Things To Do

Savor the Luxurious Culinary Landscape of Costa Adeje in Southern Tenerife A sun-soaked paradise nestled in the Atlantic Ocean, Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands and particularly its southern coast, the area of Costa Adeje, is a haven for luxury-seeking travelers with its pristine beaches, world-class hotels, and unforgettable culinary experiences.  Allow us to lead you on a journey...

https://youtu.be/bPorQQy6X5g Is the Golden Mile actually golden or a...

https://youtu.be/kWt_aTfVg3E A walk from Guaza mountain along the promenade to Playa de Los Cristianos with a few points of interest along the way...including the old house on the beach in Los...

A walk to La Caleta - the views are fab, the audio - not so much,...

While in Phase 1 of lockdown in Tenerife 2020...we went to Los Cristianos to collect some take away Sushi...while I was waiting, I did a live Facebook video...Facebook Live is never the best quality but you'll get the atmosphere....click below to see the...

Barranco del Infierno translates into Hell's Gorge in English.  The popular tourist destination is situated in the town of Adeje Tenerife. In a similar way to visitors to Mt Teide, the amount of visitors to Barranco del Infierno is strictly limited, in this way it preserves the natural environment for future generations. There is a popular hiking trail through the gorge which ends up at the...

The other day I wrote about the differences at Christmas between the UK and here in Tenerife.  Yesterday I was at a party in Icod de Los Vinos where I was chatting with my father-in-law.  During our conversation I found that things were a little different in his younger years here when Halloween came about. Here in Tenerife, Halloween is called All Saints Day...in the Roman Catholic...

Did you know that Tenerife has been a magnet for tourism since the 1880s? 32 years after the defeat of the British attack on Santa Cruz in 1848, where Lord Nelson was injured and lost his arm, visitors, even including British were being welcomed to enjoy their holidays here. So how has has Tenerife tourism changed its image over the years? Oh yes, in the 1880s they had hotels here and...

One of the most commonly mentioned reasons for people wanting to live in Tenerife and Spain in general, is "the Spanish way of life", but what is the Spanish way of life? What does it entail and is it really any different to the way of life you lead at home? Working hours. Generally speaking, the day starts early for office and government workers here in Tenerife and on the peninsula of...

The government can knock down your home legally whenever they want.  This has come about over the past few years from stories of properties having been built illegally and were therefore knocked down. The thing is that the developers more than likely paid the local town councillors who then paid other relevant people and "building permission" was given. I'm not saying that...

Here is  a list of 10 great things that you can do in Tenerife.  I found the list on the Daily Mirror webpage. The list is in order below, but to get more information about each one, you can click through to the Daily Mirror website here. Siam Park El Médano Mount Teide Carnival La Laguna Los Abrigos Garachico Los Gigantes Anaga Hills Wine I certainly don't...

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...

If you come to Tenerife on holiday it's always worth at least one visit to the Los Cristianos Sunday market. The large open air market is fun to walk round with plenty of things going on to keep you entertained. It really can be a bit of a squash and walking around using wheelchairs, prams and buggies is not that easy but as most people are in a relaxed holiday mood, they are generally...

No, it's not what you think…honestly.  I was in one of the main shopping centres last Saturday in Santa Cruz and nipped to the toilet before our trip back. There were a couple of guys getting ready for a performance in the shopping centre.  The guys, called 'Murgas' dress up, sing and play trumpets and other instruments.  There are Murgas competitions as well, this is where you will find the...

El Cine in Los Cristianos Tenerife has been one of our favourites for years, in fact when my wife and I got married here in Tenerife in 2004, one night we came with all of our friends that had come over for the week of our wedding...a great night...!!! https://youtu.be/RClXDjcdNR8 Founded in 1987, El Cine Los Cristianos celebrated its 25 year anniversary last year and if you have ever been to...

Well its the time of year again that the child comes out in everyone again... No, its not Christmas again it's carnival time...!!! Every year Carnaval brings the sights and sounds of something different and this year of course is no different, this year Carnaval is paying homage to Bollywood.  Said to be the second best carnaval in the world...in fact second only to Rio De Janeiro. Dressing...

At last…there is a guachinche in Los Cristianos. In all honesty, and I hope that the owners don't take offence, but it's not a 100% true guachinche. I'll explain, a guachinche was originally a room within a house that served food to accompany the wine that had been grown by the vineyard. The general rule was that once the wine that had been reserved for sale through the guachinche as opposed for sale...

Gofio is a very typical food from the Canary Islands, it can even be dated back to the Guanches, the aboriginals of the Canary Islands, who would have made it from barley and certain ferns and eaten it as a staple in their diet. It is made by grinding roasted wheat and other grains into a powder similar to flour.  It is brown in colour and people have used it here in Tenerife for many years for...

For anyone who lives permanently in Tenerife, you will be well aware that there are loads of things to do, especially outside in the fresh air. How about outside in the fresh 'smokey' air, with the smell of freshly cooked meat, fish and vegetables drifting in the air. Most municipalities of Tenerife offer BBQ areas, ready made, all you need to do is bring your charcoal, food, drink and some matches...

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...

The port of Los Cristianos is to get a massive revamp in coming months with spending said to be in the region of €500.000.  According to the Spanish newspaper El Día; having reached an agreement with the Port Authority of Santa Cruz and various cruise companies, November will see the new-look Los Cristianos port host its first luxury cruiser. The first ship, called Sea Cloud, is...

You wouldn't think that dangerous sports would have anything much to do with the island of eternal spring, but here in Tenerife there are plenty of adrenalin hunters. Very often, when driving along the TF1 motorway on the way past Adeje, paragliders can be seen floating down from the mountains above and you can see them coming down and landing the other side of the motorway.  I took some...