Fuel Prices Are Rising Again… And The Canary Islands Are Watching Closely
Fuel prices are creeping up again and, unsurprisingly, it’s starting to worry people here in the Canary Islands. When you live on a group of...
Author: Simon Sutton George
The Hotel Mencey Turns 75… And It’s Still One of Tenerife’s Most Iconic Buildings
The Hotel Mencey in Santa Cruz has just reached a pretty impressive milestone… 75 years since it first opened its doors back in 1950. These...
HiperDino Is Back At TFN Lan Party… With Its Own Shop
HiperDino will once again be part of the TFN Lan Party this year, one of the biggest technology and gaming events in Tenerife. And this...
She Left School To Care For Her Family… At 92 She’s Finally Back In The Classroom
Most people think of school as something you finish when you’re young. But for Lola Campos, school didn’t really begin until she was already well...
Plans To Improve The Area Around San Sebastián Chapel In Buenavista
The Cabildo of Tenerife has approved a small project to improve the green area around the San Sebastián chapel in Buenavista del Norte, a quiet...
The island’s irrigation water reserves have now reached 70% of total capacity
The water situation in Tenerife has eased up a fair bit, which will come as a relief to anyone connected to farming on the island....
La Laguna Carnival is here!!
The La Laguna Carnival is back. 27th and 28th of February and 1st of March. Get it in the diary. If you’ve never experienced carnival...
New Tree Laws in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is getting stricter about its trees. And about time, to be fair. The City Council is preparing a new municipal ordinance to protect...
20.000 people attend the La Orotava Carnival
Twenty thousand people? … On a Tuesday? That’s La Orotava when Carnival kicks in properly. The Coso Apoteosis turned the main stretch from Cruz del...
New housing plans for Granadilla
Housing in Tenerife isn’t exactly cheap right now. So any time public housing gets mentioned, it’s important to see what happens. The Cabildo de Tenerife,...