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If Carlsberg operated airlines…

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

  Just had the fortune to take to the skies with one airline that I actually enjoy flying with – Binter Canarias. This little island-hopper takes me back to the days when passengers weren’t considered to be a disturbance in the routines of cabin crew, a thorn in the arse of check-in staff and generally [...]

Travel writers hotel recommendations

Friday, December 18th, 2009

As a travel writer I was asked by Sunday Times writer Mark Hodson for a hotel I’d recommend at under €150 per night for a double room. The best small hotel in Tenerife, Hotel San Roque was an obvious answer, but was KO-ed by the crappy exchange rate, which means it works out at around [...]

Tenerife advice for Globespan passengers

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

In the words of Freddie Mercury… another one bites the dust. Globespan has gone into administration, stranding thousands of passengers at destinations such as Tenerife. For those stranded on The Rock, the Tenerife Tourist Board puts out the following advice: In the wake of yesterday’s news of the collapse of Globespan and its low cost [...]

Funky flirtations with luxury Tenerife hotel

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Had the good fortune to take the venerable Mrs Joe to the restyled Hotel Sir Anthony for her birthday recently. The Sir A, as it’s now tagged, is an oasis of tip-top styling at the heart of Playa de las Americas. Cheap it ain’t – but damn fine it is. Picture private rooftop plunge pools, [...]

Looking for Clash of the Titans in Tenerife

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

It was Saturday. Pancake day in the Cawley household. A day when Molly Blue and Sam gorge themselves silly on flour and water. But after the feeding frenzy, what to do? Answer: Go and find Hollywood in Tenerife. Yip, we’d heard that the film set for the Clash of The Titans re-make was being built [...]

Canary Islands under the sea

Monday, May 18th, 2009

This should attract dive and snorkel-fiends. Great video by Rafa Herrero showing the underwater world of Tenerife and the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands under the sea from Rafa Herrero on Vimeo.

Rod Stewart in Tenerife – review

Monday, May 18th, 2009

What’s going on in Tenerife! We might be woefully short of tourists at the moment, but it seems that all the celebs are taking advantage of the quietness to visit our shores at the same time. Or maybe there’s a celeb party going on that only those with a spread in Hello magazine know about. [...]

Tenerife time-lapse video

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Very much liking this new Tenerife video – Tenerife in a day and a bit… stunning visuals. We need more of these great videos that show Tenerife in its Sunday best.

A real life clash of the Titans in Tenerife

Friday, May 1st, 2009

Had a bit of a clash with the Titans in Tenerife yesterday while trying to renew my residencia. Why are the people who deal with paperwork so damn awkward? Is it because they’ve been breathing in teeny particles of paper dust? Is it because they’re sick and tired of all the paper cuts they get? [...]

Clash of the Titans in Tenerife

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Following in the delicate footsteps of Raquel Welch in a fur bikini, seems like Warner Bros are preparing to shoot another major epic in Tenerife with a Hollywood remake of Clash of the Titans. More Tenerife films info here. S’all good promo for the island, unlike that splash of fantasy about the forthcoming Tenerife eruption [...]

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