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Tea in the Park Will Clash of the Titans put Tenerife on Moviemakers’ Maps? Framed – Photographs of Carnaval on Tenerife 2010 Making tracks around Tenerife’s modern capital
 
Tea in the Park

Tea in the Park

After the so-called 'winter of storms' in Tenerife, it's time to turn our thoughts to spring and lazy Sundays with the colour supplements...TM's guide to the best places to enjoy tea in the park [...]

Will Clash of the Titans put Tenerife on Moviemakers’ Maps?

Will Clash of the Titans put Tenerife on Moviemakers’ Maps?

Ask anyone to name three blockbuster movies filmed on Tenerife and the chances are that they’ll reel off Star Wars, Planet of the Apes and Clash of the Titans. It’s a pretty impressive pedigree apart from one little fact…only one of them was actually filmed on Tenerife[...]

Framed – Photographs of Carnaval on Tenerife 2010

Framed – Photographs of Carnaval on Tenerife 2010

If you were unlucky enough to miss out on carnaval on Tenerife this year, here’s a brief selection of images to give you a flavour of the fun. In the interest of decency I’ve omitted any shots of the numerous fake genitals that were thrust my way over the course of the week – at least I think they were fake[...]

Making tracks around Tenerife’s modern capital

Making tracks around Tenerife’s modern capital

Are we moving? A quick glance out of the window confirms that we are but it’s not easy to tell as the Santa Cruz tram glides silently through the centre of the city, snaking around corners like a multi-coloured serpent. After nearly three years the tram system has bedded in nicely, though sometimes it’s just [...]

Basketball
Randall Shoots For Golden Glory In La Laguna

Randall Shoots For Golden Glory In La Laguna

18 March 2010

It’s good to have a choice of sporting careers; Randall Hanke, the latest addition to the Socas Canarias basketball roster, could easily have followed a path into professional golf but just grew in another direction. “Golf was a passion of mine back home in New York from about 7 years old, I played on the [...]

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Lifestyle, Pets
TenerifeDogs.com – a wooftastic website dedicated to finding homes for Tenerife’s abandoned dogs

TenerifeDogs.com – a wooftastic website dedicated to finding homes for Tenerife’s abandoned dogs

18 March 2010

A year ago Nikki Attree started a blog to help support Tenerife's hardworking rescue shelters. The mix of local news and entertaining dog stories from around the world [...]

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Volleyball
GB Olympic Hopefuls Well Served By Tenerife Break

GB Olympic Hopefuls Well Served By Tenerife Break

17 March 2010

Four marches a day up and down Cardiac Hill in Los Cristianos, not allowed to sunbathe, and banned from the swimming pool, but for the Great Britain indoor volleyball squad it’s just what they need to focus on London 2012. Tenerife has become an important staging post for the growth of the Great Britain volleyball programme. [...]

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Lifestyle, Shopping, Top 10's
Top Ten-erife Markets

Top Ten-erife Markets

16 March 2010

Whether you're hoping to bag a Burberry, slip your toes into a Timberland, shop for souvenirs or pick up a pineapple, Tenerife's markets will dish up the goods. Here's TM's pick of the best[...]

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Tenerife Uncovered, The Arts, Towns/Resorts
Painting the Town Red – Tenerife’s Urban Graffiti Artists

Painting the Town Red – Tenerife’s Urban Graffiti Artists

15 March 2010

Ever since primitive man first scratched a matchstick picture on a cave wall which said in caveman language ‘Fred loves Wilma’, he has found it difficult to pass a blank wall without leaving his mark on it[...]

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Museums
Beating The Floods For A Trickle Of Visitors

Beating The Floods For A Trickle Of Visitors

13 March 2010

You would think that nature would show some respect to a building that celebrates its history in Tenerife, but the half repaired paths, fencing and busy workman show that’s not the case. The Museo de la Naturaleza Y El Hombre (Nature and Man) has just reopened after floods coursed down Barranco Santos through Santa Cruz, [...]

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Golf, Interviews
Brendan Breen – From Merchant Banker to Commercial Director Las Americas Golf Course.

Brendan Breen – From Merchant Banker to Commercial Director Las Americas Golf Course.

09 March 2010

I met with Brendan at the lovely Las Américas golf course in the centre of Las Américas in Tenerife. To be honest we could have been in a country club rather than a busy town centre golf course[...]

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Happenings, Other Sports, What's On
Survival of the Fittest…or Maddest – Canarias Infinity Xtreme Race in Puerto de la Cruz

Survival of the Fittest…or Maddest – Canarias Infinity Xtreme Race in Puerto de la Cruz

06 March 2010

Hands up who was aware that there is an S&M (that’s sadists & masochists for the innocents amongst you) gathering in Puerto de la Cruz in March[...]

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English Movies at GranSur


Valentine’s Day

Starring : Starring: Julia Roberts, Jamie Fox, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba

Valentine’s Day

Ten stories of love and romance for the price of one as we follow the loves, laughs and break-ups of a group of annoyingly attractive people in Los Angeles over the course of 24 hours.

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