Zero-excess local hire firms, fuel at two-thirds of mainland prices, the roundabout rule nobody tells you, the new V-16 beacon law, and how to handle the Masca road like you have done it before.

What cherne actually is, why the ribs come with corn rather than pineapple, which mojo goes with what, the island’s five wine regions, and the layered coffee you will want every afternoon.

Sea level to 2,100 metres in one unbroken climb, the quietest road up the volcano, a granfondo with 4,600 metres of climbing, and carbon road bikes delivered to your door in Puerto de Santiago.

This town is built on a slope, and pretending otherwise helps nobody. What genuinely works at sea level, which beaches offer assisted bathing, and the taxis, scooters and boats that level the hills.

Paddle under 600-metre cliffs, hire a small boat with no licence (legal this summer, changing from October 2026) or let a skipper and a fishing captain do the work. Prices and rules as of July 2026.

While northern Europe scrapes ice, this coast runs 21–23 °C with whale boats sailing daily. Paperwork for EU and non-EU stays, fibre and remote-work practicalities, real living costs and the quirks of homes without heating.

For a few weeks from late January the valley twenty minutes above Los Gigantes turns pink and white against black lava. The blossom walks, the February campaign, and how to time it right.

A sea procession beneath the cliffs in July, carnival in late winter, almond blossom in February and wine-fuelled board-sledging in November. How the local fiestas work, and where to find each year’s dates.

Short-finned pilot whales live year-round in the channel off Los Gigantes. Which boat to pick from the marina, what a trip costs, when to go, and the rules that keep the whales wild.

Spain’s highest peak is an hour and ten minutes from your door by the emptiest of its four approach roads. Cable car prices, the €15 summit permit, free walks, stargazing and altitude advice.

Fifty minutes across the whale channel to a different island entirely: ancient laurel forest, a whistled language, Columbus’s last port. Plus how to do it in a day, ferries and timings included.

Real numbers for the sunny side of Tenerife: monthly temperatures and sea warmth, calima and winter swell explained plainly, Teide snow, almond blossom and the quiet-season bargains.