One of the tastiest and most colourful of fiestas on Tenerife is celebrated on the last Sunday in August in a town above the north coast that very few visitors know even exists.

Scottish voices, covers of The Kinks, The Arctic Monkeys and even Britney Spears caught many evening beach front strollers by surprise. Some typical Tenerife non advertising meant that The Replay from Cumbernauld, Scotland arrived on the Plaza del Pescadora stage with no fanfare but after a great set of mod inspired indie rock they left [...]

At somewhere between 10 and 11pm Santísimo Cristo de la Misericordia was paraded through the streets, the town was plunged into darkness and the beach set alight. Spectacular enough in itself, but the real show was only just beginning[...]

Across much of Tenerifed, the land is farmed using agricultural practices that haven’t changed greatly in a hundred years. The Dia de la Trilla celebrates some of the most ingenious of these[...]

After Elton, Rod and Alicia (let’s not mention Whitney), it was the turn of Manchester’s Mick Hucknall to show Tenerife whether he could still turn on that old magic which shot him to stardom in the 80s [...]

He came, he saw, albeit with one eye, but never conquered. Admiral Horacio Nelson suffered the loss of his right arm and 226 of his men but is still held in high esteem in Tenerife despite his intention to seize the island.
It was 25th July 1797, the British Navy was mighty and Tenerife was a [...]

When I think of fishing and fishermen, I think idyllic streams in the Scottish highlands…
Cut to Tenerife where these images are shattered by the audible battles of dance music blasting from the speakers of beer stalls and the open air rave; the screams of girls being cannoned [...]

Rapidly approaching, the night of June 23rd is the longest day and shortest night in nature’s annual cycle and as such, it has been a significant time of change since ancients all over the world lived their lives, planted their crops and tended their livestock in time to the rhythms of nature[...]

Santa Blues is held each June in one of the most picturesque urban spots on Tenerife, the Noria district in Santa Cruz. ‘La Noria’ is an enchanting mix of cobbled streets[...]

Is it the sign of a good gallery if the security guard’s eyes follow you around the room? In the case of the Museo Municipal De Belles Artes in Santa Cruz it was sadly more down to loneliness, as I was the only visitor for much of my midweek trip.
You don’t know what you’re missing; [...]