Great news for the towns of north Tenerife as the parliament of the Canary Islands votes to extend the opening hours of Los Rodeos airport. The news of this extension, at what was once the largest and busiest airport in the archipelago, will be welcomed by businesses throughout the northern municipalities, especially Puerto de la Cruz, the original tourist resort [...]
Orotava’s local drama group, Jaster & Louis Creciones, have resurrected their highly successful theatrical tours from last December and are planning to run them for the rest of the year. Utilising the mediums of music, speech and dance the troupe take the audience through the historical streets of the town as a play unfolds. The amazing architecture and charming atmosphere [...]
Spring 2013 saw the return of British Airways to Tenerife airspace. The inaugural flight from London Gatwick took off on the 29th of March with a full complement of passengers including Canary Island president Ricardo Melchior and CEO of the Tenerife Tourism Corporation, Miguel Ángel Santos. This new service will fly on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and features [...]
Tenerife’s famous Submarine Safari is offering a whopping 50% discount for residents every Sunday until 1st July 2013. This fantastic excursion gives participants the chance to discover an underwater world normally the preserve of sea life and scuba divers. The large viewing windows allow passengers aboard the submarine to get a fantastic view of the wonders of the deep including [...]
Anaga, one of Tenerife’s most beautiful natural landscapes, is bidding for official status as a Biosphere Reserve. The Anaga Rural Park has had its nomination submitted by the city council of Santa Cruz and is waiting for a decision from UNSECO. If the bid is accepted it will recognise the high levels of conservation and the massive diversity of the [...]
Fans of the Beatles – the world’s original boy band – will be flocking to the Tenerife town of Puerto de las Cruz at the end of the month to join in nearly two weeks of celebrations marking the fiftieth anniversary of a holiday visit from Paul, George and Ringo. Talking place from April 27th until the 9th of May [...]
The next few days promise to be hot hot hot with a yellow weather warning in place from the State Meteorological Agency (Aemet). Warm, dry winds blowing in from Africa are set to send temperatures soaring to a predicted 35 degrees in some parts of the Canary Islands. Unfortunately the hot weather will also bring some unwanted airborne dust – [...]
Great news for those holiday makers who like to get out and about when visiting Tenerife. TITSA – the island’s public bus company – is offering a combined ticket including return travel to Mount Teide as well as entrance to the cable car which whisks visitors to within a few hundred metres of the volcano’s summit. The cost of this [...]
Tenerife’s locally produced items such as jams, honey and wine will shortly be taking pride of place in supermarkets throughout the island. The Tenerife Cabildo wants to strengthen the island’s local produce presence in shops and supermarkets and is hard at work on a campaign with the Tenerife Rural Foundation. One of the first supermarkets which will put on a [...]
The northern resort of Puerto de la Cruz will be celebrating World Book Day on April 21st this year, with a number of activities the whole family can enjoy. Author Mariano Gambin will be at the Centro Deportivo in Calle Hibisco, La Paz for book signings and to answer questions. He will also be leading a discussion about his new [...]
