Earlier this year visitors to Los Cristianos were intrigued by what looked like railway sleepers being laid along the length of the promenade. Soon Tenerife-based internet forums began to debate what their purpose was and some mischievous workman fuelled speculation and had a bit of fun with tourists at the same time by telling people that they were the tracks for a small train.
By now we all know that they had nothing to do with a tourist train, but were merely the foundations for a chic new wooden walkway which …

Last weekend was what was known as a ‘puente’ in Tenerife. Literally meaning a bridge, it’s the name given to the extended holiday that most people take when the Monday is a public holiday and this one, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is a particularly popular one which heralds the start of the Christmas and New Year festivities.
All the fun of the fair in Puerto de la Cruz
In many towns across the island it’s the trigger for the switching on of Christmas lights and in Puerto de la Cruz …