gran mencey
Pete told me Spanish Royalty have stayed at this Hotel, it is the best Hotel in the Capital Santa Cruz. Our room is bright and airy overlooking the gardens. The bathroom has large walk in shower with plenty of “Gilchrist & Soames” toiletries. Our room is decorated contemporary style, with
fiesta
We’ll, this year we spent our New Year’s Eve in Santa Cruz de Tenerife to celebrate with the locals, and what fun it was. We spent the build-up to the midnight hour the Hotel Gran Mencey [http://www.booking.com/hotel/es/mencey.en-gb.html?aid=337251], which
Las Canadas
Over the last week of so I have seen numerous articles appearing on the internet about Tenerife being awarded a certificate as a ‘Starlight Reserve’ buy the Starlight Foundation. But try as I might, I cannot find any ‘official’ recognition of the alleged awarded certificate anywhere. The Starlight foundation site
eclipse
If you are on Tenerife [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/] on Sunday 3rd November you are in for a rare treat. There will be a 40% partial solar eclipse over the island starting at proximately midday, lasting through to about 14:30 peaking at 13:10. A great place to observe
hotels
Six hotels in Tenerife have been recognised by TUI as being among the best 100 hotels in the world. Four of the hotels are 5* as you would expect, with three of the hotels located in the northern resort of Puerto de la Cruz [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/resorts/puerto-de-la-cruz/
famous people
Did you know that Michael Jackson visited Tenerife in 1993 when he performed a concert in Santa Cruz as part of his ‘Dangerous World Tour’ third leg. Michael flew into Tenerife’s north airport of Los Rodeos on the 25th September 1993 from Istanbul in Turkey aboard a privately hired
festivals
The town of Icod de los Vinos in north Tenerife [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/] is in the centre of a wine producing area, with terraced slopes around the town full of vines growing in the rich volcanic soil. Every November 29th on the eve of Saint Andrews day the town
fiesta
This weekend sees the start of the Fiestas Virgen del Carmen across Tenerife with the main event happening in Puerto de la Cruz [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/resorts/puerto-de-la-cruz/puerto-de-la-cruz-review] on Tuesday. The patron saint of seafarers and fishermen is the Virgin del Carmen who is an incarnation of the
Architecture
Did you know it is totally prohibited to take food and drink into the Siam Park Water Kingdom? Judging by the experiences of some visitors to the park, clearly not everyone is aware of this policy. If you take a cool bag expect it to be searched for contraband sandwiches
beach
Most of us visit Tenerife and confine ourselves to the south eastern corner round the popular resort of Playa de las Americas [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/resorts/playa-de-las-americas/playa-de-las-americas-review] , where there are several nice sandy beaches. Tenerife’s natural beaches are mostly made of black volcanic sand and rocks due
Architecture
Tenerife, and indeed all the Canary Islands, has a long tradition of wood carving which is shown clearly in the islands churches of the 16th and 17th centuries. Wood from the Canarian Pine was used in the construction of intricately carved balconies on the mansions of the islands wealthy in
children
Harvey and Max have been on many holidays to France, both were excited about their week’s holiday to Tenerife [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/]. The flight is around four hours, so mum and Dad don’t have too much of a challenge to keep the boys amused. As the plane