Tenerife By Bus

Routes: 470 [Granadilla] to San Isidro, 111 [Santa Cruz], Tram to La Laguna. Return: Tram to Santa Cruz, 111 [Las Americas] to Las Chafiras, Taxi to Los Abrigos. On Good Friday 2012 I went to Adeje for the 'Passion Play' (see my blog and photo album) which has become an annual event. At the time I attempted to catch the bus up to La Laguna to see the contrasting formal processions held in the north of tBushe island but failed and remained in Adeje for the evening procession. As I have remained on the island I decided to go north this year to experience the more formal Easter traditions so this piece was to have been titled 'Good Friday in La Laguna' however on arrival in Santa Cruz I was made aware that the Iglesia De La Conception was open due to their own processions occurring that day. This gave me a unique opportunity to have a look around the interior and photograph some of the icons used in their procession before travelling on to La Laguna. Incidentally...

Bus Routes: 470 [Granadilla] to San Isidro, 111 [Santa Cruz] Return: 111 [Las Americas] to Las Chafiras, taxi to Los Abrigos Last year I wrote many blogs and took lots of photographs of the carnaval celebrations at Santa Cruz and, by contrast, various other locations on the island. Not wishing to repeat myself I concentrated on taking part in the various events of the main carnaval at Santa Cruz this year (2013) rather than being a spectator. My hosts Jose-Louis and Teresa gave me an incite into the spirit of 'Carnaval' and the various traditions surrounding the events therefore my photos are from the inside looking out rather than documenting the various events. We started on the Thursday before the first main carnaval procession touring the various shops which have given themselves over to costumes. This is a significant contribution as carnaval itself is the people taking to the streets to celebrate rather than the surrounding hype of carnaval queens and other or...

Santa Cruz Viernes 01: Event – Final de Murgas, Location – Recinto Ferial, Time – 20:30. Sábado 02: Comparsas, Recinto Ferial, 20:00. Domingo 03: Festival Coreográfico, Recinto Ferial, 17:00. Martes 05: Concierto de Los Fergolinos, Teatro Guimerá, 20:30. Miércoles 06: Reina del Carnival, Recinto Ferial, 21:30. (Election of the Carnival Queen) Jueves 07: Festival La Zarzuela, Teatro Guimerá, 20:30. Viernes 08: Cabalgata Anunciadora, Avda de Bélgica, 19:00. (Opening parade) Sábado 09: Ritmo y Armonía, Avda. Marítima, 20:00. (Rhythm & Harmony) Domingo10: Nifú-Nifá-Fregolinos, Plaza del Príncipe, 11:00 Carnaval de día. Martes 12: Nifú-Nifá-Fregolinos Coso apoteosis, Avda Anaga, 16:00. Miércoles 13: Entierro de la Sardina, 21:00. Jueves 14: Festival Rondallas, Teatro Guimerá, 20:30. Viernes 15: La Canción de la Risa, Teatro Guimerá, 21:00. Sábado 16: Carnaval de día, 13:00. Coso infantil, 18:00. Domingo 17: Nifú-Nifá La Zarzuela, Plaza de Principe, 11:00 Fin de Fiesta. ...

Bus Routes: 470 [Los Cristianos] to Golf del Sur. 115 [Santa Cruz]. Return: 111 [Los Cristianos, Las Americas] to Las Chafiras. Taxi to Los Abrigos [4.65€ after midnight]. The papers were full of the first visit to Tenerife by Cirque du Soleil who were performing at the Pabellón Santiago Martin, San Cristobal de la Laguna for a week. It looked exceedingly good so I decided to buy a ticket as I may not get the chance again. I was pleased when other folk from the village reported back that the show was amazing. I had booked the early performance to make travelling easier and was going with friends from Santa Cruz. The day before I was sitting haing a coffee in the 'Note de Caffe' when a lady asked if she could sit at my table as the others were full. We eventually got to chatting and it turned out that she was from Sweden, was only here for a week and had not really been anywhere though a friend had recommended she see la Laguna.

Bus Routes: 483 [Los Cristianos, Las Americas] to Los Cristianos, 480 [Arona]. Return: 480 [Los Cristianos], 483 [El Medano] to Los Abrigos After touring a wide variety of Romerías and Fiestas last year I debated with myself whether or not to continue recording them this year. The front page of the first issue of 'Island Connections' contained a full page spread about the first fiestas of the year and Arona was first on the list for the San Antonio Abad celebrations. If you look at last year's events I went to La Caleta later in the month, however, as I had never explored Arona, I thought I would have a trip there to record the first event of the year. It is an easy journey to make the buses run regularly from Los Cristianos and it is only a 20-30 minute journey. I was really pleased that I went as the procession is more a family affair as the town is not that big and it is easy to see as the plaza in the centre forms the focal point for the celebrations. There was a ...

Bus Route: 470 [Los Cristianos] to Las Chafiras, 111 [Santa Cruz]. Return: 111 [Los Cristianos, Las Americas] to San Isidro, 470 [Los Cristianos] to Los Abrigos. Having spent most of the season at Santa Cruz I decided to complete the festivities there with the Festividad de los Reyes Magos (Festival of the Three Kings) to see how it compared with the activities in Los Cristianos last year. The day (and public holiday unless it is a Sunday) of the 6 th is when children by tradition in Spain open their presents. The evening before (the 5 th ) sees the parade of the Three Kings on camels through various towns and villages so that children can give their wish lists to the 'Kings' much as we do with Santa Claus. In Santa Cruz the 'Three Kings' arrive by helicopter at the main football stadium where a show is put on for the benefit of the spectators. I was going to try and get to the stadium but things went slightly awry with my travel plans and I missed that bit...

Bus Routes: 470 [Granadilla] to El Medano. 116 [Santa Cruz] to Estacion. Return: 111 [Los Cristianos, Las Americas] to San Isidro. 470 [Los Cristianos] to Las Abrigo. A spectacular natural light show in the sky started the New Year's Eve 2013 celebrations as I left my apartment for Santa Cruz. I caught the 470 intending to catch the 111 at San Isidro but managed to dash across the road in El Medano to hop onto the 116 direct to Santa Cruz so no waiting.  I had been invited for dinner with my landlord and his family who have now become good friends and was due to arrive around 20:00 hrs.  The quick connection gave me time to wander around the immediate area of their apartment and take some photographs of the street decorations and the Nativity scene in the Plaza de Candelaria.