Besides the main carnival in Puerto de la Cruz, the city also hosts another big event which marks the end of summer with a big series of celebrations and it's known as Tenerife Summer Carnival.
Planning your upcoming trip to Tenerife and wondering how much spending money you will need? In this article, we will try to show you and give you some examples of how much things cost in Tenerife and what travel budget you need as a holidaymaker in order to visit this popular Canary Island.
A DANA (Isolated Depression at High Levels) is heading to the Canary Islands, so showers are expected on Thursday in the archipelago.
Los Gigantes usually celebrates its carnival later than other municipalities in Tenerife. One can usually calculate the dates for the carnival in Los Gigantes by looking at the schedule for the main carnival in Santa Cruz.
Are you visiting Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote during the carnival season? If so, then be sure not to miss the carnival which is a beautiful way to experience the local culture and have a bit of fun while you're on holiday in Lanzarote.
Looking for the dates for the 2025 carnival celebrated in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife? The highlight of the carnival is the Men's Marathon in High Heels, also known as Mascarita Ponte Tacon - it is a funny event, unique to the celebration in Puerto de la Cruz.
Gran Canaria is well known as a great place for partying, so during the Carnival season, the island is full of music, energy, and color. Everyone is invited to take part in the festivities and enjoy the free spirit of Gran Canaria!
The carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the largest event of this kind happening in the Canary Islands and in Spain as well. It is actually the second largest carnival in the world and it is considered by many the best carnival, with the best atmosphere and friendly street parties.
If you're traveling to Tenerife in March, don't miss celebrating St. Patrick's day in the south of the island, where there are lots of Irish bars that do big celebrations on that day.
St. Patrick's Day is usually celebrated in Fuerteventura, especially in the north, in Corralejo, where there is a large community of Irish residents. All of the Irish pubs in Corralejo participate in the celebration of St. Patrick's day with live music, Irish stew and of course lots of Irish beer.
The council of Tias, where Puerto del Carmen is located, usually organizes a celebration for St. Patrick's Day in Puerto del Carmen every year and it's a great event that draws a lot of crowds. The resort has celebrated this day every year and everything is organized with the help of the Irish community in Lanzarote.
March is a great month to visit Gran Canaria if you are looking to escape the cold back home since most of Europe is still fighting low temperatures at this time of year. And if you're from Ireland and you're regretting the fact that you'll miss the St. Patrick's Day celebration back home, then worry no more, since there are plenty of Irish bars in Gran Canaria and you'll be spoiled for choice.
Aemet announced for this Saturday clear skies with cloudy intervals, during the early hours and end of the day, with probable calima in the afternoon in the eastern islands and moderately rising temperatures that may exceed 30ºC in Lanzarote and Fuerteventura.
The carnival in Maspalomas is usually celebrated three weekends before Easter that year, which would mean that the main carnival weekend in 2024 would be between 15 and 17 March 2024.
RIU Hotels & Resorts, the hotel chain that manages the Oliva Beach Resort hotel in Corralejo (Fuerteventura), has announced that it will resort to “all legal means” to avoid the demolition of their hotel, as ordered by the Ministry of Ecological Transition last Tuesday.
Out of all the carnivals in Fuerteventura, the carnival in Corralejo is probably the most expected one of all.
Ryanair announced this week the opening of eight new routes from Tenerife South airport for the summer season that will connect the island with new destinations in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Hungary.
One man has drowned in Costa Calma and another one had to be hospitalized in an event that occurred on Wednesday afternoon on a beach in the south of Fuerteventura.
Besides the main carnival in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the island's municipalities each celebrate their carnivals, so learn more about the carnival in Guimar, one of the lesser-known towns in Tenerife.
We don't know the dates yet for the carnival in El Medano in 2024, but we will update this article as soon as they are announced, as well as the theme for the edition in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona.