Great holiday well worth the money, lovely hotel in fab part of tenerife. So close to the sea. Food ok could have more choice of english food but nice for a change. Rooms lovley comfortable and cleaned everyday, air conditioning which could be better. Overall really good time and would go back,...

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Fantastic apartments, very clean & spacious rooms no A/C though but it didn't bother us that much. the food was great, full english breakfast & you can choose wether you want lunch or dinner. The pool area is very clean & theres plenty of beds,more than enough to go around. the only gripe I...

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Oasis Mango Apartments, Los Cristianos, Tenerife

Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, envisages huge greenhouses with concentrated solar power (CSP), a technology that uses mirrors to focus the sun's rays, creating steam to drive turb

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we stayed at the bahia flamingo in july & because it was a late booking we did't know what to expect especially when we read some of the reviews(some good,some bad)but i have to say it was a lovely hotel with lovely staff.the food was not bad but sometimes a bit cold( depending on which hot plate it...

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‘The Sahara Forest’ project is an ambitious proposal to turn areas of the dry arid desert into real-life oases. A team of architects and engineers are aiming to combine huge seawater greenhouses with solar power plants in the desert to provide food, fresh water and clean energy. They will use mirrors to focus the sun’s rays and generate heat and electricity, and eradicate the need to dig for fresh water creating lush areas of vegetation. The vast majority of plants cannot grow in the desert d

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Hi All, Over the past couple of weeks I have been hassled by a number of people to update the blog – leave me alone will you – I am an old retiree with a full agenda – would you hassle your Nonna if she hadn’t written in a couple of weeks?? Anyway enough bitchin’ – Karen and I are back on Lanzarote in the Canaries staying at the Marina Rubicon – which I would have to say without a doubt is the nicest marina we have stayed at and despite what people have continued to tell us it is a reasonable

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This is a very basic but clean hotel,the food was good[fairly basic]but nice and plentiful,the staff very hard working but not over friendly.The entertainment was very poor and certainly the kids clubs were practically none existant.The lido near to the hotel is lovely although a little cold,but...

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Fiesta Paraiso Floral Hotel, Playa Paraiso, Tenerife