The resort of Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife is about to receive an over 11million euro cash injection to its tourism industry, according to recent reports.
The announcement revealed that the money will be spent on various projects in the resort town, including a general repair and remodelling of buildings and pavements.
The La Paz district will also get a get a complete revamp and Martianez beach will be renovated to improve the coastal area. (more...)

As headlines blaze claiming that millions of travellers will see their spending money squeezed this summer as the pound slumped to an all-time low against the euro, new research by the Post Office in the UK reveals that Spain is the cheapest country in the Eurozone.
Summer holidays should be a time to relax, feel the sun and leave all those everyday worries at home. Yet this year travellers are warned to be prepared for a little black cloud to cast a shadow over the great escape to the sun.
More Britons take their holidays on the Continent than anywhere else due to short journey times and relatively cheap living costs, but in many European countries, sun seekers could be faced with an increase in their spending budgets by 10 per cent. (more...)

The weak pound is expected to hit UK holidaymakers this summer The pound has reached a new all-time low against the euro.

The sterling pound went as low as 1.2500 euros, conversely the European single currency touched as high as 80 pence.

Reports say British holidaymakers are likely to notice the pound's weakness when they go on their 2008 summer holidays to eurozone nations such as Spain, France and Portugal.

(taken from OasisFM.com)

Correos, the Spanish Postal operator, has released a new set of stamps. Each depicts notable examples of Spanish architecture.

The six stamps cover the Palace of Longoria and Torrespaña (Madrid), Vicens House, Tower of Communications of Montjuïc) and Agbar Tower (Barcelona) and Audience of Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife) and each stamp has a value of 0.31 euros. (more...)

Christoph Keissling, General Manager of Siam Park, spoke to Tenerife News recently and announced that the opening date for the mega theme park is set to be May the 1st, 2008.

Everything is in place, and the final checks are ready to be carried out.

More information can be found here, at Tenerife news.

If you are considering buying a holiday home, you may be surprised that prices for apartments and villas on Spain's Canary Islands are looking good for investors in the coming year.

The latest statistics show that prices on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria have never been more appealing for those seeking a permanent home or just a home away from home. Can you imagine living in a lush tropical paradise, permanently, with a price tag that is within reach? (more...)

More than two million Britons are heading overseas for Easter and Tenerife is the outright favourite destination. Also popular with the British, for the early Easter break, according to Abta, are Egypt, Morocco and Florida.And because Easter is so early, the skiing season is still in full swing, so France, Austria and Switzerland are also popular destinations.

For those looking for a weekend getaway, city breaks to Paris Amsterdam, Barcelona and Rome top the list.

Around 450,000 passengers will be leaving from Heathrow airport this weekend making it the busiest airport in Britain, followed by Gatwick with 260,000 and Stansted with 170,000. (more...)

You’d think that after 4½ years of traversing this island from coast to peak that I’d have pretty much seen it all by now. After all, it’s hardly Australia size. And in terms of driving around the island, that’s probably true.

But when it comes to exploring on foot, there are still multitudinous places I have yet to discover and if I continue to use walking maps and guides produced by staff working in the local tourism office of a municipality who have clearly never walked further than the distance from their car to the office, it may at best be many years before I can truly say I’ve walked Tenerife. At worst, I may not survive to ever make that statement.

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