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AGATHA CHRISTIE
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PUERTO DE LA CRUZ TENERIFE

AGATHA CHRISTIE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PUERTO DE LA CRUZ TENERIFE

This is the 8th Agatha Christie Festival, held every two years since 2007, commemorating the visit of the great crime writer and the best-selling novelist of all time to Puerto de la Cruz.

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
The Perseid Meteor Shower Over Tenerife
Nature

The Perseid Meteor Shower Over Tenerife

It is now a bit of a tradition on Tenerife to drive up to the caldera to view the Perseid meteor shower, well away from the urban lights to have the best view

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Burial of the Sardine, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife 2020
puerto de la cruz

Burial of the Sardine, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife 2020

The fiesta continued here in Puerto de la Cruz this week with the very bizarre Burial of the Sardine, which celebrates the end of the carnival. Burial of the Sardine, Puerto de la

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Fabulous Easy Walk to Secluded Playa Bollullo Beach

Fabulous Easy Walk to Secluded Playa Bollullo Beach

Distance: Round trip 5.6km approx. Difficulty: Moderately easy, not challenging Terrain: Some hilly bits and some rough ground Risk factor: Safe Landscape: Banana plantations, Barranco, ocean If  you like a shortish walk

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
3 min read
Belén of La Orotava Tenerife
Christmas

Belén of La Orotava Tenerife

We  became aware of the Spanish tradition of the Belén when we visited La  Laguna about three years ago and saw the Belén displays with a Tenerife  friend who showed us around. Belén

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Car Boot Sale in Puerto de la Cruz

Car Boot Sale in Puerto de la Cruz

Today we went to our first car boot sale on Tenerife. We have been sellers at car boots sales in the UK many times and didn't know what to expect here. There had

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Tenerife Cigars and its History
Garachico

Tenerife Cigars and its History

Most tourists to Tenerife have no idea that cigars are made by hand on the island, and tabaco is grown here in the hills. Cigars have been made since the 1700’s in

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Blue Flag Beaches of Tenerife
Beaches

Blue Flag Beaches of Tenerife

Tenerife has eleven beaches awarded the coveted blue flag for providing safe bathing conditions. Two other beaches are awarded the blue flag only during the high season due to the withdrawal of some

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Best Adults Only Hotels on Tenerife
5 star

Best Adults Only Hotels on Tenerife

There are a few adult only hotels on Tenerife, but only these get our full recommendation. This our selection of the best there is, having stayed as paying guests at all of these

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
3 min read
Matt Damon Comes to Tenerife for Bourne 5 Filming
Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Matt Damon Comes to Tenerife for Bourne 5 Filming

The latest instalment of the ‘Bourne’ film franchise and sequel to the ‘Bourne Legacy’ is being filmed in Tenerife’s capital, Santa Cruz, this month, and will continue for five weeks. The city

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Fly Club Class with British Airways to Tenerife
british airways

Fly Club Class with British Airways to Tenerife

If you would like to fly to Tenerife in a bit more comfort than the budget airlines offer you, your only option is to fly British Airways Club Class. This exactly what we

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Tenerife Flights from London Heathrow Announced
airport

Tenerife Flights from London Heathrow Announced

Iberia Express, the low cost airline owned by the Spanish airline Iberia, has announced new flight routes from London Heathrow to Tenerife starting 29th March 2015, and is the only service flying from

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Tenerife Flights Safety Rating
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Tenerife Flights Safety Rating

If you are a nervous flyer you may be interested in the new airline safety ratings for 2015 released by AirRatings.com. We thought it would be interesting to list all the airlines

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
2 min read
Hard Rock Hotel Comes to Tenerife
Costa Adeje

Hard Rock Hotel Comes to Tenerife

Hot on the heals of the opening of the Hard Rock Café in Las Americas last year, Hard Rock International have announce plans to open a beach front Hard Rock Hotel on Tenerife

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Gordon Ramsey's Tenerife Hells Kitchen
costa adeje

Gordon Ramsey's Tenerife Hells Kitchen

TV chef Gordon Ramsey is apparently having some problems with a restaurant trading in Puerto Colon on Costa Adeje cashing in on his name by mimicking his brand. The establishment concerned is a

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
World Luxury Hotel Awards
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World Luxury Hotel Awards

Two of Tenerife’s top hotels have won awards this year in the ‘World Luxury Hotel Awards’ held at a gala awards ceremony in South Africa. The World Luxury Hotel and Spa Awards

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
Tenerife’s Best Beaches?
Beaches

Tenerife’s Best Beaches?

The title of best beaches on Tenerife is very subjective of course and it all very much depends on what we like as individuals. You may prefer busy beaches with plenty of water

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
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Siam Park Awarded Best Water Park by TripAdvisor
Attractions

Siam Park Awarded Best Water Park by TripAdvisor

Siam Park Water Kingdom in Tenerife’s Costa Adeje has won the TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Award for the best water park in the world. This is awarded based on the quality of comments

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
1 min read
British Airways Club Class to Tenerife
british airways

British Airways Club Class to Tenerife

On our last trip to Tenerife this June, we thought we would treat ourselves to a flight with BA club class. This came about due to a special offer being put in front

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
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Garachico Revisited
Garachico

Garachico Revisited

We’re back in Garachico after a one year absence. As soon as we arrived if felt like we had returned to an old friend, the town has that sort of friendly feeling.

  • Peter Allan
    Peter Allan
3 min read
Jane & Pete in Buenavista del Norte
buenavista

Jane & Pete in Buenavista del Norte

Whilst staying at the Buenavista Vincci Hotel here on Tenerife, we found a special place by the seafront that we could walk to in around twenty minutes. The coastline here is very rugged,

  • Jane Goossens
    Jane Goossens
1 min read
Would you Believe it
Buenavista del Norte

Would you Believe it

Here at Vincci Golf & Spa Hotel in Buenavista we have just seen a couple, Graham & Tayah, that we met in 2012 when we were all staying at Red Level in Alcala,

  • Jane Goossens
    Jane Goossens
2 min read
I Bought Some Plumas
Santa Cruz de Tenerife

I Bought Some Plumas

I found an arts and craft shop in Santa Cruz city centre, full of gorgeous coloured goodies. With the little Spanish I know I managed to buy some coloured feathers, in Spanish these

  • Jane Goossens
    Jane Goossens
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El Dia De Reyes and a Walk along the Seafront
Christmas

El Dia De Reyes and a Walk along the Seafront

Here in Tenerife the children believe their presents are bought by the Three Wise Men on El Dia De Reyes, the Epiphany. We went to Los Cristianos to see a small festival about

  • Jane Goossens
    Jane Goossens
2 min read
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Shopping
Christmas

Santa Cruz de Tenerife Shopping

Santa Cruz shopping is exciting and very different to shopping in the resorts in Tenerife. We were in the town a few days before the Día de los Reyes, and everyone was out

  • Jane Goossens
    Jane Goossens
2 min read
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