la Trilla
Across much of Tenerifed, the land is farmed using agricultural practices that haven’t changed greatly in a hundred years. The Dia de la Trilla celebrates some of the most ingenious of these[…]
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Fiestas of San Juan ““ Midsummer Magic
Rapidly approaching, the night of June 23rd is the longest day and shortest night in nature’s annual cycle and as such, it has been a significant time of change since ancients all over the world lived their lives, planted their crops and tended their livestock in time to the rhythms of nature[…]
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Good Friday, A Time Of Passion On The Streets Of Adeje
Put the butter back in the fridge, the hot cross buns back in the bread bin and head to Adeje town for the real meaning of Easter. Those chocolate eggs…
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 […]
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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