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Introduction to Spain's Golden Visa Program Spain offers a visa as a gateway for investors seeking “The Spanish Way Of Life” and economic benefits.  The Golden Visa is one way for non-EU nationals to gain residency in Spain, hence avoiding the 90/180 day rule and being able to have freedom of movement throughout Europe and EU countries. In this article I’ll describe how to get a...

https://youtu.be/tqrEyuTGaI0 Tenerife Property Market Overview - November 2023 Comparison Between November 2022 and November 2023: Arona area: Property prices increased by approximately 20%. Los Cristianos: Prices rose by around 13% over the last 12 months. Adeje: Property prices increased by about 26% in the last year. Costa Adeje: Prices increased just under 20% from November...

Navigating the 90-Day Rule: Exploring Options for Extended Stays in Spain and what the future may bring. Understanding the 90-Day Rule: - The Schengen Area, comprising twenty-seven member states like Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Belgium, and Croatia, offers freedom of movement. Post-Brexit, Britons are now considered third-country nationals and are subject to the 90-day rule, restricting them to...

Quite simply a message to the British Media who seem to have a wish to spread rumours and lies about what's actually happening here in Tenerife with the...

https://youtu.be/0d_rkSFqPIc New beginnings...we're now in Los Cristianos...here's the great...

https://youtu.be/STLFZLI7urQ I'm closing the Playa Fañabé...

If you're coming to Tenerife over the next few months, you need to watch this video to prepare yourself for what to expect. In this video, I go over the latest rules about wearing masks in Tenerife during July 2020 and possibly onwards. https://youtu.be/bj73Tag7yQE If you're coming to Tenerife over the next few months, you need to watch this video to prepare yourself for what to expect. In this...

In this video I concentrated on Las Americas and the surrounding area. We look at what businesses are open, surfing in Las Americas and take a look at some of your favourite hotels and hot spots. Don't forget to subscribe -...

I spent a couple of hours walking around Los Cristianos to find out how the town is getting ready for the start of Phase 2 next week...good news, we're on the move. Don't forget to subscribe to this channel so you don't miss out on other...

I took a drive the long way round to my office today...it's the first day of the first phase of the lockdown being lifted. Plenty of quiet beaches but things are looking positive for Tenerife and the Canary Islands...click below to see the...

This is a Facebook Live video I did on Thursday 30th April about the de-escalation of 2020 lockdown in Tenerife and I also did a session. of ask me anything about Tenerife...click below to watch the...

As I finish my seemingly more regular lunch of a cheese sandwich and a couple of glasses of red wine, I’m thinking that this will have to stop when we get back to normal, my doctor certainly wouldn’t approve at all…but the question of normality stuck in my mind…what will normal be when we get over this pandemic? No...this is nothing like it at all..lol Like a lot of people, I’ve had a...

My brother texted me earlier this morning...are you confined to home he asked?... Confined to home? I've been home since last Saturday, 14th March, having come back from work at lunchtime I watched the news about how they were going to lockdown Spain on Monday morning at 0800 hrs, which they then changed to be Saturday night...that was it, I was inside. Having been home a week today, I've been...

The Brexit referendum was on June 23rd 2016 and since then I think that the worry of Brexit that affected the number of UK buyers looking to buy a property in Tenerife has subsided quite a bit since then. There are undoubtedly a number of potential buyers still pondering the pros and cons of what Brexit might bring, so I thought that now we know a little more...or at least we've had time to think about...

At last, the Cabildo of Tenerife have given the go-ahead for the long awaited "Circuit Tenerife Island", the Formula 1 track in Tenerife that I wrote about a couple of years ago. The circuit will be situated close to the village of Atogo, about 2km away from the south airport which will afford great access to the track itself. Designed by TN y GPO engineers, the circuit will be extremely...

For those of you who have been following my Facebook Page, you'll all be up to date on the weather problems that we had this week, for those of you that are not yet connected, click this link to the Tenerife Property Group Facebook Page, where you'll find loads more pictures. This past week has been a cause for concern for everyone here in Tenerife. The island pretty much came to a standstill on...

Recently the weather has been bad.  When I say bad, it's not as bad as it has been in the UK of late but never-the-less, it has been a poor few weeks here in Tenerife. February and especially March are renowned for being the two main months of bad weather in Tenerife, and although I have been here for some years, it is still a shock to the system. This year hasn't been as bad as last year...

In the build-up to the final of the Carnaval Queen 2013 a contestant has been badly burned by fire.  Saida Prieto, pictured below, suffered more than 40% burns to her body after an accident at the Carnival Queen contest. Saida, aged 25, was behind the scenes at the time of the fire and was seen frantically attempting to remove her costume.  The costume consisted of huge wings with...

As I said in my previous post about the forest fires in Tenerife, I would report on the latest news. Fire fighters are still battling hard to control the outbreak and although the fires near Vilaflor were reportedly contained last night, just short of 700 metres from the towns football stadium, fires further west are still reported as being out of control. Residents of Guía de Isora have been...

A forest fire has been raging in the hills of Tenerife since yesterday (15th July) afternoon.  The fire started at approximately 1500 hours yesterday in the areas of Ifonche, Tijoco Alto and Tejina and was moving westward late last night.  Winds have changed overnight and now the fire is spreading eastwards past Adeje on to Arona and towards Villaflor. Thick...

Recently 16 Spanish banks have been downgraded by Moodys, one of the big 3 credit ratings agencies, and both savers and borrowers both in the UK and in Spain are showing concern about what might happen if their particular bank goes bankrupt itself. Let’s start with the UK first and then things will become clear for savings in Spanish Banks.  In the UK, there is the Financial Services...

Many people ask what is a Calima, the answer is simple, it is a dust storm carrying sand from the Sahara.  In fact I remember years ago when I was a teenager, we lived in the south east of England and the weather people said that we were going to be coated in dust from the Sahara desert.  At that time, I thought it was fascinating to know that the sand has travelled all the way from Africa to land on...

Apart from the obvious, go-kart racing, there isn't a great opportunity to see any motorsport in Tenerife.  There are the frequent car enthusiast and classic car get-togethers, plenty of Fernando Alonso Formula 1 fans that meet in the bars at Sunday lunchtimes, or maybe a little earlier..., to watch the Formula one racing. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA For motor racing fans that would like to be up...