Expats who swapped Britain for the Canary Islands have revealed what it’s really like to live in Spain’s hotspots. Thousands of locals are protesting in the Canary Islands against what they say is overtourism. They claim they are being priced out of life because ‘unsustainable’ tourism drives up the cost of living and damages the … Read more
Tenerife has raised the bar in the culinary field – Reinhard Schmid/4Corners Images As a resident of the Canary Islands, I can proudly say that times are changing on the island of eternal spring. What was once a holiday destination with all-English vending machines and cheap chips is growing into a place for more refined … Read more
Ben Ross enjoying a walk on La Gomera – Ben Ross It is a cliché that Tenerife is all about mass tourism, with all the cultural complications that entails. Certainly the high-rise resorts of Los Cristianos and Playa de las Américas on the south coast attract us by the planeload (2.3 million British tourists arrived … Read more