A championship boxing match will be held in the Recinto Ferial in Santa Cruz on Sunday, 31 March. The event is a national bantamweight championship bout between Tenerife’s Caco Barreto and Nano Santana from Gran Canaria. Three other professional and ten amateur bouts will take place in the evening. Tickets are available from enfusiontenerife.com and eventbrite.
Source Janet Anscombe: https://www.janetanscombe.com/news/national-bantamweight-title-fight-in-santa-cruz-31-march.html
Guía de Isora’s famous tapa route – Tapeando Isora
Guía de Isora has announced that the municipality’s annual wine and tapas route – Tapeando Isora – starts today, the tenth time the event has been held. It will run until 7 December, and as before, the ruta will be limited to Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. On...
La Laguna Noche en Blanco 2019
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Walk for life 2019
Preparations have already been long underway for this year’s Walk for Life, which will be held on Sunday 15 December. Last year, a record-breaking pink wave of 5,200 including the mayors of both Arona and Adeje took part, raising €35.500, and this event just keeps...
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Photo: Loro Parque. Loro Parque has released the following lovely video of Federica the loggerhead turtle who suffered spinal injuries from a ship’s propeller off the Italian coast earlier this year. The Parque says that Federica is now fully adapted to her new home...
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Last day for special price registration for runners in the Santa Cruz marathon 2019
Updated 31 August: Organizers have reminded prospective participants in the Santa Cruz marathon on 10 November that today is the final day for registration at the special prices. Runners will still be able to register after today but the price will increase. Just...
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Mary Poppins musical Supercalifragilistic in Los Cristianos next month
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Los Corazones de Tejina
Photo: Turismo Tenerife. In a similar vein to the Los Realejos fireworks in May, another Tenerife town has a competition between streets. During this month, three huge hearts – each one 12 metres tall and not far off the weight of a small car – will be the centrepiece...