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Tenerife Carnival Queen election gala ends in tragedy

Carnival Queen gala Saida Prieto Tenerife 2013

Saida Maria Prieto, the 25 year old candidate who aspired to become Tenerifes 2013 Canrival Queen is to be moved to the Burns unit of the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Seville suffering from first and second degree burns to 40% of her body after fireworks attached to another persons dress went seriously wrong at [...]

Body found after man jumps from Gran Canaria – Tenerife ferry

Man Jumps from Volcan de Timanfaya ferry Tenerife Gran Canaria

The emergency services have recovered the body of the man who disappeared last night (Tuesday, 5th February 2013) after falling into the sea from the ferry ‘Volcán de Timanfaya’, owned by Naviera Armas, which was covering a route between Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The body was spotted this morning [...]

Tenerife celebrates 2012 tourism figures

Tourism Tenerife 2012

Tenerife closed 2012 with nearly five million tourists visiting the island (4,903,497 to be precise) which, although lower than the previous year of 2011, reflecting a positive trend for the island, given the unfavorable economic situation and the extraordinary growth that the island registered during 2011. For the Minister of Tourism, Carlos Alonso, 2012 has [...]

Five Canarian hotels in Spains Top 25 on Trip Advisor awards

Hotel Botanico Puerto de la Cruz Tenerife

According to Trip Advisors yearly ‘Travellers Choice’ awards, there are five Canarian hotels in the Top 25 hotels in Spain. The ‘Best Hotel in Spain’ award went to Vincci Selección Aleysa in Benalmádena (Málaga). The first hotel from the Canary Islands to make the list is the Hotel Botanico in Puerto de La Cruz (Tenerife), [...]

Body of missing British citizen found on Tenerife

Peter Hentley - Missing British person on Tenerife

A body has been found on 31st December 2012 which is believed to be that of a British tourist who went missing on the 6th December 2012. The body was discovered on New Years Eve on a cliff in Los Realejos, specifically between the beach of Los Roques and the Rambla de Castro, according information [...]

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