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Poinsettia bush78

Mother Nature dresses up for Christmas in Tenerife

Tenerife is perhaps not a place that springs to mind when you think about Christmas but in fact it is an ideal place to spend the festive season. And not just because of the countless bars and cheap prices...

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Bono bus86

On the buses 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...

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Blackberries81

Agua Garcia is a place for firsts

It was my first visit to Agua Garcia and turned out to be some firsts for other reasons too, which I'll explain later. My journey began when I bought a book all about the wonderful world of nature to be...

42 comments    travel apples autumn
One of the Pyramids of Güímar79

The mysterious pyramids of Tenerife island

If I give you the word "pyramid" most people will think of Egypt or Mexico perhaps, but these ancient and mysterious buildings are found all over the world in many different countries and locations including...

37 comments    travel photos history
The island of La Gomera as seen from Chirche70

Rare glimpses in out of the way places

I was delighted to receive my first fanmail letter via the office of the Tenerife Sun. It was from Graham who lives in Chirche and he wrote in to say how much he loves my column and how he wants to support my...

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Another large Dragon Tree in Icod67

More than just a Dragon Tree in Icod de los Vinos

Icod de los Vinos is a town I love and the first time I went there it was to see its famous thousand-year-old Dragon Tree but there is far more that fascinates me about the place. For a start there is a...

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Palms on the road to Las Aguas61

No wonder they call it San Juan de la Rambla

San Juan de la Rambla has an intriguing ring to its name I think, and for me conjures up visions of swashbuckling pirate films. It is a village I so often pass through on the bus from Icod to Puerto de la Cruz...

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Burnt valley and mountains66

Erjos ponds and last year's fire

Last summer Tenerife was devastated by some terrible forest fires that began in Icod el Alto in the Los Realejos area of the north and then raged their way across the mountains to the west and south. But...

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Tree Tomato62

Tea and scones Tenerife style

Last time I went to the Agua Garcia area to visit my friends Emily and Fernando it was, aptly for a village with water in its name, a very wet day but not so on this occasion when the sun was shining brightly...

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Agapanthus flowers in Las Mercedes70

Led by the nose on a wet walk in the mountains

"If you go down to the woods," goes the old song but in Tenerife it's usually a case of going up to the ones here because they are usually high on the mountains. I had thought of going to the forests in...

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