Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tenerife tourism suffers a setback in October
Tenerife registered a total of 4,443,426 tourists during the first ten months of the year, a figure that is 1.38% higher than last year. However, the report continues with the bad news that the provisional data on Receptive Tourism Statistics, elaborated by the Tenerife Island Corporation and analysed by the Department of Tourist Investigation of the Tenerife Tourism Board (jobs for the boys, eh?), also detected a "setback" of 6.9% during the month of October, with a total figure of 434,899 tourists.
Tenerife registra un incremento de turistas del 1,38 por ciento
Blue lights, discount fines and other news
| Proyecto de modificación del Reglamento Gral. de Vehículos Posted: 28 Nov 2008 06:58 PM CST  Flashing lights on priority vehicles in Spain are to be unified to BLUE in all cases. Until now, this colour had been reserved only for police vehicles. Fire engines, ambulances, civil protection and rescue vehicles will now cease to have yellow lights and the colour yellow will be reserved for secondary use, for vehicles that could be an obstacle in the road. |
| Las multas se notificarán una sola vez y el ''pronto pago'' las reducirá el 40% Posted: 28 Nov 2008 06:46 PM CST  The Spanish government approved a draft bill on Friday that's set to reform the way that motoring offenses are handled in future. Among the measures anticipated in the bill are that fine notifications will be reduced to one only (doing away with the two further reminders), but that prompt payers will be awarded a "prize" - of a 40% discount. Another, will be to bring "foreigners not resident in Spain" into the net, so you too will be able to be fined or banned from driving, even on your holidays. |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2008 06:40 PM CST Grupo San Isidro, BP Solar and Banco Santander inaugurate one of the largest photovoltaic plants in the Canary Islands, in Arico, Tenerife. |
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Posted: 28 Nov 2008 10:42 AM CST The Tenerife Island Corporation has voted unanimously to retire the obelisk dedicated to Franco at Las Raíces (El Rosario), where on the 17 June 1936, he met to make the final plans for the military coup of July of that year. |
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Posted: 28 Nov 2008 07:05 PM CST Spain's Public Prosecutor has presented a complaint against newspaper, "El Día", in Tenerife, over an article that covered the immigration that reaches the Canaries, considering that it could constitute an offense of "provocation to discriminate on the grounds of race." |
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Grupo San Isidro, BP Solar y Banco Santander inauguran una de las mayores plantas de energía fotovoltaica en las Islas Canarias
Tenerife retirará el monolito donde se impulsó la sublevación de Franco
Saturday, November 29, 2008
More crisis beating in Tenerife
Fred. Olsen ferries are passing on reductions in fuel prices by reducing their ticket prices on Monday, December 1st. Passengers will be able to save around 20% and the company say that they are also looking onto making a further reduction in prices on January 1st.
A partir del lunes billetes más baratos en Fred. Olsen Express
Budget cut for Santa Cruz carnival
Isn't liked: "The decision has caused a public outcry as many believe that cost cutting is false economy, as the world-famous carnival brings many thousands of visitors to Tenerife and a much needed income to Santa Cruz."
Budget cut for Santa Cruz carnival
NB: In response to a question that a reader asked earlier, Carnaval 2009 in Santa Cruz runs from Sunday, 8 February to Sunday, 1 March. (The main parade in Santa Cruz is on Shrove Tuesday, February 24th, 2009).
Labels: Carnaval 2009
Top New Year Party Places
Tenerife (Spain) - the fact that Tenerife is still a warm 18 degrees in mid-winter is probably why Tenerife attracts plenty of Brits for New Year. The church square in Los Cristianos hosts thousands of revellers waiting to pop their bottles of Cava ? and like everywhere else, you'll be able to join the locals "oohing" and "aahing" over the spectacular firework display.
Top New Year Party Places: Skyscanner reveals most popular destinations for UK revellers
Christmas Concert in Santa Cruz
Interview with the former Radio 2 Young Brass Musician of the Year, Ben Thomson, who made such an impression on the banding world with his startling tuba exploits and is currently playing with the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra at their home base of Santa Cruz on the popular holiday island.
A quote from Ben in the article, also confirms that there will be the usual Christmas Day concert this year. This superb concert, which is free, is held in the open air, on or near the port of Santa Cruz, on Christmas Night.
Sun, Sea and Sectionals for Tuba star
Christmas in Tenerife - the poinsettia
It's coming up to that season again and, whilst you certainly can have the familiar traditions of a roast Christmas dinner - albeit roasting in the sun, right by the beach - and apparently at considerably less cost than it would set you back to remain in 'rip-off Britian', for those who prefer to see something of the local customs, here's the start of what you'll find for Christmas in Tenerife.
This is pretty much the same every year, but it may all be new to you if this is to be your first Christmas on the island, so we're sure you won't want to miss anything. And you won't, if you watch this space over the next few weeks.
The first sign of Christmas each year in Tenerife (ignoring the commercial aspects that are creeping ever earlier into the largest stores on the island, as they are everywhere else) is the appearance of the flores de pascua or poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima), that typically Christmas plant, native to Mexico and Guatemala.
Poinsettia bushes of considerable size have now also made themselves at home all over the north of Tenerife, so it's well worth taking a trip to see them. You don't even need to leave the main roads, unless you want to.
Meanwhile, parks, gardens, squares and town streets, will begin filling with specially cultivated poinsettia plants between now and Christmas - 106,430 of them in the capital, Santa Cruz, this year alone - that set the scene perfectly.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Every Picture Tells a Story
Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:41 PM CST
Sólo el 4% del 80% de las empresas familiares de Canarias llega a la tercera generación
Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:32 PM CST
Los vinos de Güímar protagonistas de la festividad de San Andrés
Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:28 PM CST
El próximo Carnaval de Santa Cruz tendrá el presupuesto más austero de su historia
Posted: 27 Nov 2008 04:16 PM CST
Labels: Rod Stewart in Tenerife
Is the weather really that good?
The weather in Tenerife is what most people want to know about, so quoting from Leslie Beeson's book, Tenerife Lifeline, "Spain's National Statistics Institute has revealed that the Canary Islands are the only part of Spain to have a genuine year-round warm season and that Tenerife was the star performer, with the highest average temperature (21.8 degrees centigrade) and the most sunshine too (nearly 3,565 hours in the year, or almost ten hours every day)."
Never mind the temperature, see the sunshine ...
From the above, it should be easy to deduce that, if you visit Tenerife in winter, not only are you going to feel pretty warm compared to any northern European climate, you'll also enjoy a lot more sunshine each day.
The length of the day is really quite noticeably different. Being much nearer the equator, although there was little difference in the time of sunrise - 7:37 AM in Tenerife and 7:39 AM in the UK - when it comes to the time of sunset, there's a world of difference.
Gloomy night drew in at 3:59 PM in Britain, on November 27th (and it will be even earlier by Christmas), while in Tenerife it stayed daylight for more than another 2 hours, until 6:10 PM, keeping temperatures up longer too.
When it comes to those temperatures, what you really want to know is how much warmer will it be than it is at home? This diagram of the average highs (daytime) and lows (nighttime) temperatures in Tenerife, compares them to those in London.
Another comparison, at around 4.30 p.m. on November 27th, the temperature at the airport on the south of Tenerife was a reportedly (courtesy of Weather Underground) a quite "chilly" (by Tenerife standards) 68 °F / 20 °C.
Meanwhile, at the same time, in London, UK, it was a quite warm for the time of year (only because, once again, it was persisting down), 52 °F / 11 °C.
Those 9°C degrees of difference may not seem like much, but it's the difference between needing an overcoat, scarf, hat, gloves and galoshes ... and maybe (only maybe, mind) needing a cardigan, only at night.
So, is the Tenerife weather really that good?
January weather is generally cooler than November/December and the north of Tenerife is generally cooler than the south. And here's irrefutable evidence, showing a temperature of 26 °C in January, in Puerto de la Cruz.
Need we say more? :)
Sailor's warning
It will be three years ago this week, when on November 28th-29th, 2005, we awoke to eerie, though undeniably beautiful, skies as that shown above, which heralded the coming of the near-hurricane Tropical Storm Delta.
You know what the Nursery Rhyme says:
Red sky at night,
Sailor's delight;
Red sky in the morning,
Sailor's warning.
Where I learnt it, it was a shepherd, but I guess a sailor is probably more apt for an island, although, I'm certain that the warning applied to all.
Thankfully, that was uniquely unusual weather for Tenerife.
For for the more usual weather in Tenerife south now ...
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Discover more of the island's food and drink, the plight of Canarian pensioners and gear up for another round of A-listers to visit Tenerife
Doramas " Descubre la verdadera cultura del ron
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:55 PM CST
Arepas, deliciosa sencillez venezolana en Canarias
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 07:41 AM CST
Armstrong and Contador Training Together For First Time
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:49 PM CST
El 69 por ciento de los canarios afirma no poder ahorrar para su jubilación
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:58 PM CST
Los jubilados canarios ganan 140,5 euros menos que la media nacional situada en 820,32
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:44 PM CST
La Isla se acredita de forma oficial como destino turístico sostenible
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:39 PM CST
Restauración de dos retablos de la Iglesia de la Peña de Francia
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:36 PM CST
ROD STEWART to perform in Adeje Golf on 16 May 2009!Posted: 26 Nov 2008 07:33 AM CST
Benidorm declares war on unruly British tourists
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:59 PM CST
Tenerife Matters: The Best Tapas in Town
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 08:13 AM CST
FOOD & DRINK: Giving thanks on the Canary Islands
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 07:40 AM CST
Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:32 PM CST
Labels: Rod Stewart in Tenerife
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Protected spaces in Tenerife
A fascinating image - especially to those who still think that Tenerife is just a "resort" (the British press mainly) - is this diagram, showing the different kinds of protected spaces in Tenerife. Now, I will add the qualifier "in theory", but lets not get into a lengthy argument on how effective protections are.
For the most part, these are areas where you won't find much in the way of building, beyond already existing villages and, hopefully be unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future, while the flora, fauna and landscape come first.
The diagram shows the various designations, which I'll translate for those of you who are interested, from the Teide National Park, which is surrounded by an even larger Natural Park area, inside which is Mount Teide, itself declared a Natural Monument (you can see many other, smaller Natural Monuments).
Beyond that, there are various other areas of Protected Landscape, Integral Natural Reserves and Special Natural Reserves, the two Rural Parks, plus a myriad of other small sites of scientific interest dotted around the island.
Much more variety than you might have imagined, I think.
Avoid the crunch in Tenerife
| Desayunos anticrisis | Lo que pasa en Tenerife Posted: 25 Nov 2008 02:47 PM CST Crisis beating breakfasts from just 1 euro. |
| CD Tenerife clip the Pios wings Posted: 25 Nov 2008 02:38 PM CST Happy and hung over, the 2,000 strong army of travelling CD Tenerife fans can hold their heads high after a great 1-0 away win against Las Palmas in Gran Canaria ... |
| Cost of Christmas to boost winter sun sales Posted: 25 Nov 2008 11:44 AM CST The company claims holidaymakers can save £201 by booking an all-inclusive package in Spain, Tenerife, Turkey or Egypt rather than staying at home in 'rip-off Britain' during the downturn. |
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Literal place names in Tenerife
Many of Tenerife's place names (such as those shown on this map) date back to the time of the Guanches, before the Spanish conquest.
Names like Adeje, Güímar, Tacoronte (a toponym of Guanche origin, believed to be derived from "Tagoror," meaning "place where the Council of Elders meets") and Tegueste are still used for town names today. Others, like Taoro or Daute, are still in use for naming businesses in their respective areas, however, the literal meanings of these are not always apparent.
Guanche language being extinct, there aren't that many Spanish-Guanche dictionaries, much less any meaningful Guanche-English vocabulary.
We know that Tenerife bears the name that was used for the island by the inhabitants of the neighbouring island of La Palma; “Tene” signifying “mountain” and “ife” meaning white (the “r” was added by the Spanish). The natives of Tenerife called the island Chenech, Chinech or Achinech."
There's still much debate over the naming of the islas canarias (Canary Islands) themselves, but, it occurred to me when I spotted this posting pointing to the Atlas of True Names that there's much more fun to be had translating the literal meanings of some of the Spanish place names on the island:
Starting with The Christians (Los Cristianos), which is probably most familiar with visitors, so named because, presumably, missionaries had visited the area and converted the locals, before the rest of the island.
The Giants (Los Gigantes), as we've said before, get's its name from the giant 500-800 metres (1,640–2,625 ft) cliffs after which the town has been named.
Tradition says Garachico is part Guanche from "igara" meaning island and part Spanish, "chico" meaning small, thus Small Island, referring to the Roque de Garachico, the rocky outcrop just offshore.
Many place names start with Saint "San", usually referring to the one chosen, for some reason or another, to look after the area. Work this out and find out when that saint's day is, you'll also have a clue as to when there might be fiestas to watch (or, conversely, when shops will be closed.)
Some names sound positively exotic or hopelessly romantic in Spanish, where their literal meanings in English sound rather banal or positively trite.
Playa De La Arena means "Beach of the sand" or Sandy Beach. A bit obvious but at least it does have sand, albeit black, unlike the Las Arenas (The Sands) beach at Buenavista del Norte, which consists almost exclusively of rocks!
Buenavista de Norte itself sounds so pretty in Spanish, whereas the English equivalent "good view of the north" - 'coz it had a nice, fertile, look about it to the incoming colonizers - just doesn't evoke the same feeling somehow.
The Silos (Los Silos)' uninspired name first appears in 1509, when agricultural activity required the construction of grain silos to store cereals there.
While, The Tank (El Tanque) takes its name from the irrigation tank or reservoir, the remains of which can still be found in Tanque Bajo.
Several places were named in direct reference to the events of the Spanish conquest. The Royalists (Los Realejos), recalls the faction camped in the low area of the town during those events. The Victory (La Victoria) refers to the one won by the Spanish there in 1494, while The Slaughter (La Matanza) refers to the terrible defeat the Spanish suffered in the first battle.
Holy Cross (Santa Cruz) is so named, because that is where conquistador, Alonso Fernández de Lugo planted a cross (the very one is still kept in the church, Iglesia de La Concepción) in the name of the Catholic Monarchs.
Port of the Cross (Puerto de la Cruz) was formerly known as "Crossport" and the main square there is the Plaza del Charco, a very picturesque sounding name that literally, becomes the rather dull, Puddle Place.
Less obvious - though potentially even more entertaining to the puzzled, casual onlooker - are the reasons (which we cannot explain) for naming The Silent Coast (Costa del Silencio), when it has the noisy airport so close :)
... nor The Biscuits (Las Galletas) or The Overcoats (Los Abrigos).
Armed with these examples and a little mischievous curiosity, you can now go forth around Tenerife's towns and villages, streets and plazas and wonder how they came to be called what they are and, what they mean literally.
A few more literal place names: The Lagoon (La Laguna), Candlemas (Candelaria), Passion Fruit (Granadilla), Willow Tree (El Sauzal), The Rosary (El Rosario), The Sand Dune (El Médano), Village of Flowers (Vilaflor).
Monday, November 24, 2008
Some Tenerife links of interest
| Early Modern Spain: Christopher Columbus' Diario of 1492 Posted: 23 Nov 2008 08:18 PM CST |
| Posted: 23 Nov 2008 05:20 PM CST The best guide to restaurants in the Canary Islands. |
| Tenerife - Símbolos de Canarias, banderas y escudos de las islas Posted: 23 Nov 2008 05:01 PM CST Symbols of the Canary Islands, flags and coats of arms of the islands. |
| Photo of Punta de Teno - climatic contrast between N (cloudly) and S parts of Tenerife Posted: 23 Nov 2008 02:32 PM CST This image shows brilliantly how the cloud gathers and sits over the north of the island, butting up against the mountains and leaving the south dry and clear. |
| Photo of Teide y puesta de sol Posted: 23 Nov 2008 01:26 PM CST The most amazing shot of Mount Teide at sunset (with a tiny glimpse of the twin peaks of La Palma in the distance.) You would hardly believe colours like this were possible. |
Me and my shadow ...
(Above) Sunrise on top of Pico de Teide. Photo: Sebastian Fischer.
(Right) The summit of Mt. Teide on Tenerife, casting its shadow towards Gomera. Dr. Michi.
At sunrise the triangular shadow of the Pico De Teide extends 124 miles across the Atlantic Ocean and thus form the world's longest shadow. (Source)
According to Julie Burchill's article on the island (and its Carnaval) in the Guardian, Mount Teide, "casts the world's biggest sea shadow."
Fascinating, awe inspiring and very definitely impressive!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Fiestas of San Andres
On November 29th, the eve of St. Andrew's Day, the Fiestas of San Andres are celebrated in Icod de los Vinos, with an event unique to the Canary Islands, called the Tablas de San Andrés - kinda kamikaze sledding down near vertical streets on boards. While in Puerto de la Cruz, it's popularly known as the Fiesta of Pots or Chestnuts ...
This coincides with the day the local wineries open to taste the new wine - Tenerife's answer to Beaujolais Nouveau Day - which, quite understandably I reckon, has been described as one of the island's most unusual fiestas, which, like all the rest, is one not to be missed.
Make a date or book a flight for this coming Saturday!
Read all about it: New Wines and Old Traditions, Fiesta of San Andrés in Puerto de la Cruz & Icod de los Vinos, Tablas de San Andres, tradicion en Icod de los Vinos, The “Boards of San Andrés” in Icod de los Vinos
Tenerife in the news today
| Posted: 22 Nov 2008 09:45 AM CST Looks like Mr Weasley might have part-chopped the flying family car on the island! :) |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2008 07:57 AM CST Blog of the island's VW Bus Fanatics. |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2008 07:17 AM CST Tenerife Tourism has a channel on Youtube featuring promotional videos of Tenerife, playlists and other interesting snippets. |
| Cada metro de la vía variante del Guincho ha costado 13.466 euros Posted: 22 Nov 2008 07:02 AM CST Each meter of the El Guincho tunel cost 13,466 euros. The works, between Icod and Garachico, in the north of Tenerife, therefore are, proportionally, one of the most expensive in the history of the Canary Islands. During the 6 years that work has been carried out on the 720 meter long tunnel, 40.4 million euros have been spent. The Greens are calling for an investigation in Brussels into this supposed "waste of public funds". |
| Canarias recibe 7,6 millones de turistas hasta octubre. Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:54 AM CST The Canaries Autonomous Community received a total of 7.6 million tourists between January and October, a 0.5% increase on the same period last year. |
| Cultura concede 50.000 euros al Puerto de la Cruz para 'resucitar' el Festival Ecológico Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:51 AM CST The Ministry of Culture has awarded an exceptional payment of 50,000 euros to Puerto de la Cruz town hall to "resuscitate" a Festival de Cine Ecológico (Ecological Film Festival) in the town. The last one took place in 1994. The next will be some time in May 2009. |
| Los maltratadores con orden de alejamiento llevarán 'pulseras GPS' Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:45 AM CST Wife batterers with a restraining order against them, are to wear GPS bracelets. The initiative will start in 2009 at a cost of 5 million euros. Numerous deaths of women at the hands of their partners or ex-partners occur when the aggressor breaks the terms of such exclusion orders, which has led to the passing of measures to control their proximity electronically. |
| Los coches de Google Street View están recorriendo Gran Canaria y Tenerife Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:39 AM CST Photographic evidence: the famous black cars of Google Street View (a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides 360° panoramic street-level views and allows users to view parts of selected cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas at ground level) have been spotted on the streets of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and in Tenerife. Smile for Big Brother! |
| Los turistas extranjeros caen el 1,4% hasta octubre, pero se mantienen en Canarias Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:19 AM CST The number of foreign tourists to arrive in Spain during the first 10 months of the year was 51.7 million, 1.4% less than during the same period in 2007, although, in the Canary Islands, similar figures to the previous year have been maintained. 7.7 million tourists visited the Canary Islands between January and October, almost the same number as the year before. Numbers from the principal market of origin, the United Kindom, were down 2.1%, but these were replaced by the Nordic market. |
| Advierten que Canarias deberá "olvidarse" de fondos estructurales de la Unión Europea Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:13 AM CST The director of the Institute of Economic Policy of the University of Cologne, Juergen Donges, said Friday, that the Canary Islands should start to study how to develop without European funds, because, following the enlargement of the EU, it's one of the regions that should "forget" about [getting] such handouts. |
| La obra de Goya, en la capital tinerfeña Posted: 22 Nov 2008 06:08 AM CST A rare opportunity to see the complete set of engravings by legendary Spanish artist, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 ? 16 April 1828) at the Espacio Cultural of the CajaCanarias (Plaza del Patriotismo 1, 38002, Santa Cruz de Tenerife). Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m to 8 p.m., from now until December 20th. |
Saturday, November 22, 2008
More Secret Tenerife news, more often, maybe?
Whilst I'm still having major difficulties staying on top of things (due to illness and medication that, so far, only seems to be making matters worse), as you may have seen, I'm trying a new "semi-automated" means to give you snippets of the island's most relevant news on a more frequent basis.
This does still require some input from yours truly, albeit reduced in nature, so it may still not always be exactly timely, or even possible at all.
In the meantime, it should be obvious, but I'll just comment that where the headline of a news item is in Spanish, the source article will be in Spanish too. If you read Spanish, you won't have any trouble with that, I assume. :)
Snippets translated to English are there just to give those of you who don't read Spanish an idea of what the article is about and, for most of you, this will probably be all you'll ever want or need to know on the subject.
However, if the item is something that is of particular interest or relevance to you, you can always translate the entire article through Google's Language Tools. (Do remember that if you require an accurate translation of anything, or for legal purposes, hire an accurate, human, official translator.)
How you can help distribute the news
Keeping up with the relevant news is not a task for the faint hearted, so if you know of or spot something that Tenerife's more discerning visitors and foreign residents are going to want to know about, please let me know.
And, if you have any friends who you think will be interested in our offerings of what's going on in Tenerife, please let them know where to find us too.
Tenerife in the news and around the web
| Posted: 21 Nov 2008 10:06 AM CST Although Melchoir's original idea of bringing Obama, disguised as Baltasar in the arrival of the Three Kings to the Heliodoro has been discounted, Tenerife remains certain that the President-Elect of the United States will come to the island and, says this illustrated report (with its tongue stuffed firmly in its cheek), he'll visit such "embematic" sites as the roadworks on the Tenerife South highway, the works on the Granadilla port, the works at las Teresitas beach and for a ride on the tram to see the works being carried out on that in La Cuesta. Oh and it all began with a friendship that united David Hasselhoff with Canarian soil, apparently. :) |
| Más de 12.000 expedientes abiertos por obras ilegales Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:31 AM CST In the almost 10 years of life of the Agency for the Protection of the Urban and Natural Environment (APMUN), they have opened a total of 12,214 cases for illegal constructions in the islands, but only a small part of those works end up being demolished. |
| Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:25 AM CST This is why there's no word for 'planning' in the Canario vocabulary. |
| El túnel de El Guincho se abrirá el 29 de noviembre Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:23 AM CST The (hugely expensive and long awaited) El Guincho tunnel between Garachico and Icode de los Vinos is to be inaugurated on November 29th, with all the appropriate fanfare, in a ceremony to be attended by the President of the Canary Islands Government, Paulino Rivero; the councilor for public works and transport, Juan Ramón Hernández and the mayor of Garachico, Ramón Miranda. |
| El Cabildo tinerfeño reparte cerca de un millar de árboles frutales en el Parque Rural de Teno Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:18 AM CST The Tenerife Island Corporation, through the Teno Rural Park Management Office, has this week distributed close to a thousand fruit trees to residents of Los Silos and El Tanque in the Teno Rural Park, with the object of recuperating the areas affected by the fire last year. |
| Pilar Merino entrega mañana el premio al Mejor Queso del Mundo a la Quesería de Arico, Tenerife Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:11 AM CST The prize for World's Best Cheese was presented to the cheese makers of Arico, Tenerife at 11 a.m. Friday morning. |
| Los jardines de Santa Cruz recibirán las flores navideñas a partir del próximo martes Posted: 21 Nov 2008 09:08 AM CST The Christmas flower campaign (almost military!) in Santa Cruz is to begin next Tuesday, November 25th and will carry on until December 23rd, the day before Christmas Eve. In this time interval, you may be interested to know, that a total of 106,430 poinsettias, of various colours; red, white, yellow and varigated, will be planted in the gardens and green spaces of the city. Also 2,500 white and 6,500 red cyclamen persicum will be employed. |
| 'El Nuevo Herald' anuncia un vuelo directo Tenerife-Miami Posted: 21 Nov 2008 08:52 AM CST The principal Spanish language newspaper in Florida, El Nuevo Herald, announces a direct flight between Tenerife and Miami starting in 2009. |
| Un informe avala como raza propia el camello canario Posted: 21 Nov 2008 08:49 AM CST A new report claims the Canarian camel as a separate breed. |
| El Grantecan explicará la historia del Universo Posted: 21 Nov 2008 08:48 AM CST The Gran Telescopio de Canarias (Grantecan) on the island of La Palma explains the history of the universe. |
| Más de 2.000 mujeres al año han recibido protección contra su pareja en Canarias Posted: 21 Nov 2008 08:44 AM CST More than 2,000 women per year receive protection from their partners in the Canary Islands, that's almost 6 cases per day. |
Friday, November 21, 2008
Tenerife in the news and around the web
Laguna se suma a la campaña de la DGT sobre control del teléfono móvil y distracciones al volante Posted: 20 Nov 2008 01:14 PM CST Pay attention on the roads, especially in La Laguna. After up to 25% of accidents over the last couple of years have been shown to be caused by driving without due care and attention - particularly the use of mobile phones and other distractions, such as; lighting or stubbing out cigarettes, changing CDs or poor use of Sat Nav devices - local police in the town will be mounting special controls from now until November 30th. |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2008 12:16 PM CST ... another incredible example of the Canarios interpretation of what's considered acceptable parking. |
| Gran Fiesta de los Vinos en Tenerife Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:52 AM CST Grand Wine Festival in the Calle La Noria, Santa Cruz, November 21st. Tastings and tapas at silly prices! |
| Tenerife Off The Beaten Path | Venere Travel Blog Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:51 AM CST ... if you want to see a totally different side to Tenerife, it's only about half an hour up the road. The northwestern side of the island is like being on a completely different island altogether. Gone are the hoards of sun-burnt tourists screaming for Eastenders and gone are the poor locals having to make a living by putting up with their abuse. Up in the north, you have the real Tenerife. |
| TEA, a cheery brew of Tenerife arts Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:42 AM CST Do you remember boring school trips to stuffy art galleries, where the highlight of your day was noshing your curled cheese sandwiches and thinking that at least it was a day free from the classroom? Art has come a long way since then ... |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2008 11:40 AM CST ... nice to see traditional markets thriving in the heart of the big hi tech capital that Santa Cruz has become. The African market is open every day from 7 am to 6 pm, and is just a short walk from the main bus station. |
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Tilting at Tenerife's windmills
There are ruins of windmills dotted all around Tenerife and, according to this article, it appears, at last, these are going to be restored. Recently, the Tenerife Island Corporation began restoration work on the old windmill in the Barranco Grande, which had consisted merely of burnt out remains. Along with watermills, these windmills stand as a testament to the industry of the past and could be fun to visit (maybe you should bag them like lighthouses?)
