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Tenerife in August 2020

View to the Basillica in Candelaria, Tenerife

On the night of August 12 to 13, at 00:15 hrs, you can watch the Perseids, as the event will be broadcast live from the Teide Observatory and the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, through the sky-live.tv channel, with the collaboration of the Energy Efficiency Laboratories (EELabs) project, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the Innovation, Projects and Information Society Service of the Cabildo Insular de La Palma. As every year around this time, the earth passes through the cloud of dust and rocks that Comet Swift-Tuttle has left in its orbits around the sun. As a consequence, from mid-July to the end of August the Perseids, also known as 'Tears of Saint Lawrence', can be seen.

Los observatorios de Canarias emitirán en directo la lluvia de las Perseidas

Although 15 August is a national public holiday for Asunción de la Virgen (Assumption), this year it will not to be marked by any of the fiestas, which usually take place on the 14 and 15 of August to celebrate the discovery of the Virgin of Candelaria, because the numbers would be too great for safety. Likewise, the Peregrinación a Candelaria (pilgrimage), where the faithful walk to Candelaria from various points on the island, would also likely gather large numbers, so the town hall has asked people not to make a pilgrimage this year.
"We appeal to the individual responsibility of the people in these festivals so marked and we trust that these measures avoid crowds", indicates the mayor, María Concepción Brito
The insular director of Security of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Cayetano José Silva Hernández, clarifies that the Environment area will temporarily prohibit, from 6:00 p.m. on August 13 to 6:00 p.m. on August 15, transit by road into the town.

Nor the Fuegos de Alcalá (Alcalá Fireworks), which normally take place on August 15th, only otherwise interrupted during the Civil War and World War II.

Also missing from the calendar this August, because of COVID-19, will be the fiestas and Romería of San Roque in Garachico, normally held on 16 August.

We also cannot imagine seeing the Corazones de Tejina on 24 August. ;UPDATE: An announcement says that the offering of the emblematic hearts is maintained, on the 23rd, but it will be celebrated in a very different way to avoid crowds.

All that remains are these few municipal holidays when shops may close:
  • 3 August: Festivity of Nuestra Señora de La Esperanza in El Rosario.
  • 6 August: Festivity of El Salvador in La Matanza de Acentejo.
  • 17 August: Day following the Festivity of San Roque in Garachico.
  • 17 August: Monday of the Fiestas Patronales in La Guancha.
  • 24 August: Festivity of San Bartolomé in Buenavista de Norte.
  • 24 August: Fiestas Patronales in Fasnia.
  • 31 August: Festivity of San Bernardo in Arafo.
  • 31 August: Festividad Nuestra Señora de Buen Viaje in El Tanque.
  • 31 August: Fiestas Patronales in La Victoria de Acentejo.
  • 31 August: Festivity of San Agustín and San Roque in Vilaflor.

Tenerife Land of Eternal Christmas

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