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Handbook of Canary Folk Medicine by José Jaén reviewed

Many old people have lived to 100 years of age or over in Tenerife and the Canary Islands and author José Jaén Otero wrote a book in which he interviewed some of them to find out their secrets. Handbook of Canary Folk Medicine the secrets of our...

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Buses are one of the best ways to see Tenerife

Travelling on the buses of Tenerife is the cheapest and best way to see the island. The bright green buses are run by the TITSA company, and are easy to spot and use. TITSA, by the way, stands for Tenerife Interurbanos de Tenerife S.A.U. You...

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The Calima weather phenomenon of the Canary Islands

Tenerife and the Canary Islands are well known and popular with holiday-makers because of the wonderful weather to be found there with plenty of sunshine more or less guaranteed but occasionally a strange weather phenomenon known as “calima”...

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Tenerife herbs: Canarian Viper's Bugloss or Tajinaste

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Take the bus on the island of Tenerife

Visitors and holidaymakers to the island of Tenerife often miss out on many of its attractions because they simply don't realise what is on offer or know how easy it is to get one of the cheap bus services.The...

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El Hierro Restingolitas sell on the Internet

Just off the coast of the island of El Hierro in the Canary Islands an undersea volcanic eruption has been making the news for the past couple of months but now a new development is getting reported. The volcanic rock known as pumice which is so...

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The Viper's Bugloss species or Tajinastes of Tenerife

There is a colourful family of strange plants known as species of Viper's Bugloss or Tajinastes, as they are called in Spanish.Various types are also known as Tower of Jewels, referring to their height and the...

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Tenerife North's La Orotava combines the past and present

La Orotava is a town and municipality in the north of Tenerife that is very popular with tourists and local people, who delight in wandering its streets and seeing some of the finest examples of Canarian architecture on the island. La Orotava is...

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Mt Teide - the highest Spanish mountain

Mt Teide is the first thing anyone flying towards Tenerife will see of the island. You simply cannot miss this amazing mountain as it towers above the clouds, and in winter is often covered in gleaming white snow all around its peak. Mt Teide is...

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The Green Heaven of Monte del Agua

Yesterday was a glorious day and I decided I needed a break from the computer and that it would be a good day to take a walk through the area known as Monte del Agua (Mountain of Water). I have seen this part of Tenerife once described as the "Green...

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