Europe
Walking Across Gran Canaria from the Mountains to the Sea
As we didn’t know for sure that we could find routes that enabled us to walk from the hills above Maspalomas all the way to Agaete on Gran Canaria, there was… […]
The Canary Islands
Europe
Checking into Tunte, or San Bartolomé de Tirajana, on Gran Canaria
For a small place Tunte has bags of interesting and curious corners; secret alleys with cobblestones and rusty old pant plots filled with… […]
Food & drink
The Art of Dining, Casa del Caminero in Tejeda
The entrance to Casa del Caminero is comfortably unfussy. The decór and furnishings almost seem random and casual, but in that artistic way where… […]
Gran Canaria
An Unexpected Act of Generosity on Gran Canaria
The Molino de Agua has many personalities; as well as being a rural hotel and restaurant it has a wellness centre, an adventure park and a small farm with animals. […]
Europe
Review of Rural Hotel PosHada, Gran Canaria
All polished wooden floors and white walls, traditional Canarian architecture is teamed with beautiful period furniture and bohemian panache to provide eclectic style amongst the rolling hills and valleys of Gran Canaria. […]
Gran Canaria
Walking With a Very Naughty Dog on Gran Canaria
Hada, apparently, has a habit of keeping walkers company as they go exploring the green and pleasant land that is the north of Gran Canaria… […]
Food & drink
The Curious Case of TripAdvisor and the Canary Islands
However, whilst checking out reviews for the Canary Islands recently, my research threw up a major flaw with TripAdvisor’s restaurant reviews… […]
Tenerife
The Pros and Cons of Life in the Sun
After months of deliberation and weighing up the pros and cons, we finally opted to move to a fixed location, or in trendy travel writer speak, to be destination specific, and to the most unlikely destination we could possibly have chosen. […]
Gran Canaria
Trekking in Paradise, Walking in the Canary Islands
Having walked on five of the seven Canary Islands, or six of eight if you include La Graciosa, we’ve been wowed by every one… […]
Europe
City Guide to Santa Cruz de La Palma
As gateway to an island as rich in natural treasures as it is poor in mass tourism, the city offers its own blend of history, architecture, shopping and dining. […]
Food & drink
Why I’m Not Eating the Local Cuisine Tonight
It should be against some sort of travel law not to wrap your teeth around something peculiar to the country you’re visiting, or even something peculiar… […]
Food & drink
From Secret Cinemas to Timples, a Guide to Teguise in Lanzarote
Teguise is the prettiest town on Lanzarote and feels as though its maze of streets lined by whitewashed buildings hasn’t changed much in centuries. […]
Spain
Put on Your High Heels Honey, It’s Tenerife Carnival’s Drag Marathon
The Mascarita Ponte Tacón, known in English as the High Heels Drag Marathon, in Puerto de la Cruz has become one of the highlights of Tenerife’s carnival calender… […]
Lanzarote
Learn to Scuba Dive in the Canary Islands
There are at least two excellent reasons why learning to scuba dive in the Canary Islands in January is an attractive prospect… […]
Europe
Review of Rural Hotel Ibo Alfaro, La Gomera
Rural Hotel Ibo Alfaro is like the Dowager Countess of Hermigua; a genteel icon of a simpler, grander age who welcomes hikers into her ample and bejewelled bosom to soothe them with her surroundings, replenish them with her breakfasts and send them out into the world fully informed… […]