December’s issue takes us onto Tenerife’s terraces; not the ones planted with vines and potatoes but the ones filled with the blue and white shirts, flags and banners of the fans of Tenerife’s football team; CD Tenerife.
Jack dons his Scotland shirt (right colour, same affinity) and braves the passion and rivalry of a local derby [...]
“An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.”
Agatha Christie
With Puerto de la Cruz set to stage the first International Agatha Christie Festival from 23rd November to 1st December 2007, I visited the town’s oldest garden of Sitio Litre where Agatha and her [...]
“Hooters make your mouth happy” is the slogan of the new beach-themed bar/restaurant chain from the USA which is planning to open its doors in Playa Las Américas.
Throw all day sports coverage, spicy chicken wings and waitresses in crop tops and shorts into the mix and you’re likely to notice a dearth in the afternoon [...]
I’m always stumbling across folk tales and superstitions when I’m out and about researching material for features. It seems that almost every village on Tenerife and the Western Islands has a tale to tell of star-crossed lovers or strange apparitions on beaches and in ravines. So, with Halloween in mind, I’ve sifted through them and [...]
When I told a friend in the UK that Puerto de la Cruz‘ Casino was now sited underneath a 15,000 square metre lake in the Lago Martiánez complex, he was both amazed, impressed and baffled, assuming that guests would have to don a wetsuit and air tank over their tuxedos and ball gowns in order [...]
Although it may quite literally depend on your viewpoint as to how largely Mount Teide figures in your day to day life in Tenerife. For me, having the world’s third largest volcano in the middle of my little paradise island and on my daily horizon, is something that simply cannot be ignored.
I’ve been investigating the [...]
There are some things about living in the sun kissed paradise of Tenerife that can bring on a severe attack of the Victor Meldrews; watching Tinerfeños negotiate a roundabout, hoping to make a quick visit to the Correo (post office) and trying to pay your water rates to mention just a few. But there’s one [...]