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- 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
- Carnaval 2004 Takes To The Streets ... 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival Queens
- Santa Cruz en Carnaval 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Junior Carnival Queens
Senior Carnival Queens
Coso Apoteosis (Grand Parade)
Los Cristianos Carnival
Tenerife's Public Holidays
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
Puerto de la Cruz Carnival
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
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
Romerías in Tenerife
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
- Why is the Last Weekend of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival Called Piñata Weekend?
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
- The Secrets of Tenerife's Oldest Castle
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