08 February 2010
Think Tenerife is full of cheap and cheerful bars and restaurants serving bog standard Brit food? Think again. There are plenty of stylish contemporary, romantically rustic and historically atmospheric eateries in which to enjoy a special Valentine’s Day dinner with your soul mate]...]
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05 February 2010
What role do birds of prey perform at Tenerife South airport? How did the island cope with the heaviest rain for eight years? Does Tenerife make the most of its assets? Just a few questions that 22 students from Bucks New University in Wycombe, tried to answer during a week’s field trip to Tenerife. Their timing [...]
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03 February 2010
Like most CD Tenerife football fans, midnight on 1st February was not greeted by me with the chime of the clock, but the slam of the transfer window closing. For my beloved Santa Cruz club it marked the start of the toughest phase of our return season in La Liga. Fans were still smarting from [...]
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31 January 2010
"...don’t confuse low cost with poor value. Many of the people who fly on Ryanair and Easyjet are choosing to stay in 4 and 5 star accommodation. They don’t necessarily expect low prices but they do insist on good value for money." [...]
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30 January 2010
Tenerife has been polishing her best profile this week to entertain, educate and enthral the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) who’ve been enjoying their Annual General Meeting on the island [...]
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28 January 2010
The earthquake tragedy in Haiti has shocked the world and left everyone wondering what they can do to help. Many communities, nationalities and faiths have come together to offer help, and that is very much the case in Tenerife. A concert in Santa Cruz on Friday 29 January, and a street fair in Adeje on [...]
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21 January 2010
It’s the start of a new year. Traditional Tinerfeño rainbow-coloured skirts are being ruffled, horses harnessed up and batucada drums beaten. The fiestas are about to start coming thick and fast and if you don’t want to miss out on Tenerife’s most exuberant, colourful and occasionally mind-boggling parties [...]
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15 January 2010
We followed the car in front as it weaved around corners and sped down narrow roads. Eventually it screeched to a halt in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere, on the edge of a small road running parallel to the TF5 motorway. Leaving the vehicles we then followed our hosts on foot down [...]
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