Entries from June 2008 ↓

June has been a good month for Tenerife tourism, the government has reported a much needed upturn in visitors to the south, and a lot of that is down to the Aguaviva festival of the seas. Heavily publicised in advance, its mix of music, exhibitions, dance and education captured the imagination, with the prospect of a lively schedule for the first three weeks of June. Environmental website www.canarygreen.net was on hand at the main events and has details of all these and other green issues affecting the Canary Islands.

Inevitably the big names of Jamiroquai and Marc Anthony led the way, but for the casual tourist, the day to day events gave them a sense of involvement. The exhibition tent on Las Vistas beach was a beacon for many visitors and the environmental groups inside had a steady stream of open minds, keen to find out more about the coasts and sea life of Tenerife. The free salsa classes in the small plaza by the old Los Cristianos beach, had many a unexercised body twitching before they let the music take them over, and the diving trials off Las Vistas beach will have awakened a new batch of potential underwater explorers.

The festival closed with another public display of the environmental issues on the agenda as families crowded down to the shoreline to see 4 injured turtles released back into the sea after being cared for by Fundacion Neotropico (www.neotropico.org). A hot afternoon, the sea lapping at peoples feet and a close up encounter with some appealing sea creatures, what a great image for holiday makers to take home with them. As an advert for the diversity of Tenerife, Aguaviva was a real winner and it is becoming an important annual fixture on the tourism calendar.

There are so many things to discover about life in Tenerife and in particular about the area known as Costa Adeje.  Second Home Tenerife took the initiative by launching a blog about this great location in the southwest of Tenerife and it is packed with valuable information and topics about this popular area.  Recent events in Costa Adeje include the Tenerife Ladies Open at Golf Costa Adeje, with the eventual winner Rebecca Hudson of Doncaster lifting the prestigious tropy! Keep in touch with events surrounding Costa Adeje and take on board the history that this wonderful place has to offer by logging in regularly to the Blog.

Having been established for over 15 years, it is with a deep sadness that Delfin Home Centre furniture section has had to make the hard decision to close their shop in Los Gigantes, Tenerife. It is a decision that has not been taken lightly but due to the current economic climate there was no alternative but to come to this commercial decision. Gina and her husband Andy, would wish to thank all their past clients who have supported them throughout the years.

Dismayed with the lack of clear information available to Tenerife’s visiting millions, professional travel writer, Joe Cawley, has launched MyTenerifeInfo.com, a website with reviews and information destined to plug this gaping chasm and written in Joe’s inimitable style.

Joe might be more known to some as a professional travel writer (Times, Sunday Times, Mail, Express etc) and the author of the award-winning book, More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife Barman, voted Best Travel Narrative 2007 by the British Guild of Travel Writers.

In celebration of the launch, Joe is offering a special try-before-you-buy offer for companies interested in being featured online. A limited number of six-week free trials are available to guage the response rate of this already highly visited site. MyTenerifeInfo already appears on Google and Yahoo first pages for searches on anything

Freelance photographer and graphic designer, Alex Veccia, has joined Nu-Arte design and marketing studios in Tenerife, leaders in canvas art prints for home or corporate use. With a background in professional photography and magazine design, Alex adds another creative string to the Nu-Arte bow, supplementing the formidable and highly respected talents of Nu-Arte partner, Angie Hill.
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