Tenerife in March 2020

Vintage car in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Once more, coinciding with the final Sunday of carnival, on 1 March 2020, the Vintage Car Club of Tenerife has organised its Parade of Vintage Cars, which celebrates its fiftieth anniversary this year, with some authentic jewels. This year there is a change of route: the cars will meet, from 10:00 am, as usual in the Parque García Sanabria, with entrance through Méndez Núñez Street. The departure is scheduled at 12:00 hours through the same entrance, to go along Doctor José Navieras street, Rambla de Santa Cruz to the crossing of the Comandancia de Marina, go up to the roundabout of Las Asunciones, go down San Street Sebastián to La Salle, cross the Galcerán bridge, go through Weyler and Méndez Núñez squares to Las Flores clock, go down El Pilar street, Villalba Hervás and La Marina to Francisco La Roche avenue, pass through the Cabildo, Correos and Casino de Tenerife and end up parking on that avenue.

With the big carnivals in the north coming to an end on March 1, the party moves to the south of the island with Los Gigantes Carnival starting on Friday, 6th March 2020, with their main parade being held on Sunday, 8th March 2020. 

Then Los Cristianos Carnival is taking place from from 12 to 23 March, with their Coso Apoteosis (Main Parade) being held on Sunday 22 March 2020. Los Cristianos Carnival was Suspended due to the pandemic.

It is now confirmed that, following government recommendations, the carnivals in Candelaria, Granadilla de Abona, Arona (Los Cristianos) and Santiago del Teide (Los Gigantes), as well as in La Guancha, have all been suspended.

There are no public holidays in March, nor municipal holidays in the month either. There is only one Romería confirmed at time of writing, the Romería de San José in Barranco Hondo (Candelaria) on Saturday 21 March and the Orvecame Norte Rally takes place on Saturday 28 March. That's enough, isn't it?