Carnival on Tenerife, Los Gigantes
One of the best carnivals in south Tenerife, Los Gigantes has a Latino theme this year.
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Carnival on Tenerife, Puerto de la Cruz
Not as big as Santa Cruz, but carnival in El Puerto still involves tens of thousands of people and rocking street parties.
An Elegant Point of View at the Humboldt Mirador
It was in the summer of 1799 that the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt formed an opinion of Tenerife as one of the most beautiful places he had seen. Today, Humboldt has been immortalised in bronze in the very spot where he stood[…]
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Melissa Aldana Concert
Title: Melissa Aldana ConcertLocation: Lago Martianez, Puerto de la CruzLink out: Click hereDescription: The tenor sax playing jazz star with a growing reputation plays her only concert in the Canary…
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Holding the Fort in Tenerife
It has always struck me that, for an island which for much of its history has held such a strategically important position on the world trade map, there are precious few castles on Tenerife, save for those that plop out of buckets and have flags stuck in them until the tide comes and washes them away[…]
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Prize Winning Cheese & a Belfry Bust up in Tenerife News of the Week
Some townsfolk in Granadilla de Abona are up in arms about the decision of the local priest to stop a centuries-old tradition of …
Tapas with a Difference on Tenerife, El Olivo Restaurant Review
Although tapas is readily available on Tenerife, with many Canarian and Spanish restaurants including a tapas section on their menus, specialist restaurants dedicated to the art of el tapeo are still relatively thin on the ground; Tasca el Olivo on Casa Iriarte in Puerto de la Cruz is one of them.
Violent Storm Lashes Tenerife
As something resembling normality returns to Tenerife and the Canary Islands, reports of the intensity of the wind, rain, lightning and thunder that have spectacularly assaulted the island over the last couple of days…
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Top Ten-erife Sculptures
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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Chestnuts and the Fiesta of San Andrés on Tenerife
November is the month of the castaña (chestnut) on Tenerife and whereas in Britain chestnut season means epic conker battles and bruised knuckles, on Tenerife activities have more than a hint of a Charles Dickens’ Christmas about them[…]
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