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Climes and attractions on Tenerife

Saturday, September 1st, 2007
By the different climes Tenerife is like if it would be a small continent. Within a few minutes, anyway one comes from a climatic zone by car into the next one. So for example it can happen that you start from the Puerto de La Cruz in the north of the island with cloudy weather and you drive in direction to Bajamar or Tacoronte, only a few kilometers, and you will find sunshine there. The complete northeast of the island of Tenerife is formed by a rugged area. The massif rises steeply up from the Atlantic, which is forming the precipitous coast. The range of Anaga is abundantly covered with vegetation for the most part and sometimes veiled by clouds. Places you should visit are the botanic garden and the Loro Parque in Puerto de la Cruz, or ...

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Posted by Tom

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Anaga Mountains, Bajamar, La Laguna, La Orotava, Loro Parque, Masca, Puerto de la Cruz, Tacoronte, Teno

Buses staging a comeback

Friday, July 6th, 2007
Mindful of the need to get people out of their cars and on to public transport, the island authorities on Tenerife are looking to increase the frequency and coverage of the services. Just a few weeks after the launch of the new tram service that connects the island capital of Santa Cruz with the neighbouring town of La Laguna, the island bus operator, TITSA, has announced a raft of improvements to services in the north of the island. The frequency of services between the northern town of Icod de los Vinos and Santa Cruz (service 106) has been boosted by an additional eight journeys a day. Line 363, which runs from Puerto de la Cruz to Buenavista del Norte ...

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Posted by Ken

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, Buenavista del Norte, Buses, Environment, Icod de los Vinos, La Laguna, Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Shopping, Tourism, Transport

Joe Cocker has a date in La Laguna

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
British blues legend Joe Cocker has switched the venue of his Tenerife concert on July 10 to the Pabellon Santiago Martin in La Laguna. Sheffield-born Cocker, who will be 63 by the time of the concert, embarked on a mammoth Europe-wide tour this month that will see him play 34 venues in Spain, Greece, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, France, Ireland, England, Holland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Norway and Denmark in little over two months. He has two dates in the Canary Islands, in La Laguna on July 10 and Gran Canaria the following day. Now based in America, Cocker’s musical career goes back over 40 years to his first UK number one in November 1968, a cover version of the Beatles song With a Little Help from My Friends. He followed it up with Delta Lady but then hit the big time in the States ...

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Posted by Ken

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, La Laguna, Locations, Music

Full steam ahead for new tram system

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
The new tram system in the Tenerife capital of Santa Cruz will carry its first fare-paying passengers on June 2. The new light rail system, or Tranvia, as it is known on the island, has been ready to go into service for a week or two now but its inauguration was delayed because of local elections due to take place on May 27. Officially, the tram service's political masters did not want to be accused of taking advantage of the opening. The cynical among you are probably thinking that they might also have considered that voters might not be favourably disposed towards them if the service hit unforeseen snags during its early days of operation. Tramcars are already a familiar sight in the business centres of Santa Cruz and its near neighbour La Laguna, the two areas linked by the new service. The metro system ...

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Posted by Ken

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Trams, Transport

New tram system to relieve traffic congestion

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
A new light rail system, or tranvia as it is more generally known, goes into service on the island of Tenerife shortly. A 7.5-miles line will operate between the island capital of Santa Cruz and the neighbouring city of La Laguna. The metro system is designed to relieve congestion in the two cities, which, unless checked, will cause traffic gridlock in five years time. The route of the new service will mean that more than half of the 350,000 population of the two cities will have no more than a five-minute walk to their nearest tram stop. The overhead electricity power supply to the tramcars will be generated by ten specially-commissioned wind turbines, making it a totally zero-emission system. Initially, trams will run every five minutes, with a journey time of 37 minutes. Stops are situated every 500-600 metres and the ...

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Posted by Ken

Comments: Leave a Comment » Categories: All about Tenerife, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Trams, Transport

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