After more than 20 years, posts here will now only be occasional (Browse these categories to find everything you wanted to know about Tenerife.
- About Secret Tenerife
- Tenerife Carnaval Dates
- Themes & Queens of Carnival in Santa Cruz
- Easter Week in Tenerife
- Corpus Christi Carpets
- Every Traditional Fiesta in Tenerife
- Municipalities and Town Halls in Tenerife
- Tenerife Weather
Tenerife Carnival Dates
Los Cristianos Carnival
Tenerife Month By Month
- January: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- February: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- March: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- April: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- May: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- June: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- July: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- August: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 2021, 2022, 2023
- September: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- October: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- November: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- December: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Tenerife's Public Holidays
Districts in Tenerife
- Town Hall and Traditional Fiestas in Adeje
- Town Hall and Traditional Fiestas in Arafo
- Town Hall and Traditional Fiestas in Arico
- Town Hall and Traditional Fiestas in Arona
- Town Hall & Fiestas in Buenavista del Norte
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Candelaria
- Town Hall and Fiestas in El Rosario
- Town Hall and Fiestas in El Sauzal
- Town Hall and Fiestas in El Tanque
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Fasnia
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Garachico
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Granadilla de Abona
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Guía de Isora
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Güímar
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Icod de los Vinos
- Town Hall and Fiestas in La Guancha
- Town Hall & Fiestas in La Matanza de Acentejo
- Town Hall and Fiestas in La Orotava
- Town Hall & Fiestas in La Victoria de Acentejo
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Los Realejos
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Los Silos
- Town Hall & Fiestas in Puerto de la Cruz
- Town Hall and Fiestas in La Laguna
- Town Hall & Fiestas in San Juan de la Rambla
- Town Hall & Fiestas in San Miguel de Abona
- Town Hall & Fiestas in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Santa Úrsula
- Town Hall & Fiestas in Santiago del Teide
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Tacoronte
- Town Hall and Fiestas in Tegueste
- Town Hall & Fiestas in Vilaflor de Chasna
Junior Carnival Queens
Senior Carnival Queens
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2019
- "The Deep Sea" Theme of Carnival in 2019
- Inauguration of Carnival in Santa Cruz 2019
- Carnival in the Streets in Santa Cruz 2019
- Santa Cruz Carnival Opening Parade 2019
- Rhythm & Harmony Comparsas Contest 2019
- Carnaval de Día (Daytime Carnaval) 2019
- Carnival Main Parade in Santa Cruz 2019
- Burial of the Sardine Ash Wednesday 2019
- Daytime Carnival beat all the records with 400,000
- Final balance of Santa Cruz Carnival 2019
Carnival History
- Santa Cruz Carnaval Parade Suspended by strong winds and rain
- Tenerife, the best Carnaval in the World
- Bitterness over Santa Cruz Carnaval Gala
- Understanding Carnaval: Murga
- Belén Esteban crowned Queen of Booing
- Santa Cruz Carnival Grand Bang Fest
- Piñata Weekend in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Witches transform into donkeys in Tenerife
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnaval of the 1980s
- Santa Cruz now has a Carnival Museum
- Weather disrupts 2018 carnival in Tenerife
- Carnival 2018 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Closes
- Ten keys to carnival only locals know
- Los Indianos in Santa Cruz de La Palma
- Theme of Carnival 2020 - The Flirty Fifties
- Santa Cruz Carnival Queens in Miniature
- Miss Carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1935
- When Tenerife Carnival was 'disguised' as Winter Festival
- The rhythm of the comparsas continues in Santa Cruz despite calima
- Afilarmónica Ni Fú-Ni Fá the grandfathers of carnival in Santa Cruz
- Which is the best Tenerife carnival parade?
- Carnivals of the World 2021
- Santa Cruz suspends Carnival 2021
- "Quimbara", by Tropicana, chosen as the best performance in "La Noche de las Comparsas"
- Coso Infantil (Kids' Carnival Parade) 1995
- Dust off your lightsaber: ‘Science Fiction’ to be the theme of Santa Cruz Carnival 2022
- Both men and women will be able to compete in the galas of the Carnival of Santa Cruz 2023
- Santa Cruz Carnival 2022 to be held in June
- The Trigger's Broom of Tenerife Carnival
- Why do we bury a sardine on Ash Wednesday to say goodbye to the carnival?
- The origins of the Carnival Piñata
- The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2023 "one of the earliest celebrated in history"
- Remembering Enrique González Bethencourt
- The Characters of Carnival, important guardians of the festival's legacy
- Los Cariocas win the 2022 first prize for Interpretation in the Comparsas Contest
- Carnival 'buries' COVID and the revelries return to the streets after 2 years
- New York to be the theme of Carnival 2023
- Los Joroperos return in style and win the Comparsas Contest in Santa Cruz 2023
- Carnival Opening Parade in Santa Cruz 2023
- Los Joroperos win Rhythm and Harmony 2023
- Carnival Main Parade in Santa Cruz 2023
- Children's Carnival Parade in Santa Cruz 2023
Fiestas of El Palmar
Tenerife History
- Corporation of the Island Council of Tenerife
- On This Day 1977: Runway collision kills 583
- Nelson's Failed Attempt on Santa Cruz
- Dog symbol of the Canary Islands Disappears
- Simón Bolivar's Noble Tenerife Links
- Columbus in The Canary Islands
- Dorada the beer of Tenerife since 1939
- Travellers Chronicles Reveal History of Canary Islands Women
- How Did That Canary Get Its Name?
- Figures in Tenerife History
- History of Ycoden-Daute-Isora Wine Region
- Happy 40th Birthday Playa de las Américas
- Agatha Christie and Tenerife
- Caves in Tenerife
- Concentration Camp at Fyffes, Tenerife
- Those dastardly British in Tenerife
- Any excuse ... Santa Cruz Celebrates no longer existent Anniversary
- A Tale of Two Tenerife Women
- History of the Alcalá Fireworks
- Tenerife North Airport gets a new name
- Santa Cruz: 525 anniversary of the city
- New great pre-Hispanic mystery of Tenerife: Christian cross discovered at Guanche site
- Alexander von Humboldt's visit to Tenerife
- Secret crypt in the former Franciscan Convent in Garachico
- The Orotava flower carpets and their three suspensions
- Could some barley seeds rewrite the aboriginal history of the Canaries?
- Is this Tenerife's first curfew?
- Rosalía Gómez, the last slave of Tenerife
- Welcome to Hell's Island
- When health services was a neighbour
- The ruins of Gordejuela in Tenerife, rated among the most beautiful on the planet
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife, April 14th 1931
- The days before July 18, 1936 in Tenerife
- Chronology of the failed British assault on Santa Cruz de Tenerife of July 25, 1797
- Medicinal remedies used in Guanche medicine
- Punta de Anaga Semaphore Station
- Cristóbal de Ponte, founder of Garachico
- The hardware store in La Orotava, Tenerife
- Santa Cruz celebrates the bicentenary of its designation as the capital of Canary Islands
- San Andrés, Tenerife wines and travellers
- British Princes Albert and George in Tenerife
- The Immaculate Conception in Tenerife
- Celebrating New Year 1842 in Tenerife
- Captain William Bligh visits Santa Cruz de Tenerife in command of HMS Bounty
- Arrival of the first steamboat to Santa Cruz
- The Government of the Canary Islands is to carry out the first archaeological study of the watchtowers of Tenerife
- Plaque in Mauthausen in memory of the 45 prisoners from the Canary Islands
- Anniversary of Agustín de Betancourt
- The nun and the pirate: Amaro Pargo and Sister María de Jesús The Servant of God
- Winston Churchill in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Remembering the passing of the First Fleet
- Corpus in La Orotava route dates from 1536
- Andonaegui who prevented the Canary Islands from becoming a colony of the United Kingdom
- The day Buenavista lost part of its history
- The Derrame del Vino (Wine Mutiny)
- Heroines of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Parish of Santiago Apóstol in Los Realejos
- Carlos de Adam y Brusoni, the only Tenerife native who spoke with Horacio Nelson
- James Cook's stopover in Santa Cruz
- The strange crime of Vilaflor
- San Bartolomé and the release of the Diablita
- The departure of Christopher Columbus from the Island of La Gomera to the ‘New World’
- The Water In the Canary Islands
- Ferdinand Magellan is said to have visited Tenerife, arriving on September 26, 1519
Canarian Diaspora
Epidemics in Tenerife
- Darwin's frustrated visit to Tenerife
- The cholera epidemic of 1893 in Santa Cruz
- Darwin and Freycinet's quarantines in Santa Cruz
- Tenerife and the plague
- When Doctor Balmis vaccinated thousands of people in Tenerife against smallpox
- Major epidemics in Tenerife: Typhoid
- Tenerife and yellow fever
- The other epidemic that changed the history of the conquest of the Canary Islands
- Yellow Fever Arrives in Tenerife in 1802
Christmas and Los Reyes in Tenerife
- Towns fill with poinsettias for Christmas
- Follow The Route of Nativities in Tenerife
- Spanish Christmas Lottery 22nd December
- Winning Numbers of the Christmas Lottery
- What are the odds of winning "El Gordo"?
- The lottery administrations in Tenerife that have distributed the most El Gordo prizes
- The 10 most typical Spanish Christmas dishes
- Stewed yams, a delicacy for Christmas Eve
- Why is Mass on Dec 24 called "Misa del Gallo"?
- Christmas Eve menus in the Canary Islands
- Christmas Eve Dinner in La Laguna
- Christmas Eve Traditions in Tenerife
- Christmas Day - Día de Navidad
- Day of the Innocent Saints
- Why is 'April Fool's Day' celebrated on December 28 in Spain and Latin America?
- Celebrating the New Year in Tenerife
- Los Reyes Magos (Three Kings) Bearing Gifts
- The pagan origin of the “Roscón de Reyes”
- Six differences between the El Niño Lottery and the Christmas Lottery in Spain
Tenerife Weather Phenomena
- Storm Delta nears Canary Islands
- Canary Islands After the Storm
- Delta Was an Extratropical Cyclone
- One Year On: The Day That Delta Dawned
- Cloud vortices off Canary Islands
- April brings heavy rain storms in Tenerife
- Floods in the Canary Islands in 1968
- Anniversary of Tropical Storm Delta
- The Canary Islands registered the fourteenth coldest month of November since 1961
- Tropical Storm in Tenerife in December 1975
- December 2005 storm claims one victim
- Mythical storm of January 1999
- Hurricane-force winds in Tenerife caused several deaths and heavy losses in 1953
- Largest known snowfall on January 20, 1979
- 31-M: The day it rained a whole year's worth in two and a half hours and claimed 8 lives
- Easter Week Flooding in La Laguna in 1977
- April 2003 storm with 8 meter waves caused damage in Garachico and Puerto de la Cruz
- Canary Islands endure July 2004 heatwave
- Record-breaking heatwave in July 2007
Tenerife Rally Calendar
- 22nd Palma Canaria Norte Rally 2006
- 24th Palma Canaria Norte Rally 2008
- 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
CD Tenerife Football Club
Craft Fairs & Markets
Museums in Tenerife
Places, Monuments and Sculptures in Santa Cruz
- Plaza de los Patos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- The Crosses of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Casino de Tenerife celebrates 180 years
- Our Lady of Africa Market Santa Cruz
- Guided Tour of the Auditorio de Tenerife
- The wind sculpture by César Manrique
- Alameda del Duque de Santa Elena
- Fountains that quenched the thirst of the population in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- La Rambla de Santa Cruz
- Plaza del Chicharro in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Plaza Weyler in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- The Monument to Franco, the last of the recognitions to the dictator in Spain
- San Juan Castle in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- San Andrés Tower Santa Cruz de Tenerife
On the Tenerife Busses
News and Other Oddments
- Buenavista del Norte Tuning Car Meeting
- Canary Islands Count Their Sheep
- Sweets of Canary
- Dodgy Translations in Tenerife
- Training Ship Elcano in Tenerife
- Finding a lady of negotiable affections in Tenerife
- Yoghurt of fragmentation hand grenade
- No Passing on Winding Days
- How Not to Measure in Football Pitches
- Funky Cabra: Goat on a Moped in Tenerife
- Sex in Tenerife Caught on Film
- Canary Islands could be lost Atlantis
- What Time is it in Tenerife Spain?
- Tenerife Wine That Cures
- Tickling clouds to capture horizontal rain
- Canaries Population Growth in 250 Years
- Adeje Prohibits Nudism on the Beaches
- Viking Ship Discovered at Las Teresitas
- Six dead in cavern on Tenerife
- Playmates who didn't live to age 50
- Tenerife commemorates Los Rodeos tragedy
- Can we still fly to Tenerife North?
- Tenerife Fire the evacuation and aftermath
- Tenerife Fire Just how big a disaster?
- Tenerife Fire News from Masca
- Tenerife Myth the island is just a big resort
- Have you won big on a Spanish lottery?
- Tenerife brings you Snakes on a Moped ...
- A Chimp walks into a bar in Tenerife
- Mount Teide world's biggest sea shadow
- Literal place names in Tenerife
- Protected spaces in Tenerife
- Santa Cruz Changes Names of City Streets
- Tenerife for pharologists
- They're taking the p*$$ aren't they?
- Tenerife Fire, One Year On
- A complete idiots guide to Tenerife
- How many miles from the UK to Tenerife?
- Sex at bargain prices because of the crisis
- Pimp My Ride, Tenerife Stylee
- Husband by the hour in Tenerife
- Sorry Jesus, no sandals …
- Remembering Dan-Air Flight 1008
- Teno Alto Wooden Chariot Race
- The Beatles in Tenerife May 1963
- Brexit the consequences for the Canaries
- There are 3,000 prostitutes in the Canary Islands and researchers issue a warning over the normalisation of the activity
- Where to Park in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Five must-visit beach chiringuitos in Tenerife
- Teide Ski Resort
- El Jueves Lardero - Lardy Thursday
- Meteorite falls in the North of Tenerife
- The six most beautiful towns in Tenerife
- Erjos to be the 'daddy' of all tunnels
- Most expensive street in the Canary Islands
- Six unknown squares in the north of Tenerife
- La Laguna to remember the victims of the Los Rodeos plane crash in the San Juan cemetery
- Nine Canarian words that come from English
- Brexit: How to live, travel and shop in the UK now that it has left the European Union
- Garbage is part of the landscape in Buenavista
- 8 Canarian expressions you may not know
- 12 Spanish words that have completely changed their meaning over time
- Five hidden beaches in Tenerife
- 6 best hiking trails for the whole family
- Caution Goats Crossing in Teno Alto
- Tenerife, the paradise of pools
- Cestería Canaria (Canarian Basketry)
- 5 of the best trails with high difficulty
- The six most paradisiacal beaches in Tenerife
- Plaza del Adelantado, La Laguna
- The origin of the annual visit to the cemetery
- Is palm honey better than bee honey?
- Puerto de la Cruz has three times as many dogs than children registered
- 12 Blue Flag beaches in Tenerife in 2022
- Tenerife prepares a beach plan for dogs
- Arona will not impose fines for making sand castles on its beaches: it is a hoax
- The recovery of the Garafiano Shepherd
- The daily drama of the chambermaids
- Brunch in La Laguna, Tenerife
- Brunch in the north of Tenerife
- Top 10 beaches in Tenerife south
- Brunch in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Brunch in the south of Tenerife
- Martes Trece: Tuesday the 13th in Tenerife
- Pirates Attack Tenerife
- The 6 best beaches in the north of Tenerife
- The 7 best hot chocolate cafes in Tenerife
Regular Events
- La Orotava Corpus Christi Festival 2006
- June's high days and magic nights
- The Prettiest Fiesta in the Canary Islands
- Santa Cruz Celebrates Victory Over Horacio Nelson
- From Candelaria to San Roque ...
- Carnaval in Buenavista del Norte, Tenerife
- See Tenerife The Saintly Way
- Tenerife Midsummer weekend starts here
- San Antonio Abad Livestock Fair in Buenavista
- Canarian Cowboys and Preposterous Pets
- Santa Cruz set to repel the English, again
- Labour Day, Día del Trabajador
- Fiesta de San Andrés 29th November
- The Annual Miracle of La Servita
- Crosses and Fireworks for Día de la Cruz
- Garachico tyre burning fiesta 2015
- Discovery of the Virgin of Candelaria
- Romería de San Roque in Garachico
- Corazones de Tejina - The Hearts of Tejina
- La Librea de Valle Guerra
- Fiestas of San Sebastián in La Caleta, Adeje
- Candelmas and the Virgin of Candelaria
- Decorated Fountains in Puerto de la Cruz
- Jumping the bonfire on the night of San Juan
- The tradition of the Tablas de San Andrés
- The wineries open for San Andrés in Tenerife
- Constitution Day: 'The Sweetest Break'
- Origins of Día de San José - Father's Day
- Anniversary of Saint Hermano Pedro
- Almond Gathering and the Almond Fair
Volcanic Eruptions
- Theatre, Music and Fire to Commemorate the 1706 Eruption
- Garachico Remembers its History
- Garachico at the gates of hell
- Goodbye to the port of the North
- RIP Canary Islands as volcano erupts?
- Anniversary of the birth of the Tagoro volcano on the island of El Hierro
- The Teneguía Eruption of 1971
- Thousands of bees survive 50 days buried under ash from the La Palma volcano
- Anniversary of the Chinyero eruption
- Garachico, 1706: the worst volcanic eruption in the history of the Canary Islands
- Eruption of the Chahorra Volcano
- San Juan Volcano, La Palma Eruption of 1949
- La Palma Tajogaite Volcano one year on
Nature, Flora and Fauna
Canarian Recipes (Savoury)
- Sopa de Pollo Con Fideos (Chicken Noodle)
- Sopa de Mariscos (Seafood Soup)
- Rancho Canario (Canarian Chickpea stew)
- It's Good Friday, so it's Sancocho for lunch
- Puchero Canario (Canarian Stew)
- Arroz Marinero (Sailor's Rice)
- Arroz a la Cubana (Cuban Rice)
- Ropa Vieja Canaria (Canarian Old Clothes)
- Carne de Fiesta (Fiesta Meat Tenerife Style)
- Solomillo al Aguere (Pork Tenderloin Aguere Style)
- Tortilla Española (Spanish Omelette)
- Huevos a la inglesa (English-style Eggs)
- Cabbage soup in the style of Las Mercedes
- Costillas con papas y piñas (Pork ribs with potatoes and corncobs)
- Croquetas de jamón (Ham Croquettes)
- Arroz de otoñal (Autumnal rice)
- Pollo al ajillo (Garlic chicken)
- Chicken with chestnuts and Arafo wine
- Sopa de pescado (Fish soup)
- Vegetable stew with red beans from Ortigal
- Potaje de Acelgas (Swiss Chard Pottage)
- Arroz amarillo (Yellow Rice)
- Homemade lentil stew with chorizo
- Almogrote (Canarian Cheese Pâté)
- Ensalada campera (Country salad)
- Canarian tomatoes stuffed and baked
- Doña Carmen's Gazpacho Soup
- Chayotas rellenas (Stuffed Chayotes)
- The 11 Best Recipes of Canarian Cuisine
- Potaje de berros (Watercress Pottage)
- Pata asada canaria: Canarian roast leg of pork
- Brocheta de pollo al romero (Rosemary chicken skewers)
- Conejo en salmorejo (Rabbit in marinade)
- Carne de Cabra (Goat Meat Stew)
- Escaldón de gofio ("scalded gofio")
- Fabada lagunera (Bean stew, La Laguna style)
- Papas rellenas de carne a la lagunera (Stuffed potatoes La Laguna style)
- Batatas asadas rellenas de champiñones (Mushroom Stuffed Roasted Sweet Potatoes)
- Sardine sandwich tradition on Good Friday
- Montadito gomero (Open Faced Sandwich)
Canarian Recipes (Sweet)
- Arroz con leche (Rice Pudding)
- Helado de Gofio (Gofio Ice Cream)
- Rosquetes rellenos (stuffed donuts)
- Frangollo, a Canarian Dessert
- Bienmesabe, Punta Hidalgo style
- The Ten Best Canarian Desserts
- Príncipe Alberto (Prince Albert Dessert)
- Quesadilla from El Hierro
- The tradition of churros with chocolate
- Quesillo typical Canary Island dessert
- The famous Sangría of San Roque
- Pastel de Tres Leches (Three Milk Cake)
- Pastel de plátano (banana cake)
- Panecillos de San Antón (Saint Anthony Buns)
- Pan de San Blas (Saint Blaise Bread)
- Tetas de Santa Águeda (Saint Agatha's Tits)
- Holy Tuesday and the Gato Moka (Mocha Cake)
- Tarta de Santiago (St. James Cake)
Recipes for All Saints Day & Day of the Dead
- Huesos de merengue (Meringue bones)
- Huesos de santo rellenos con yema (Saint's bones stuffed with egg yolk)
- Panellets sweets for All Saints Day
- Buñuelos de almendra (Almond fritters)
- Bizcocho de calabaza (Pumpkin cake)
- Yemas de Santa Teresa (Candied Egg Yolks)
- Rosquetes al ron (Rum Donuts)
- Buñuelos de manzana (Apple Fritters)
- Buñuelos de viento (Nun's Farts)
- Recipes for All Saints Day & Day of the Dead
Flavours of Christmas Sweets
- Secret Christmas Recipes of Tenerife Nuns
- Almendras Garrapiñadas (Candied Almonds)
- Dulce de Membrillo (Quince Preserve)
- Polvorones (Powder Cakes)
- Pella de gofio dulce (Sweet gofio roll)
- Turrón de gofio (Gofio nougat)
- Turrón de Chocolate (Chocolate Fudge)
- Turrón de Alicante (Hard Almond Nougat)
- Turrón de Jijona (Spanish Almond Candy)
- Truchas de membrillo (Quince turnovers)
- Truchas de Batata (Sweet Potato Turnovers)
- Truchas de cabello de ángel (Angel Hair Turnovers)
- The origin of Spanish Christmas turrón
- Flavours of a Canarian Christmas
- Roscón de Reyes (Crown of Kings)
Carnival Recipes
