Richard Burton in Tenerife

Some time ago when Jack excitedly told me that one of his boyhood heroes, Richard Burton, had actually visited Tenerife, I was, to say the least, under-whelmed.
I had always known that James Bond (aka Sean Connery) was his greatest idol, but Liz Taylor’s third husband?!

My ignorance was quickly put to shame when I learned about the fascinating explorer and adventurer who, together with his companion John Speke, journeyed deep into Africa in search of the source of the Nile.

In February’s Living Tenerife, Jack takes us on the same journey that Burton and his wife Isabel took when they visited Tenerife in the 1860s and discovers that much of what they saw can still be seen by today’s visitors.