What Do British Travel Editors Really Think of Tenerife in News of the Week

In response to a tweet stating that the editor of Saga, Emma Soames, thinks Tenerife is only good for getting a tan, Jane Knight, travel editor of The Times…

Thank the Irish for Santa Cruz and Dry Times in Tenerife News of the Week

Ignore the fact that 190 years isn’t exactly a landmark number to celebrate. Ignore the fact that although the anniversary was celebrated on Monday, the date…

Tenerife is one of the Five Best Places to Live in the World in Tenerife News of the Week

This week Tenerife, or Santa Cruz at least, was chosen by the Guardian Newspaper as one of the five best places to live in the world.

Threat to South Tenerife Beaches & a Jellyfish Plague in Tenerife News of the Week

Despite newspapers reporting the doom and gloom of a seemingly never-ending economic crisis, The Canary Islands’ airports enjoyed a record-breaking year in terms of passengers passing through them…

Not Even a One Horse Town Plus Gangsters and Heroes in Tenerife News of the Week

This week Tenerife’s President, Ricardo Melchior and the Mayor of Santa Cruz, José Manuel Bermúdez paid tribute to a Tenerife hero, Lieutenant General Antonio Benavides, by laying a crown of flowers on his tomb at

Tenerife Comes out of Europe and Goes Back to the Peseta in Tenerife News of the Week

The shock news for 2012 is that Tenerife will be swapping the euro for the peseta and handing back its European passport in the new year.

Tenerife is First Choice for Holiday Adverts in Tenerife News of the Week

Following Thomson Holidays’ TV advert, First Choice is the latest tour operator to use Tenerife as the location for their first new TV advert since 2009…

Bus Station Collapse & the Brazilian Connection in Tenerife News of the Week

Luck – it plays a big part in all our lives however much we like to think we’re in control. How else can you explain why when almost the entire ceiling (approx. 1000 square metres) of the bus station in Santa Cruz collapsed…

Strange Lights in the Sky & The Ghostly Museum in Tenerife News of the Week

Reports suggest the green lasers in the sky looked like scenes from Star Wars. However, despite having clear views of the sky between Tenerife and La Palma, the experiment went…

Tenerife’s Award Winning Cheese & Morgan, the Killer Whale in Tenerife News of the Week

Although it’s unlikely to be acknowledged in the Tenerife based Spanish press, the Eastern Canary Islands left the Western Canary Islands for dead at the World Cheese Awards…