El Medano, on the south coast of Tenerife, is bidding to host the International World Kite-Surf event this year between the 9th and the 15th August 2010. This plan was announced in Madrid in this years FITUR fair where the municipality of Granadilla aims to attract tourism interesting in aquatic sports.
Archive for January, 2010
Murgas Contest in Puerto de La Cruz, Tenerife
Posted by Canaries News on January 28th, 2010
Puerto de la Cruz in Tenerife warms up for the festivities of the forthcoming Carnival with the Contest of Murgas del Norte (Carnival’s clowns choir). 14 murgas and 7 groups for children will participate in this year’s competition. This is going to be the eighteenth edition and the first one to include a children murgas [...]
Tenerife sales down 35.1% in 2009
Posted by Canaries News on January 28th, 2010
Fedeco, Tenerife’s commerce federation, in conjunction with 262 small and medium sized businesses, have come up with figures stating that sales in Tenerife fell by over 35% in 2009 when compared with similar figures in 2008 (which was already down o nthe previous years figures). The figures are slightly higher for the south of the [...]
Los Gigantes beach security is mayors responsibility
Posted by Canaries News on January 27th, 2010
Last Thursday in the Arona court, the mayor of Santiago del Teide, Juan Damian Gorrin confirmed that the Los Gigantes (Los Guios) beach’s security is the town hall, and ultimately as mayor, his responsibility. When asked in court whether he believed that this was the case he said yes. He went on to say that [...]
Posted in Canaries, Tenerife 
Tags: beach, los gigantes, rock slide, santiago del teide, Tenerife 
1 Comment »Las Palmas de Gran Canaria carnival starts
Posted by Canaries News on January 26th, 2010
The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria carnival starts today with the 1st round of the Murgas contest at the Parque Santa Catalina and finishes on the 19th February with the traditional burial of the sardine. The Carnival Queen gala is on the 5th February. Take a look at the carnival program here http://www.laspalmascarnaval.net/PROGRAMA.pdf
Posted in Canaries, Events, Gran Canaria Tags: carnival, carnival queen, las palmas de gran canaria 2 Comments »
