As the tourism trade grapples with the credit crunch, there’s good news from the annual ABTA conference in Gran Canaria. An extensive survey conducted for the Association of British Travel Agents, shows that a towering 83 % pf people think it is important that their holiday should not damage the environment.
Speaking at the Maspalomas conference [...]
All year round you can find art and craft shows in Tenerife, outlets to showcase and sell the traditional wares of rural life, but for three days Pinolere in the northern La Orotava valley is the biggest show on the island.
From September 5 to 7 some 128 exhibitors will converge on the small village to [...]
Think of the Canary islands, and you think of the sea, long golden beaches and harsh volcanic landscapes, but there is a much greener and lusher side to all the 7 islands. The woodlands are inland and at higher levels, but well worth seeking out for the diverse natural wonders they can offer.
For a taste [...]
It’s been another great festival of the seas, but Aguaviva came to a close today with the releasing of turtles, recently recovered from injury, into the sea at Los Cristianos. Many will remember the event for the high profile music concerts, but it was appropriate to finish up on the beach at the waters edge [...]
Aguaviva festival of the seas is loud and proud, and music plays a big part in the celebrations. Several concerts were arranged in Tenerife and Gran Canaria this year but one of the most impressive was the performance of Fiction Plane at the Plaza del Conquistador on Saturday evening, just a short run and dive [...]
The waiting is over and the Aguaviva festival of the seas, is back, bigger and bolder than ever. The big music concerts will grab all the headlines, but there are a lot of other events going on all through June to educate, and promote awareness of the problems facing the sea, particularly, the Atlantic that [...]
Living in the Canary Islands it’s hard to ignore the volcanic history around us but how much do we really know about how the islands were formed. During the month of June, people in La Palma can increase their knowledge by visiting an exhibition called “Canaries - volcanoes in the sea”.
The venue is the Rafael [...]
Saturday May 17 is the World Day of Recycling, so what an appropriate time for volunteers in Arona to start this summers programme of beach cleaning. Arona council have chosen Palm Mar as the venue for the first of 2 days of efforts to remove rubbish from the beachfronts firstly in Palm Mar and on [...]
Now established as a regular event on the Tenerife music calender, Eoilca 2008 has spread to a two day festival of music to promote renewable energy, on July 4 and 5. This year will be bigger than ever with 4 stages at the ITER site on Granadilla Industrial Estate, just north of the airport.
There is [...]
Don’t think of everything as rubbish, as the advert says, recycling, the possibilites are endless. This will be shown in a creative way at the MIAC - the International Museum of Contemporary Art in Arrecife, Lanzarote.
This year’s big competition is for renewable art, with entries being made from discarded items given a new purpose. The [...]
