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Time to snap up the bargains

Thursday, July 5th, 2007
‘Rebajas’ signs went up all over the island of Tenerife this week heralding the start of the annual summer sales. Early reports indicate a wide range of discounts available in the stores of the island capital of Santa Cruz, with some stores offering just 20 per cent off, while others have bitten the bullet and gone straight in, cutting prices by as much as 50 per cent. But seasoned Canarian shoppers won’t be taken in by these headline offers. They know that the sales will continue until the end of August and if they keep their powder dry – and their purses clamped firmly shut – that the bargains will become even more tempting in a few weeks time. It’s an annual game, one the Canarians love to play. It requires nerves of steel, an icy determination and, most important of all, the instinct and ...

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Market to scale new heights for highest town

Friday, April 13th, 2007
The highest town in Tenerife gets a new agricultural market this summer, set in the town square of Vilaflor. At over 4,500ft above sea level, Vilaflor is also Spain´s highest town. Inevitably, the new market will also become the country's highest. Vilaflor may be remote but it sits astride the well-trodden tourist route leading from the busy resorts of the south to the island’s crowning glory, Mount Teide. The new market will start with eight permanent stalls, where tourists and islanders will be able to buy locally grown and produced almonds, cheeses, local cakes and wines as well as examples of the town’s traditional lacework, known as ‘rosetas’. Initially, the market will be open at weekends only, though a definite starting date has still to be decided on.

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