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fifa Trophy

Sarah Shields

Murder appeal

Cup fever At the instigation of the Spanish Football Federation, RFEF, the Cup is visiting all the national territories and Tenerife is the first stop outside Madrid. It was in the CajaCanarias Salón de Actos until August 30 when it travelled to La Palma to be displayed in the offices of the Cabildo. On the 31st it returns to Tenerife to be on display between 10am and 8pm at the Cabildo offices for two days. August 2nd it travels to La Gomera to be on show at the Cabildo offices, returning to Tenerife on the 3rd where it will be on public display between 10am to 1pm and 5pm to 8pm at the Federación Tinerfeña de Futbol. The following day the cup travels to El Hierro where once again it will be on show at the Cabildo offices and the last chance to see it in Tenerife will be on the 5th

uffolk Police are appealing for British holidaymakers who stayed at the Balito Beach Apartments near Puerto Rico in Gran Canaria between Monday 28th June and Sunday 11th July to come forward.

when it returns to Tenerife to the Federación offices between 10am and 8pm. Residents and visitors to the province of Las Palmas will get their chance to see the 18 Carat gold trophy in September. The media presentation of the trophy was made by CajaCanarias president, Álvaro Arvelo, Santa Cruz mayor, Miguel Zerolo, Canarian Minister for Sport, Milagros Luís Brito, Island councillor for sport, Dámaso Arteaga and president of the Tenerife football federation and Vice President of the RFEF, Juan Padrón Morales. It seems probable that it was Juan Padrón, captain of the first Tenerife side to win promotion to the Spanish first division in 1961-2, who influenced the choice of the first stopover for the cup. He thanked the CajaCanarias for their continuous commitment to the sport and the federations and affirmed that the cup was doing the rounds to acknowledge that the Cup’s success didn’t just belong to the players and technicians, but to everybody in the country who dedicated their time to sport and football in general at all levels.

Summer Special

Concert

Nightlife Simply Red

Bars and clubs,theatres and shows, star gazing… Centre Pages

Mick Hucknall’s voice is as magical as ever Page 42

The appeal has been made in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of 23-year-old Sarah Shields, who was reported missing by her family when she failed to return from a two-week holiday. The decomposed body of a young woman discovered in the sea on 7th July has since been formally identified as Sarah Shields. Sarah was staying in the Balito Beach Apartments, located on the south west of the island, during her holiday. Police are appealing for anyone who stayed at the apartments at anytime during the twoweek period to get in touch immediately and help them retrace her movements and those of her boyfriend, 36-year-old Christopher Chittock from Ipswich, who was arrested on 13th July on his return Continued on page 3

Tenerife’s English farrier

David Capper

Have anvil, will travel – special feature Page 6-7

A hero’s welcome pedrito

Pedro is welcomed back to Tenerife

Page 55

ard bitten hacks, business leaders and members of the security forces and institutions queued up recently for a picture with a special visitor to Tenerife – the FIFA World Cup Trophy.

By Karl McLaughlin

Pages 21-36

Guide

Pages 8-9

The Sports Megastore 8.000m2

Motorway Santa Cruz La Laguna, Exit “Las Chumberas”. La Laguna, Tenerife. Tel: 922 62 79 00, Fax: 922 82 11 07

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rguably Spain’s most famous judge, Baltasar Garzón, was the invited speaker at the inauguration of the Adeje Summer School on Saturday July 17th in the town’s cultural centre.

Garzón is known internationally for his pursuit of drug criminals, ETA terrorists and, of course, the issuing of an international arrest warrant in October 1998 for Chilean dictator Pinochet on suspicion of the torture and death of Spanish citizens. However his general popularity abroad is tempered somewhat in Spain, with politics and justice sometimes unhappy bedfellows. Here in Spain he has more recently been in trouble for his pursuit of ‘crimes against humanity’ during the Franco years, and a corruption allegation involving the Banco Santander. Suspended from duty in Spain, he is currently working at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, though has stated publicly that he hopes to return to his national judicial work as soon as he can. Garzón opened his address stating that he had been invited to speak a year ago (before his current ‘difficulties’ arose), and as the topic of the summer school hadn’t been finalised his topic was Universal Justice, however

Baltasar Garzón addresses the inauguration of the Adeje summer school

In defence of the vulnerable

Adeje Universidad de Verano

within that the relevance of justice and the protection of the environment on a global scale was drawn and developed. He focused on the rights awarded to all in the 1948 Declaration of Human Rights and how they have been undermined. He said it was vital that the rights and needs of victims remain the central focus of international justice. Rights can be examined on a number of levels, the right to life, liberty work, fair play, the right to live equally and the right to a clean sustainable environment, with thriving ecosystems. All species have a right to life, he stressed, and referred to the fight against climatic change, and how environmental exploitation directly affected small groups of indigenous peoples all over the world. “The rape of natural resources is directly related to the abuse of human rights”, he said adding that at the core of most massacres and genocides was the exploitation of

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natural resources, for a variety of reasons, be it drugs, land or minerals. He referred to the immediate effects on the rights of people in these instances when justice is seen to allow these things to happen or not. One very visible reference for many here would of course be the huge number of economic refugees from African countries seeking to assert their rights to a standard of living by coming to Spain and other European countries from many exploited African nations… Garzón developed the theme further with reference to Tibet and the violation of the human rights of the indigenous population by China, who are still working to eradicate what remains of Tibetan culture, actions which have not been sufficiently condemned due, he postulated, to economic concerns. “Spain, unfortunately, have joined the list of countries who are saying nothing in defence of the vulnerable”. Just back from a trip to

Argentina Garzón talked of the fact that this country is now processing over 600 cases against those held re-

sponsible for massive repressions and abuses during the dictatorship, “and the society hasn’t fallen apart”, no doubt a not so thinly veiled reference to the fact that he his crusade against those guilty of humanitarian crimes during the Franco years has been halted, given that there was an across-theboard agreement, the ‘pacto de olvido’ (the pact to forget) passed in 1977 which granted a general amnesty to all those involved in atrocities during the regime. The judge also made mention of changes in the Spanish law made, “with no debate”, which restrict the powers previously held by investigating judges in this country to pursue human rights abusers at an international level. “The 4th of November 2009 was not a good date for universal justice”, he said, referring to the day the law in question was reformed. Looking remarkably relaxed for a man who has been at the centre of more than one judicial storm in recent times, Garzón’s address was warmly received with lengthy applause from almost all present. The opening of the summer school, now in its 18th year, was also attended by the Adeje mayor and councillors, regional education minister Milagros Brito, the rector of the University of La Laguna, Eduardo Doménech and members of the Canarian judiciary.

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Sarah Shields

Murder appeal

to England on suspicion of murder and perverting the course of justice. Police in the Canaries are anxious to gain as much information on the couple’s stay in Gran Canaria with a view to issuing an arrest warrant for Mr Chittock. The senior office leading the investigation in the UK, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Guy said, ”we are aware these apartments are particularly popular with British holidaymakers and we are keen to do all we can to support Spanish authorities investigating the murder of Sarah Shields.” Contact DCI Andy Guy of the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Major Investigation Team on 01473 613500 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 11.

la laguna Celebrations

513th anniversary

Tenerife’s former capital La Laguna celebrated the 513th anniversary of its founding by Spanish conquistadors on July 27th.

a Laguna was the first major settlement established in Tenerife by the Spaniards under Alonso Fernández de Lugo in 1497 after his forces defeated the island’s natives. The anniversary was being marked by a procession through the old part of the city, a World Heritage Site, at 8pm and a concert in the Teatro Leal one hour later.

Finance

No cuts

The Spanish Minister for Development, José Blanco, has confirmed that the infrastructure budget for the Canaries will not be cut despite countrywide restrictions due to the financial crisis.

hether the support is in recognition of a very real need in the area or as a political payoff for support given, they are welcome words indeed. The Canaries is the only regional government which has not been affected by nationwide cuts, with Catalonia, Cantabria, Aragón and Castilla y León facing the largest reductions. A total of 17 projects have been suspended in these four communities out of a total of 32 suspensions across the country.

Taganana

Foreigner’s was suicide’

A young foreign woman who was found dead at the end of July in a rural cottage in the Taganana area on Tenerife’s northern tip may have taken her own life, according to local reports

he body of the unnamed woman was discovered by the owners of the accommodation one lunch time. Police say there were no signs of violence on the premises and a note found at the scene would appear to point to suicide as the cause of death, which sources say took place several days previously. The discovery has shocked locals in Taganana, which has been in the news lately as the new landing spot for drug-traffickers crossing from Morocco.

Regional stability

Support guaranteed

he president of the Canary Islands’ regional government Paulino Rivero has stated unequivocally that as far has his party are concerned the current government pact will last “until the final second of the present term”.

He made the statement following some disquiet, saying that “citizens (voters) want work and stability”, warning those who would look to upset the current coalition between his party, the Coalición Canaria and the Partido Popular that he “would maintain this government until the end of the current term because this government is working reasonably well”. However this hasn’t stopped some public mud slinging between the current incumbent and his vice president, and regional leader of the PP, José Manuel Soria, who will be his rival for the presidency in the next election, whenever that is held. Most recently the cur-

Regional president Paulino Rivero has assured the government will see out the term

rent president, during an interview on Canarian radio, spoke of “a move to emphasis less state and more weight to the individual…if that can be interpreted as meaning the encouragement of an increased participation in society through instruments such as the Citizen Participation law which we have here, great, but if it is really promoting less state involvement in favour of a jungle where only the strong survive, then we are talking about

Tenesor Semidán

Gran Canaria reclaim king

The last king of Gran Canaria may soon be on his way home.

he mortal remains of Tenesor Semidán, better known as Fernando de Guanarteme, the last king of Gran Canaria who assisted the Spanish in conquering Tenerife, supposedly lie in the tiny hermitage of San Cristobál in the Avenida Calvo Sotelo in La Laguna. Proposals to return the king to his native island are far advanced and steps taken include obtaining the opinion of the Vatican as to where his bones should lie. The most important step is to prove that the remains are in fact those of the king who has been named saviour and traitor by historians who seem unable to agree on the role he played in Canarian history. Legal measures are currently underway to disinter the body so that the appropriate tests may be made

an unbalanced society where those who have the least suffer the costs of the (current) crisis most” and added that it was important to continue to protect the availability of es-

sential state services. However despite what are perhaps ideological differences, both men in question continue to underline the stability of their governing pact.

Toros

Barcelona bans bullfighting

n July 28th the Catalan parliament took an historic step in voting to ban bullfighting – the first region in - mainland Spain to do so. The vote was 68 in favour of the ban, 55 against and nine abstentions.

Bullfighting was banned in the Canary Islands in 1991 under the Protection of Animals law, which prohibited “the use of animals in fights, fiestas, events or other activities which leads to their abuse, cruel treatment and suffering”, in effect ending bull fights and dog fights (though excluding the practise of cock fighting which survives to this day in certain areas of the Canarias). After the vote in Catalonia, which reached parliament as a result of a petition signed by over 180,000 against the practise, the regional president José Montilla, called for a ‘moderate’ response nationally, adding that he hoped this wouldn’t be turned into another issue that divided Catalonia and the rest of Spain.

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A pinch of Sall

Rita puts her foot in it

anarian tourism minister Rita Martín’s string of public gaffes continued into the summer with one of her most embarrassing slip-ups yet.

The much-maligned government member, whose attempt to give a speech in English at the Lanzarote Iron Man Challenge a couple of years ago became a You Tube hit, was in Gran Canaria for a ceremony to announce details of a grant of 1.8 million euros to restore the estate of one of Telde’s most noble families, the Sall family, whose 17th century mansion is to be renovated and equipped with a visitors’ centre. However, even though

her department is funding the project, the minister appeared not to know very much about it and in her speech talked at length about the importance of “gastronomic tourism” and the traditional role of salt (‘sal’, in Spanish) in the local economy. The remarks caused sniggers in the audience but Martín carried on unawares and only discovered her gaffe afterwards when a local councillor took her aside to explain that Sall House was not Salt House. The incident has prompted several local papers to renew calls for the government to appoint a more eloquent face for Canarian tourism.

Rita during her error-strewn visit to the Sall family house

Thallium death

Slip-up leads to ‘killer nurse’ arrest

A male nurse charged with poisoning his wife may have escaped the attention of the police had it not been for the suspicions of a relative.

he 32-year-old man was arrested a few days after his wife, also a nurse, died apparently from natural causes in Las Palmas. A cousin contacted police to report that he had seen him throw away small boxes of thallium, a radioactive substance used in medical scans. “We were at Alcampo shopping just two days after Laura’s death and I noticed him discreetly dropping the boxes under a parked car. He said they were packs of

premises, an old house. Moya council did not see fit to designate the area as industrial so we are prevented from expanding here under local regulations” explained the cake-maker’s manager Salvador Ramos, who is angry at the enforced move. Given the rivalry between the two towns, news of the proposed move has triggered a furious reaction from Moya locals, who have launched a ‘save our cakes’ campaign to pressure the local authorities into finding a solution to the problem. chewing gum but I retrieved them later and when I saw what they really were I took them to the police” said the relative.

more detailed autopsy confirmed that the highly toxic substance, which can only be obtained in hospitals, was present in the deceased’s blood and organs. Police say the woman was poisoned over a long period of time using small doses of thallium.

Prostitution ring

Wanted Romanian arrested

A Romanian wanted in his home country for forcing dozens of his countrywomen into what police have described as ‘prostitution slavery’ has been extradited following his arrest at Gran Canaria airport.

he 30-year-old was stopped as he disem-

Tenerife train service The agreement covers the costs of drawing up the project, the environmental impact study and compulsory purchase of property along both routes from Santa Cruz to Adeje with the extension to Fonsalia and from the capital to Los Realejos. The agreement reached follows an all party motion passed in the island council in April urging the Spanish Government to include the train lines in their plans.

Moya fury at cake move

News from the Tenerife Cabildo

The island council has come to an agreement with central government for financing of €10 million for the new northern and southern train lines.

Crumbs!

he town of Moya in Gran Canaria is preparing to mobilise to prevent the loss of one of its most famous symbols. Moya is famous throughout the Canaries for its delicious sponge cakes, which have been produced in the town for years, but the company that makes them has announced it is moving shortly to nearby Guía due to a planning oversight. “We need more storage space to comply with EU regulations and cannot continue in our present

CabildoNews

Moya cake on the move

barked a flight from Dublin and although he had no outstanding warrants for Spain he was held under an international arrest warrant and quickly sent to Madrid, where the National Criminal Court expedited his return to Bucharest.

olice in Gran Canaria said he was part of a ring that duped young women and teenage girls into moving to various European countries to take up well-paid jobs only to find they were treated as slaves and obliged to work as prostitutes in clubs controlled by the ring. He had evaded capture since 2009.

Thefts

GPS snares car thieves

A garage in Las Palmas which ordered cars to be stolen to obtain expensive parts for its customers has been closed down

after being caught in the act thanks to GPS technology.

he investigation began after a spate of thefts of top of the range cars from the same area in the city. Witness reports of a tow-truck in the streets concerned late on the nights the vehicles disappeared led police to focus on the activities of the garage, which is said to have contacted the owners of cars involved in collisions to offer to carry out the repairs cheaply. If the offer was accepted, a similar model of car was stolen to provide the parts needed for the job.

hree men were arrested at the garage after GPS was used to locate one brand new model stolen from the city centre. Police raided the garage and found the car, still intact, and another stolen vehicle which had been broken up for parts.

Lan Party

Tenerife’s Lan Party is the biggest and the best new technology festival in the Canaries.

The fifth edition of the geeks’ favourite online fest drew over 1,000 participants to the six day party in the Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos. At the presentation island councillor, Victor Pérez Borrego, proudly announced the record numbers and affirmed that the Tenerife Lan party together with Valencia and Euskadi is one of the three most important such festivals among the over 200 that are celebrated in the whole of Spain. Last year it was also voted as the most popular by the festival going public. Borrego asserted that the TFP had grown, “not just in size but in quality” referring to the organisers’ aim of offering an increasing number of workshops, courses and conferences for the participants, visitors and businesses. Of the 1,024 people who signed up, 713 were from Tenerife, 236 from the other islands, 68 from the Spanish peninsula and seven from other countries.

More UK tourists

UK holiday web lowcostholidays.com has reported a 300 per cent increase in bookings for the island this summer.

Lowcostholiday.com believe that this means that the island is becoming increasingly accepted as an all year round destination for British travellers. José Manuel Bermúdez, the island’s tourism councillor underlined the importance of this latest report, “which demonstrates that our holiday offer is very competitive and that the Canaries in general and Tenerife in particular stand up extraordinarily well against competing destinations”.

Northern hospital access

The access to the hospital and social health centre in Icod de los Vinos will be finished in the autumn.

During a recent visit to the site Ofelia Manjón Cabeza, the island councillor for roads, confirmed that the work was going ahead at a good pace and were expected to be finished during September. The first layer of tarmac has been laid which means that the equipment for the centres can now begin to be transferred and installed. Manjón and local mayor, Diego Afonso, inspected the final solution for the intersection of the access road with the TF5. The intersection, which will be completely lit along its length and fully landscaped, is set to cost the island council €4 million but it has the advantage of avoiding all local roads and thus allowing the life of the neighbourhood to continue unhindered.

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Garachico

Double celebrations Intellectual connections

Dr Karl

Congratulations to our correspondent,Karl McLaughlin, who was recently awarded his PdD from Bradford University. Karl is pictured here with his wife Begoña, and youngest daughter Sarah

Main events: July 30: 10pm

Glorieta de San Francisco, Spanish musical Al Emigrante with Chago Melián Nauset, Mariví Cabo, José Manuel Ramos and the timple placer Benito Cabrera.

July 31: 10pm

Procession with floats and local bands ending with a street party in the Plaza de la Libertad.

Don’t forget to diary date the spectacular double celebrations in Garachico which continue until August 16.

August 1, 6pm

Procession with floats and a different set of bands including the Tom Sawyer Dixie Jazz Band.

August 1: 9.45pm

Best views from the wharf, Fuegos del Risco followed by a fireworks display.

August 4: 4pm

Plaza de la Libertad, desserts and liqueurs tasting session.

Vending machines

Sugary ban for schools?

August 6: 10pm

Glorieta de San Francisco, fiesta of traditions with the participation of the famous island group, Los Sabandeños.

The Spanish government has begun negotiations with its regional counterparts to agree on a nationwide ban on the sale of sugary foods in school cafeterias and vending machines.

August 7, 11pm

Glorieta de San Francisco, Baile de Magos. Street party. Traditional dress obligatory and under 14s not admitted.

Looking ahead to 2011

Monarch has just launched their 2011 summer schedule and with flight offers starting at €40 people will be clicking on www.monarch.co.uk soon.

he airline has announced a huge range of flights from the Spanish peninsula and the Balearic and Canary Islands and Gibraltar to Birmingham, London (Gatwick and Luton) and Manchester airports. Here flights will link Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria with Birmingham and Manchester and Lanzarote and Tenerife with Birmingham, Gatwick, Luton and Manchester. Monarch also offer an online check in facility, as well as pre-booked and extra leg room seats.

The mayor underlined the importance of local volunteers

he annual celebrations of San Roque combine with the five yearly fiesta of Cristo de la Misericordia (to celebrate the population’s safe delivery from the devastating 1706 eruption of the Trevejo volcano) in a spectacular explosion of colourful traditions.

Every five years, in what has become known as the Fuegos del Risco, a group of local volunteers, using sacks, pine cones, and various pyrotechnical tricks, recreate the sight of the lava flowing down the hillside to drown the town and block the port. It is an extraordinarily impressive vision and not to be missed. Streets and monuments are adorned with mainly hand made garlands which take the volunteers many months to complete and in the main procession, there are extravagant artistic floats and

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specific areas of the town are similarly decorated. Garachico’s San Roque fiesta has to be one of the favourite choices for public participation in a romería where visitors are urged to try the local wine and delicacies handed out from practically every decorated wagon. In presenting the fiestas, mayor, Ramón Miranda underlined the importance of local volunteers and private and institutional support and emphasised that is their particular wish that many more foreign visitors are present to share the celebrations with them. Make a mini-break of it and enjoy to the full the exhibitions, music and folk music concerts, sports, cultural and tourism activities which are on offer throughout the fiesta period by staying locally for a couple of days. Hotels in the area are not expensive, but places are limited so you are advised to book soon.

Glorieta de San Francisco and Plaza de la Libertad, Junior Baile de Magos.

August 9: 11am

Glorieta de San Francisco, Children’s day. Games and fun and at 4pm bouncy castles and a foam party.

August 13: 10pm

Plaza de San Roque, Elvis Presley tribute concert by Memphis Blues Band followed by outdoor disco.

August 14: 11pm

Plaza de San Roque, Street party.

August 15: 11pm

Plaza de San Roque, fireworks exhibition and street party.

August 16: 2pm

Romería de San Roque starting from Plaza Ramón Arocha to Plaza de San Roque and followed by a street party.

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n a new ‘healthy eating’ drive, Madrid wants all regional authorities to agree on a united approach to the growing problem of child obesity by curbing access to buns, cakes, chocolate and similar foods in schools. Sales of sugary soft drinks in the cafeterias and vending machines have fallen noticeably since 2005 following a recommendation from the Ministry of Health, which now wants to go further and force schools to allow only low-fat and low-sugar items on the premises. The proposal could become law within months.

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By Karl McLaughlin

Plain sailing for Tenerife’s E

arrington-born David Capper would surely figure near the top of any list of Tenerife Britons who can lay claim to a rather different lifestyle. In contrast to many compatriots who devote their days to gazing skywards and topping up their tan, he spends most of his time with his head bowed towards the ground, more often than holding a formidable ‘weapon’ in his hands. 46-year-old David left England almost three years ago for a new life in the Canaries and is fast earning a name for himself as a reputable farrier (horse-shoer, for the uninitiated) in the islands. From his base in San Miguel he travels the length and breadth of Tenerife to yards and riding clubs to shoe the four-legged animals that have been the focus of his life for around 30 years, ever since he started as a teenage apprentice and then qualified formally at the age of 21. Island Connections caught up with him for a chat about his unusual occupation and lifestyle as he got to grips with a few horses at the yard of Canarian Dressage Champion Marta Duque near Tenerife North Airport outside La Laguna. David’s Tenerife work is not the first time he has travelled abroad to shoe. His numerous trips to the Canaries be-

gan many years ago as a result of a chance encounter with a Gran Canaria horse dealer back in Britain. “He liked the way I went about the job and invited me over for working holidays. I brought my tools

and the shoes and he provided the customers and the anvil, as well as the ticket and hotel. The mutually beneficial arrangement continued for several years so Gran Canaria was an obvious choice when

I decided I wanted to move abroad in October 2007” explains David. If his profession is something of a rarity, his chosen method of travel to take up

residence in the Canaries was just as rare. Following his divorce, David sold up back in Warrington, bought a 10-metre motor sailing boat with the proceeds and set off on a solo Atlantic voyage from Widnes down to Las Palmas, stopping off in France, Portugal and the tiny island of La Graciosa off Lanzarote before arriving in the Gran Canaria capital. He set up initially with the man who first brought him to these shores, Fernando Torrent, spending about 18 months in Gran Canaria before moving to Tenerife, where he had already built up a substantial client portfolio during working visits of two to three days to local yards. David now lives permanently on his four-cabin boat (‘sounds posh, but one of them is the water closet!’), which is moored permanently at the Amarilla Golf marina.

Although he acknowledges that the lack of more solid roots can prove a drawback at times (the marina, for example, is the official address given to obtain his NIE number), he has no plans to buy property here, preferring to walk the 30 yards it takes for him just to get to terra firma. However, he admits that the prospect of booming business in the years to come might encourage him to buy bricks-and-mortar premises to enable him to make his own shoes instead of buying them in from Sweden and France via a supplier in Los Realejos. He already has his own portable forge which he had shipped out when in Las Palmas, where he gave shoemaking a go but didn’t have enough customers to make it viable. David has already realised during his time here that the approach to shoeing is very

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English farrier

shod horses already”. Bending down to hold a potentially lethal leg in one’s hands (and between one’s knees) for hours on end and being permanently close to a powerful animal that is not exactly being treated to a manicure would not be everyone’s cup of tea but David, who rode until his mid-20s, is clearly accustomed to all types of horses and has reached the conclusion that owners are to blame if their horse is ‘naughty’. “I normally never refuse to shoe a horse unless it plays up very, very badly. I have been through a lot in my time: I have been trampled on, kicked, flung across a stable yard and severely bitten”, he recalls as he drives a nail into a shoe on a nervous white stallion called Campero, adding jokingly “but let’s not talk about my ex-wife”.

David feels proper legislation of his trade here would be a good idea for the horses’ sake

different in Spain. “I was surprised to find that there is no formal regulation of the sector here unlike in Britain, where an Act of Parliament means you must be a registered in order to legally get anywhere near a

horse to shoe it. There is none of that here, which is not say some locals are not good at the job. Far from it. But legislation would be a good idea for the horses’ sake. I have come across many irregularly

Like many first-time customers, Campero is shoed cold due to his (the horse’s, not David’s) jitters. “With this sort of horse, one that clearly reacts negatively to the noise of the tools etc, I take great care. It is one thing to have nails driven into you, but just imagine how this guy would react to me if he saw me setting fire to his feet. We’ll leave that challenge for another day”. No such problems were encountered with another equine client, Rafaela, a dressage veteran who stood happily and patiently as the smoke from the hot shoe billowed out of her hoof and the tools clanged all around her. The searing sun and blast furnace atmosphere caused by the forge appear to pose no problems for apron-clad David, despite the scant ‘natural cover’ (see photo) on his head and lack of hard hat, or any hat for that matter. The La Laguna visit to the Duque yard is one of many

trips the Lancashire farrier makes up north in his trusty (but getting on in years, even though he calls it ‘his limousine’) white Renault 21 to see his regulars, who book him in every six to eight weeks to shoe their horses for around 70 euros a time. “The balance of business is shifting northwards bit by bit of late, particularly since I lost a yard in the south. This is a trade that fluctuates a lot and I

David Capper, journeyman and farrier

I have been trampled on, kicked, flung across a stable yard and severely bitten suppose I could do even more if I organised myself a little better with a proper Internet booking system but I am not a computer person. I have been hammering so much all my life the keyboard would be in great danger if I got near it”. However, despite the lack of a hi-tech approach, he believes there is enough work out there to keep him going for some time to come, due to the large number of horses on the island and the Canaries generally. “It may or may not be a sign of local wealth but there are certainly a lot of them out there and proper owners usually go to great lengths to look after their horses, particularly Britons. I know of several cases of British families who have paid thousands of euros to bring their horses here but have now had to sell up and return, paying a small fortune again to fly them back to the UK. Most good owners know and abide by the saying ‘No

Rafaela stands calmly as David shoes her expertly

Campero is a bit too nervous for a hot shoe today

shoe, no horse’ so I can see a bright future here for the profession, which is good news for me”. However, it is not all shoeing and no play for Capper, who devotes most of his free time to giving his boat a lick of paint and keeping it in a good state of repair. He also regularly takes his floating residence out onto the waters for sailing

trips and does occasional landbased sight-seeing on Tenerife, particularly when hosting visits by friends from home. He has even been known to combine work with pleasure by turning out for local demonstrations of crafts and trades, hopefully to instil in a new generation the passion that has given him his livelihood for three quarters of his life.

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innovative and environmentally sustainable business ideas for the rural sector”. The first award went to a Valle Guerra farmer, Nicasio Gómez, for his work in the preservation of traditional rural practices and agricultural biodiversity. Clara Cano, an 87 year old craftswoman from Vilaflor was awarded the prize for the preservation of rural traditions. Clara has made and taught local crafts and in particular roseta craft since she was a child and still sells her wonderful pieces from her home in front of the local school. The business prize for innovation and sustainability went to Bodegas Monje which offers, in addition to their spectacular wines, visits to the bodega, a superb restaurant, cultural

events and wine routes. Carmen Rosa Pérez, a history professor at La Laguna University and originally from Arona won this year’s prize for investigation for her work in investigating the history of the south and Juan Antonio Jorge, the instigator of events such as the walk through the heights, locally themed gastronomy events and the traditional threshing in San José de los Llanos, which this year is scheduled for July 31st, was given the award for disseminating the rural values of the island. In congratulating the winners and winding up the event, island president Ricardo Melchior echoed the words of Juan Antonio, “Tenerife has been and is a land of traditions”. Long may that continue.

Online viewing

Arona webcams ‘world’s most viewed’

The webcams installed by Arona in Los Cristianos and other parts of the borough are among the most viewed in the world, according to America’s Fox News. The website of the news channel recently

published details of webcams across the globe that attract most visits and it appears that the one on Las Vistas Beach and two cameras in Las Galletas regularly achieve massive numbers of hits. Local tourism councillor David Herrera, who is delighted at the Fox mention, attributes the success to the popularity of Arona’s multilingual holiday website (www. arona.travel), in which the council has invested heavily in recent years. It is not just the beach cameras that attract interest, however. Two located on Guaza mountain (one looking towards Los Cristianos and the other towards the hills) also draw many visits.

Internet threats

Schoolboy ‘Satan’ held

A teenager from San Isidro has been arrested after an investigation by police into serious threats received by pupils at a local school on a popular social networking website in recent months.

The youth, who posted messages under the name ‘Satan in Person’, threatened the most horrific deeds against approximately twenty fellow-pupils, including one teenage mother who was told her baby would be kidnapped and his organs removed for a satanic ritual in Granadilla cemetery. The anonymous threats were taken very seriously by parents due to the very detailed knowledge shown of the targets, including their addresses and the names of family members. Police worked with the networking site (Tuenti, known popularly as the ‘Spanish Facebook’) to identify the IP address from which the messages were sent. The address was traced to the laptop computer of the father of the youth. The case has been handed over to Tenerife’s Juvenile Prosecutor for further action.

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Young directors sought I

n a pioneering campaign in Spain, Loro Parque and Loro Parque Fundación have started an environmental awareness campaign for children in which they are searching for two young directors who must be aged between eight and twelve years, to form part of the direction team and the environmental department. The two selected children will take part in decision making and communicating their points of view regarding Loro Parque’s conservation and environmental protection awareness

campaigns aimed at the general public, as well as the important role played by childhood education programmes. Loro Parque Fundación aims to bring the world of animals and botany to the attention of Canarian children from an early age and therefore encourage a commitment to the protection of future generations. All children within the specified age group who would like to participate have until September 30th. They must send a letter by email to sebuscadirector@ loroparque.com in which they must give the reason why they think they should be chosen, their interests and their worries

about the environment. They must also comment on the role that the media plays in creating environmental awareness. Entries can also be deposited at the offices of Diario de Avisos newspaper or Radio Club, which are both joining in with this initiative. More information is available by calling 922 373841, extension 257. Ten children will be preselected, then on November 11th a jury comprising biologists, vets and educators will choose the two winners who will be able to visit Loro Parque every month for a year with their families and take part in activities in various departments such as mammals, the aviar y or the aquarium, and undertake tasks including inspection, care and feeding, all under instruction. They can also make one additional special visit.

Slip-up

PP underwear embarrassment Tenerife’s Popular Party (PP) is at the centre of a storm over expense claims filed by its members in Santa Cruz Council, details of which have been disclosed to the local media. A leaked document, believed to have been sent by a disgruntled party member, reveals that council officials have queried a host of claims for items ranging from lottery tickets and cigars to wellness sessions in top hotels.

However, the most embarrassing revelation is that an unidentified female PP member was reimbursed for €33 for underwear bought in Benetton. The news has prompted humorous comments in several papers, including the antiPP Canarias Ahora, which has tried to guess the identity of the shopper. According to the paper, Cristina Tavío (PP leader in Tenerife) would not be seen dead in Benetton underwear “so it must have been Maribel Oñate”.

Tourism initiatives

Puerto awards The Hotel Botánico in Puerto de la Cruz was the stunning setting for this year’s local tourism initiative awards. After cocktails in the torchlit gardens, the glittering group moved indoors for the fulsome award speeches and a superb celebration feast. The gold medal on this occasion was awarded to Beatriz Hoteles, Hotel Beatriz Atlantis, the silver to Raúl del Pino Torres and the vulcanologist, Nemesio Pérez Rodriguez and distinctions to Father Bertram Bolz for his pastoral work with German speaking visitors and residents, Manuel Peña Torres for his work at the local tourism office and the Bar Cayaya for its over 70 years service to visitors and portuenses.

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Santa Cruz 2011

‘Carnaval’ poster unveiled

Guía de Isora

New luxury hotel

lanning for the 2011 carnival in Santa Cruz is already well under way, with the poster for next year’s event unveiled recently. Always an important event, the posters for the huge weeks’ long celebrations are always the subject of great debate, often acrimonious, and fierce competition. Not this year though, as for the first time in many years there was no public competition for the poster. The designer was ar tist María Elena González, and her uncontested right to design the colourful poster was acknowledged by all given that the theme of next year’s carnival is honouring her father, Enrique González Bethancourt, affectionately known as the ‘father of the murgas’. The murgas are those colourful satirical singing groups and

The architect Norman Foster has been commissioned to create a new neighbour for the Abama Hotel in Guía de Isora.

Faro Chill Art

as Maguenes has been chosen as the site of the new luxury hotel which will also have its own golf course. The management group of the Hotel Gran Bahía del Duque is the owner of the property and there is already a project in hand which is currently being adapted to the local planning laws.

Adeje council was delighted to receive a cheque to the value of €1,187 for the Banco de Alimentos (Food Bank) from the Faro Chill Art club.

Don Enrique will be forever associated with Ni Fú-Ni Fá, the murgas group he founded, and one of the most famous and loved in the history of the Santa Cruz Carnaval. María Elena too has a long association with carnival events, having designed the Sardine

Minding the mayor

Zerolo’s protection overtime

(the burial of the Sardine is one of the most impor tant parts of the celebrations) and the costumes for Ni Fú-Ni Fá. She explained that the poster also pays homage to the world’s most famous mime artist, Marcel Marceau (whose mimes Don Enrique used often

as a reference guide) in the inclusion of the thread spelling out the word ‘Carnaval’ reflecting Marceau’s famous sewing mime. Santa Cruz Carnaval dates for 2011 are from Februar y 27th to March 13th.

South west Eldia.es claims that offers continue to “resolve” sanctions

Guía de Isora

Eye on the world

Over 500 films have been put forward for the latest Miradasdoc documentary festival in Guía de Isora. Of the 506 films presented, 13 will compete for the Canarian prize, 70 for the national prize and the rest for the international prizes on offer.

Santa Cruz mayor Miguel Zerolo is being urged to justify massive payments in police overtime to ensure his protection. The calls come after a Canarian paper published details of the extra hours claimed by and paid to the team of officers from the local force that provides him with round the clock security, even though he is not the target of any specific threat. According to Canarias Digital, the officers, who include the nephew of a city councillor, clocked up almost 500 hours of overtime at €30 an hour during the month of February alone, mainly to accompany the mayor on his nights out during Carnival. The paper’s revelations, including the payment of €107,000 protection overtime during a 13-month period, have led opposition parties in the council to demand explanations from Zerolo, including why one particular officer worked just 10 day-time hours on the security detail but was credited with 75 extra hours at night during a given week, at a cost of more than €2,400 to the corporation coffers.

Gratefully received…

he money was raised by clients of the popular night spot during a special Fiesta Solidaria. The local welfare councillor Carmen Nieves Rodríguez, was on hand to accept the cheque adding that “the council will make sure that every last cent of this money goes to families in need, and are delighted to see companies such as Faro taking such an active part in the borough and helping our neighbours who need it most”.

Adeje Plan E several clerical staff and extensive checks have been carried out into the suspected culprits’ bank accounts. With a further arrest the same month and the latest detention a total of seven civil servants and six businessmen (one of whom is based in Guía de Isora) have been charged.

Santa Cruz mayor Miguel Zerolo (centre) needs to justify protection overtime

Over the next weeks the entrants will be whittled down by a double level of selection before going before the jury who will announce the prizes during the Miradasdoc fe s t i va l w e e k f ro m October 29 to November 6th when a large selection of the entries will also be screened.

Corruption

Traffic Department scandal touches south west A further civil servant has been arrested in the investigation into alleged corruption in the Civil Guard’s Traffic Department. In May 13 arrests were made after a

switch-over to a new computer program for processing fine payments led to the discovery that many fines had been deliberately blocked and not followed up by staff. Those arrested included a departmental manager and

A local Spanish daily’s website, eldia.es, claims that the word on the street in Guía de Isora is that by paying a certain amount of cash, certain fines would disappear into the bin, points due to be deducted wouldn’t be and driving licences issued in Venezuela would be easier to change. The journalist with the digital newspaper asserts that if you sit on the terrace of a bar in Playa San Juan you can hear conversations of people worried about fines and traffic sanctions and the reply that the situation can be, “resolved” by the payment of, for instance, €300 or €600. Eldia.es alleges that they heard a conversation to this effect in the Avenida Marítima of Playa San Juan after the publication of the first arrests in May. Investigation has been continuing since last November.

Tijoco sports cente

Wo r k o n t h e Ti j o co sports centre is going well according to Adeje services councillor Gonzalo Delgado Díaz.

iving a progress report on the new centre, the councillor said it was “an infrastructure that is being built to meet the specific needs of the neighbourhood”, under the Plan-E funding. He added that once complete the centre will be at the disposal of Tijoco’s public school students in the mornings and open to interested residents in the afternoons, with a range of sporting activities on offer.

he centre which is being built to make full use of solar energies and obviously meeting all the requirements of accessibility for all levels of mobility, will have a court area, as well as a gym, changing rooms and bathrooms, and an indoor arena with seating for up to 170 spectators.

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ESTIMADO CONSUMIDOR: El importe de este vale le será descontado por la compra de "1 Popplets Toffee + 1 Mint + 1 Raisins", presentándolo en su establecimiento habitual. Sólo se aceptará un vale por producto adquirido. No acumulable con otras ofertas. ADVERTENCIA AL CONSUMIDOR: El establecimiento se reserva el derecho de no aceptar este cupón descuento. SR. COMERCIANTE: Primar Ibérica S.A., a través de VALASSIS - NCH, le reembolsará 0,10€, más una gratificación por su colaboración, por cada vale que sea redimido en su establecimiento, enviándolos al Apdo. de Correos 101 - 28300 Aranjuez (Madrid), antes del 30/06/2011. Para cualquier información sobre este vale, llame al teléfono: 902 104 816. IMPORTANTE: La utilización de este vale en un producto que no sea "Popplets Toffee 48gr., Mint 48gr. y Raisins 45gr." es fraudulenta, constituye infracción punible y puede ser motivo para la anulación del reembolso. Productos disponibles en/products available at: Supermercados SPAR, Supermercados Vivo, Supermercados Dinosol, Carrefour, Alcampo, El Corte Inglés, Supermercados Tránsito, Supermercados COVIRÁN y en tiendas independientes de las principales zonas turísticas/and independent shops in the main tourist areas such Puerto del Carmen, Costa Teguise, Puerto del Rosario, El Médano, Playa de Las Américas, Los Cristianos, Acantilado de Los Gigantes... Cut your vouchures from the newspaper and take them to your favourite shop. If product is available get the direct discount on the till by giving the vouchure. If product is not available, please help us to reach you and tell the shop to call us!! PRIMAR IBERICA 93.462.65.11. Product will be in the shop in 2 weeks!! Recorte sus cupones del periódico y llévelos a su tienda favorita. Si el producto está disponible, obtendrá el descuento directamente al entregar su cupón al pagar. Si el producto no está disponible, por favor, ayúdenos a llegar a usted y diga a la tienda que nos llame!! PRIMAR IBERICA 93.462.65.11. El producto estará disponible en 2 semanas!!

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Fiasco funds

Teresitas ‘costs €237 per person’ T

he controversial development fiasco at Las Teresitas Beach is costing ever y person in the capital €237, according to the local PSOE party, which is calling on the city mayor to recoup the €53 million spent on buying back land around the beach when there was no need to do so. The operation, which netted massive profits for a well-known developer who is alleged to have had insider information

The development or lack thereof has cost Santa Cruz citizens approx €237 each

El Médano

The hotel saga

he Coalición Canaria MP in the Canarian parliament, Dulce Xerach Pérez, has presented a ‘Proposición no de ley’ (PNL) which basically opposes the law which calls for the demolition of the Hotel Médano, and asks for the building to be protected as an industrial and touristic property of cultural interest. This initiative is based

on a series of reasons, the most significant of which is tourism and its importance to the archipelago. This hotel has been in service for some 50 years, having been inaugurated in October 1963 by an English society based in Tenerife. One of the first hotels in the South, described as being of rationalist style, and one of the most important examples of

Tourism

Increase in June visitors

The number of foreign tourists visiting the Canary Islands in June increased by 16.08 per cent, when compared with the same month of last year, which means that 80,031 more people arrived. The cumulative figures for the first six months of this year show an increase of 2.04 per cent according to the Canarian government. These extra people came from Norway, up by 58.39 per cent, France, up by 46.59 per cent, and Belgium, up by 46.01 per cent. The islands which benefitted most from this rise were Fuerteventura where tourism grew by 30.04 per cent in June, Lanzarote by 17.4 per cent, Gran Canaria by 17.18 per cent, Tenerife by 8.6 per cent and La Palma with 3.73 per cent. Looking at advance reservations for flights to the islands, the figures have increased by 15 per cent on 2009. In this respect, La Palma is doing really well with an increase from new markets such as Belgium and Switzerland of 3 per cent. Affected by low interest rates on your savings? Disappointed with the return on your nest egg? Think its time to make your savings work harder? Don't despair - Contact Gary Cockerill your local Windsor Exchange Financial

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architecture produced in Tenerife over the whole century, the building was inspired by hotels constructed on the coast of Brighton in Sussex, where they were often built overhanging the sea. The building still retains an air of the sixties and plays a large part in the history of the beach and the town. It is associated with the economic, social and cultural development of El Médano

on the release of the land for the project to build a shopping centre and hotels on Las Teresitas, has been voided by the Supreme Court, which ruled that the council had paid an artificially high price to buy back a strip of the land to prevent it from being developed. Worse still, it has also emerged that the land in question was already publicly-owned so it should never have fallen into the hands of the property company. Despite the ruling, Santa Cruz appears in no hurry to enforce the decision and recoup ownership of the 11 pieces of seafront at the heart of the controversy. The PSOE says that the corporation risks bankruptcy and vital services may have to be halted unless the money is recouped immediately.

and was the place where all important social events used to be celebrated. Pérez is asking central government to put a plan into action to rehabilitate and revalue this hotel. She is also asking the Cabildo to reconsider naming the Hotel Médano a property of cultural interest as a monument of industrial character.

New car registrations

Confidence on the rise?

H o w e v e r, t h e g o o d news is that in certain locations confidence in the economy appears to be rising, albeit slightly. New car registrations in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Spain have increased. Taken together, their figures represent a rise of 0.2 per cent for the first six months of the year when compared with the same period of 2009. By individual country, the rises for June were in Ireland with 75.8 per cent, the United Kingdom with 10.8 per cent and Spain with 25.6 per cent. By contrast, the biggest falls were registered in Slovakia with -40.6 per cent,followed by Germany at -32.3 per cent, Italy at 19.1 per cent and France with -1.3 per cent.

Higher speed internet Even higher speed internet connections are on the way. existing clients at €54.87 per month. During the launch period, customers can take advantage of a promotional offer for the service at €43.87 per month for the first six months and free sign-up (alta). For the new service at 100 megas, new clients who are within the coverage range can take out a contract for the Movistar Futura package with free sign-up and the reduced monthly quota for the first six months of €43.87.

Retirement age proposals

New car registrations across the European Union fell in June for the third consecutive month, by some 6.9 per cent or 1.34 million vehicles according to ACEA (the European car manufacturers association).

New for Autumn

With effect from this autumn, Movistar (Telefónica) is to offer internet connections by fibre optic at speeds of up to 100 megas for uploads and 10 megas for downloads at a monthly cost of €64.87. Additionally, the company will be offering internet access at 50 megas within its offer called Futuro. Movistar Futuro, with download speeds of 50 megas and uploads at five megas, will be available from early August to

European Union

From this autumn internet speeds will be even faster

For clients who would also like to have television included, the company is launching Imagenio Familiar DVR with 100 megas at a monthly cost of €85.77, but at a promotional rate of €68.87 for the first six months and free sign-up. The 50 mega service will normally cost €75.77 per month, but will be offered at €54.87 for the first six months.

TheEuropeanCommission has recommended a progressive delaying of the retirement age in the UE, to reach 70 years by 2060 to avoid bankruptcy of the pension systems a n d g u a ra n t e e t h e sustainability of public finances. The Commission c o n f i r m e d t h a t t o, “guarantee that retirement does not keep increasing in length compared with the number of years spent working will help to sustain pensions. This means increasing the age when a person retires and receives a pension. Increasing working life to reflect longer life expectancy generates a double dividend: a better quality of life and more sustainable pensions”. Over the last 50 years, life expectancy in the EU has increased by an average of five years. By the year 2060 this could have increased by another seven years. Also, according to Brussels, low fertility levels registered in the EU mean that while today there are four people of working age to every person over 65, in 2060 there will be only two working persons to each one over 65. This could reduce economic growth and increase pressure on public finances. In recent months, various EC members have put back retirement age and others plan to do so. Germany, Holland and Denmark have opted for 67 years and the United Kingdom for 68. In Spain, the government has also proposed that retirement age should move from 65 to 67 years. (See also Blevins, ‘Work till you drop’) page 13

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Business NEWS

LegalMatters By John Hatrick, Tenerife Solicitors

Legal questions and answers – Inheritance Tax

Double taxation….

: I have property in both England and in Tenerife. I have heard that there is no double-taxation treaty between the UK and Spain in respect of Inheritance Tax and I am therefore worried that my children will have to pay Inheritance Tax twice. What is the legal position?

: The rules governing payment of Inheritance Tax in each country are not particularly clear and numerous ‘experts’ appear to be giving incorrect advice. The starting point for any estate following death is that inheritance tax is payable in the country of residence / domicile. For a UK domiciled individual, the situation is as follows. Inheritance tax will firstly be payable in the UK on the deceased’s worldwide assets.

In addition, Inheritance tax will be payable separately in Spain on any assets located in Spain itself. Now most countries in Europe have ‘double taxation treaties’ in place, which state that if you pay the same type of tax in another country, your own tax domiciled tax office will give you a credit in your home country for that amount of tax you have paid elsewhere. As such, this avoids being taxed twice for the same thing. The 1974 treaty between the UK and Spain includes income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax, but does not include inheritance tax. The reason for this appears to be because Spain taxes the beneficiary receiving the gift whilst the UK taxes the deceased on his estate; hence the two taxpayers are entirely different individuals, so the

tax cannot be directly offset in the treaty. However, the Inheritance Taxes Act 1984 provides a solution to this problem. Section 159 contains a provision called ‘Unilateral Relief’. This states that where any tax is imposed on property passing by inheritance, and that the tax is similar to inheritance or lifetime gift tax, then the UK taxman will allow a credit in the amount paid overseas against the tax owing in the UK. The principle here is that the tax credit is in respect of the actual property being taxed, regardless of who actually has to pay the tax. It must also be remembered that the tax credit brought over from Spain can never exceed the tax amount payable in the UK on the Spanish assets. For only €50.00 we offer a consultation to assess your circumstances, discuss making a Spanish or English will and to assess your inheritance tax needs. To arrange an appointment, contact Tenerife Solicitors today on 922 717845 (0871 218 0063 from the UK) or email us at info@tenerifesolicitors.com

We offer a variety of legal services to English- speaking visitors and Expats alike, including:

SPANISH LAW (MATTERS WITHIN TENERIFE / SPAIN)

• Property Sale and Purchase / Conveyancing • Spanish Wills • Translation of Spanish Documents • Family Law and Divorce • Legal Disputes & Debts • Contracts • Timeshare Issues • Business Law

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for a no-obligation quotation or to discuss your needs. Check out the inheritance tax provisions when you make your will

Living costs

Higher rents

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The average price of Spanish home rental has increased by 0.9 per cent.

The cost of living index was at 1.5 per cent for the same year on year figure and rental increases have been below this index since March this year, but the June results may just mark the beginning of a recovery as prices since January have increased by 0.6 per cent. Navarre was the only community which saw a drop in prices of 0.7 per cent. Above average increases were seen in the Balearics (1.7), Aragon (1.3), Asturias (1.3), Castilla - La Mancha (1.3) Galicia (1.2), Andalusia (1.1) and Catalonia (1.1), whilst in Cantabria and Murcia the increase was one per cent. Lower than average increases were seen in Castilla y Leon (0.8), Madrid (0.8), Basque country (0.7), Extremadura (0.7), the Canaries (0.6), Valencia (0.4) and La Rioja (0.2). The autonomous communities of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa saw increases of 1.4 and 0.9 per cent respectively.

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Health

HouseCalls

HealthExtra

Dr. de la Flor

healthytenerife@gmail.com

Dear Dr.de la Flor Dear Doctor

y husband has been gaining weight and it’s of ficially become a beer belly. If he just cuts back on drinking beer, will he lose the weight around his waist? Cheers, Diane

Dear Diane It’s not necessarily beer but too many calories that can turn a trim waistline into a belly that protrudes over your pants. Any kind of calories - whether from alcohol, sugar y beverages, or oversized portions of food can increase belly fat. However, alcohol does seem to have a particular association with fat in the midsection. Alcohol intake is associated with ‘generous’ waists, because when you drink alcohol, the liver burns alcohol instead of fat, and fat goes into the ‘bank account’ or belly. Don’t forget … a typical beer increases your ‘fatty bank account’ with about 150 calories! When you take in more calories than you burn, the excess calories are stored as fat. Where your body stores that fat is determined in part by your age, sex and hormones. Boys and girls start out with similar fat storage patterns, but puberty changes that. Women have more subcutaneous fat (the kind under the skin) than men, so those extra fat calories tend to be deposited in their arms, thighs, and buttocks, as well as their bellies. Because men have less subcutaneous fat, they store more in their bellies. Belly fat in the midsection does more than just increase the chances of changing trouser size yearly or reduce your chances of winning a

swimsuit competition. It’s linked to a variety of serious health problems, from type 2 diabetes to high blood pressure, reduced sex performance or cardiovascular disease. There is no magical way to tackle belly fat other than the tried-andtrue method of cutting calories and getting more physical activity. The Latin adage ‘In modico virtus’ sheds light and exudes common sense. The virtue is in the moderation. Don’t pay attention to those ‘taliban doctors’ that tell you to stop drinking. If you like to drink, do it but do so in moderation. Meet with your GP and set a realistic and personalised plan to reduce alcohol intake and boost your health.

Dear Doctor

have Crohn’s disease and have been following a diet that a dietician gave to me, but I haven’t really noticed any improvement. Do you have any suggestions about the diet I should be following?

Sincerely, Patricia

Dear Patricia, My initial thought is “different strokes for different folks.” There are certain general guidelines that seem to be beneficial for the vast majority of patients. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are types of inflammator y bowel disease. They cause inflammation and sores (ulcers) in our pipelines or digestive tract. This can lead to symptoms such as diarrhoea, belly pain, loss of appetite, fever, bloody stools, and weight loss. The key word is inflammation and as such we need to identify anything that will trigger flare ups. If you have an inflammatory bowel disease, it may be hard to get vital nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and protein. Your intestines may not be able to take all the nutrients from the food you eat. You may lose nutrients through diarrhoea. This can lead to problems such as anaemia or low levels of vitamins, such as vitamin B12 and folic acid. To control their symptoms, some people eat only bland foods, like pasta, and they avoid certain fruits and vegetables. But you need to eat a variety of foods to get the nutrients you need for good health.

This roadmap can help you learn more about how to eat so you can manage your symptoms but still get the nutrition you need. No one diet is right for everyone with an inflammatory bowel disease. Keeping a food diary is essential until you get to know your body likes and dislikes. Because you may not be absorbing all the nutrients from the food you eat, you will need to eat a high-calorie, high-protein diet. This may be easier to do if you eat regular meals plus two or three snacks each day. Wise snacking can boost energy during the day and facilitate the digestive phases since the amounts of food you ingest are smaller in size. You may need to take vitamin and mineral supplements to help you get the nutrients you need. A number of dietary supplements are being studied for their potential beneficial effects in people with ulcerative colitis. Omega-3 fatty acids are being studied. Probiotics are ‘good’ bacteria or other microorganisms that can be beneficial to your health. The thinking is that probiotics, like lactobacillus or live-culture yogurt, help to restore balance to the good bacteria that live inside the intestines. A few studies have noted the therapeutic effect of aloe vera taken in the form of an oral gel. More research is needed to verify and identify its benefits. Ask your GP for a specific personalised plan that includes nutritional, physical as well as mental preparation to stay healthier and avoid flare ups. Dr. De La Flor, G.P. is licensed in medicine & general surgery. He holds certificates in nutrition, medical exercise and human performance from the University of Berkeley in California, the American Council on Exercise and the U.S. National Strength & Conditioning Association. He is a strong believer in work/life balance and spends much of his time outside of his surgery on the tennis court, jogging or chasing his four kids around the neighbourhood. You can reach the doctor at 00-34-697.888.666 to schedule a consultation in his surgery or a medical visit in your home.

Online health

Travelling well s anyone who has travelled within EuA rope in recent years is

probably aware the European Health Card replaced the old E-111 and made seeking emergency health care while abroad very easy.

The free card ensures that you will get the same access to public sector health care (e.g. a doctor, a pharmacy, a hospital or a health care centre) as nationals of the country you are visiting. If you have to receive medical attention in a country that charges for health care, you will be reimbursed either immediately, or after you go home to your own country. The card is available to you if you are already covered by the state social security system here in Spain (if you live in the Canary Islands) and each member of the family should have their own card. Until now residents had to travel to one of the Spanish department of social security main offices (in South Tenerife it was Granadilla, for instance), but now you can apply for the card online, and experience to date has shown the service to be both swift and efficient, with cards arriving at private homes within five working days of the application being made. To apply for a new card or a renewal go to http://sede. seg-social.gob.es, click on the ‘Cuidadanos’ box and scroll down to ‘Solicitud Tarjeta Sanitaria Europea (TSE)’. Click and continue to ‘Acceso al servicio’, and once there click on ‘Solicitar/Renovar Tarjeta Sanitaria’, and follow the instructions. Remember, if you are renewing your card it’s important that the information you give matches what is already on record, otherwise the program won’t process the application.

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health directory

Health Directory Hospitals USP COSTA ADEJE HOSPITAL Urbanización San Eugenio, s/n, 38660 - Adeje Tels: • 922 752626 • 922 791 000 • 900 112 111 Hospital La Candelaria Carretera Del Rosario 145 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Tel : 922 602 000 hospitaldelacandelaria. com Hospital Universitario Carretera Cuesta-Taco San Cristobal de La Laguna (Tenerife), Tel: 922 678 000 huc.es HOSPITEN SUR Playa de Las Américas Arona-Tenerife Tel.: 922 75 00 22. Fax: 922 79 36 18 HOSPITEN C/ Pescadores, Edf. Discovery, Carretera Gral. La Cuesta. Taco 38108 La Laguna Tel.: 922 626240 Fax: 922 614355 HOSPITEN BELLEVUE C/ Alemania, 6 Urb. San Fernando. Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 35 51 Fax: 922 37 03 12 HOSPITEN TAMARAGUA C/ Agustín de Bethencourt, 30 Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 05 12 Fax: 922 38 08 50 HOSPITEN RAMBLA Address: Rambla

Dictionary Looking for health care Buscando asistencia sanitaria I need a doctor / dentist / midwife Necesito un médico / dentista / matrona Where is the nearest hospital/doctors’ surgery / dentists / out of hours chemist? ¿Dónde es el hospital / clínica / dentistas / farmacia de guardia más cercano? Can I get treatment on the national health here? ¿Puedo recibir atención aquí por la Seguridad Social? Please call an ambulance. Por favor llama una ambulancia

General Franco, 115. 38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Tel.: 922 29 16 00. Fax: 922 29 10 88 Hospital San Juan de Dios. Ctra. Gral. del Norte, 53. Santa Cruz. Tel : 922 64 55 11 Fax: 922 64 93 52

Gran Canaria Hospital Dr. Negrín

C/. Barranco de la Ballena, s/n. 35020 Las Palmas. Tel. 928 450 000 Fax: 928 449 100

Hospital Insular

Plaza Doctor Pasteur 35020 Las Palmas. Tel. 928 313 033

Materno-Insular

Avda Maritima del Sur 35016 Las Palmas. Tel: 928 444 500 Fax 928 444 288 Clínica San Roque – Sur

Mar de Siberia 1 Urb. Meloneras 35100 MaspalomasMeloneras Tel: 928 063 600 Clínica Roca

C/ Buganvillas 1 35100 San Agustín Las Palmas. Tel. (0034) 928 76 90 04 Fax: (0034) 928 76 12 48 Clínica Salus Las Palmeras

Avda. de Tenerife, 24 Centro Comercial Kasbah Playa del Inglés Tel: 928 762 992

DIAL 112 Emergency Single emergency line

Documents needed Be aware that to receive medical attention in Spain you will need to present identification, residence certificate and passport for residents and a passport for visitors. In addition visitors should present their European Health Insurance Card for emergency health care at a Social Security Hospital. Private hospitals will not accept the EHIC and will ask you to pay for your treatment

Physiotherapy PHYSIOTHERAPIST / OSTEOPATH Officially registered Nº967 Philippe Hoogstoel Home visits Tel: 677 818 661 English, Spanish, French, German spoken

Emergency

080 092 091 062 016

Fire Brigade Local Police National Police Guardia Civil domestic violence

Missing Children> 116000

Health DOCTOR DE LA FLOR Family medicine, home or hotel visits Calle Tinerfe El Grande 9, Adeje 697 888 666 (Doctor) 637 245 270 Gym Bfit 24 hour Gym Loose weight, get in shape and/or build up muscles. info@bfit.es / 676 243 102 5elementos Feng-Shui / Chinese Astrology / Nutrition. Consultations on the spot, holistic health check, nutrition consultation Roger & Daniela 628 012 987. www.5-elementos.com

or provide adequate insurance. Please make sure you are aware whether or not the service you need provides care under the Social Security system, before you sign to accept anything. Residents in Spain will be expected to show their Health Card (tarjeta sanitaria) to gain access to full health care at Social Security hospitals. If you are not eligible for a Social Security Health Card, you must ensure you have adequate private insurance.

Gynaecology Dr Michael Theis Calle La Hoya 55 Puerto de la Cruz In the south on Saturdays at Hospital Las Americas Tel 922 370897 Specialist in gynaecology

Chemist Farmacia de Guardia

24H Service

www.fefarcan.com The various chemists in the Canaries take it in turns in each area to make sure that there is access to medicine all over the islands. Enter the website of the Federation of Canarian Chemists: www.fefarcan.com and click on ‘farmacias de guardia’ at the top right of the page.

ORTOPEDIA Specialist shop for orthopaedic needs. English spoken Ctra. Gral, Orotava-Icod 41º La Mancha. Tel: 922 812 807 MISS NAIL Manicure & Pedicure Spa Manicure Express 21€ Parque Santiago III Local 6, Playa de las Américas, Arona Open Daily Tel: 600 557 763

We look after your dental health and are offering free bacteria testing with painless elimination in only ten minutes (value €100). Please ask for Mandy to make an appointment.

Dental Surgery, Implants and Periodontics South: C/ Amalia Alayón, 11, 1º D, Los Cristianos. Tel. 922 78 83 28

North: Plaza del Charco 6, 2nd floor, Puerto de la Cruz. Tel. 922 38 13 47

DENTAL CLINIC FAÑABÉ PLAZA

FREE check-up and X-ray Emergency Phone Line (for Bank Holidays & Weekends)

687 744 225

Tel: 922 714 225 • Fax: 922 724 130

C.C. Fañabé Plaza, Avda. Bruselas 2nd floor (in front of Hotel Jacaranda). Playa Fañabé, Costa Adeje, Tenerife Sur www.tenerife-dental.com DOCTOR ON CALL 24 HRS

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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) South:

> English speaking medical staff > 24 Hour house calls anywhere in South Tenerife > Walk-in emergencies > All major insurance policies accepted > Resident discounts

630 478 448 (24 hrs).

C. C. El Camisón, 9, Local 4. Playa de Las Américas, Arona Tel: 922 79 76 88 / 626 855 356 · www.neweuropeanclinic.com

Counselling Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5.45pm, Friday at 11.45am. 1st Floor Apolo Centre, Los Cristianos (next to bus terminal).

Specialist shop for your orthopaedic needs We speak English

Carretera Gral. Orotava-Icod, 41 bajo. La Mancha (38430) Icod de Los Vinos

Your German Dentist in the South

Dr. Martin Seth

Tel. 922 812 807 / 121 804 Fax: 922 812 911

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USP COSTA ADEJE HOSPITAL

Edificio Maria, Local 3-4 C/ Principe Pelinor s/n, Adeje Centro (Near Townhall, Centro Cultural, Restaurant Oasis)

• Emergency &

Ambulance

922 791 000

Tel: 922 78 10 03 Mobil 637 81 93 18 (24h)

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living lifestyle

HealthFitness

HealthExtra

info@bfit.es

Fabian Fitzner founder and chief trainer of Bfit 24h gyms and Bfit Personal training.

Diet pills

Ballancer

(an amino acid) to work with. More L-carnitine does nothing - I repeat nothing for you. The promised muscle growth and fat loss won’t happen.

- sense or nonsense?

 Misuse of medical

Some people misuse medicine made for diseases as they have side effects such as fat burn or muscle gain. Clenbuterol for example (or ‘Spiro’ is used for asthma therapy. It is a Beta 2-Agonist, similar to adrenaline. As it works as an anti-catabolic (prevents muscle-decrease) it helps burn fat acids and supports muscle growth. Side effects are headaches, tremors, cramps, restlessness and anxiety, insomnia and palpitations among others!

products

ritish people pay yearly about 200 million pounds for diet products. As 75 per cent of Britons are overweight it’s probably no wonder. But what are they paying for and what does really help and what doesn’t? To answer these questions we first need to talk about what kind of diet pills exist and how they work. Like in previous articles we first need to make a scientific statement. Why are people overweight? If you eat more than you use you gain and if you use more than you eat you lose. That’s it! We call that your energy balance (balance of kcal incoming and outgoing). So the reason why most people are overweight should be clear now. Unless they are suffering from some form of metabolism changing disease they just eat too much.Some people may say “ well, why don’t they just eat less then?” The problems are hunger and appetite. These signals are given by hormones. If you are hungry you need to eat or you feel bad. So if you want to eat less you need to control your appetite or hunger as these are the main reasons for being overweight.

 Appetite suppressants The first kind of diet pill is an appetite suppressant. The ingredients are fibres, cellulose, sodium alginate or collagen. You take this kind of pill about

Do diet pills really work?

30 to 60 minutes before your meal. If they reach your stomach they swell up and increase their volume. The receptors in your stomach and your hunger control panel should do their work now. They should tell you that you are full and help you avoid overeating. The result - you eat less. Possible side effects: constipation.

 Fat blockers The second group of pills can be described as fat blockers. These pills prevent the fat digestion. Currently there are two products on the market. The first one is called ‘xenical’. This product is used only under medical supervision as it has some

side effects like stomach pain or diarrhoea if you eat more than 60 grames of fat daily. The second product of this group is a product called ‘alli’ and is a softer version of xenical. The result: less energy intake (less kcal) as 1g of fat has 9,1 kcal.

 Fat burner The third group are the fat burners, the most sold supplement worldwide in this group is ‘L-carnitine’. L-Carnitine functions as a receptor molecule and transports free fat acids into the mitochondrions. These are the little power plants which are located in each muscle cell. The interesting thing is that a healthy human body produces enough L-carnitine

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As you can see each product has its side effects so there is a better solution. Eat well! Instead of influencing your hormone systems with chemical products try to do it with natural products like good food. If you control your diet by eating regularly you will not be hungry (every two to four hours). Reducing your carbohydrate intake will reduce your appetite as you control your insulin outflow. This will result in higher fat burn. Then just stay underneath your daily “energy costs” (outgoing of kcal) and you will lose fats as quickly as ever. At Bfit we prepare and deliver you tailor made food. A personal trainer will supervise your work out. With BFIT you Become Fit.

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Ballancer is a revolutionary system of presotherapy, extremely effective in stimulating the body’s circulation, solving lymphatic disorders, reabsorbing oedemas and in treating oedematous cellulite. It also provides a great sensation of rest and lightness in the legs and body and you will notice the difference from the first session. Cellulite consists of small pockets of fat that are located just beneath the skin’s surface that results in slight lumps or indentations on the skin, particularly on the legs and buttocks in women. The treatment is based on the concept that deep physical stimulation may be able to break down the build up of fat pockets underneath the skin and give skin a smoother appearance. The Ballancer system, available in the Bohemia salon in Playa San Juan, helps avoid the development of cellulite in your system but is also effective in the treatment of varicose veins, will help mould and tone your body and skin, can help reduce pain caused by water retention and generally add to your well being. The Ballancer® Pro operates at pressures from 20 to 80mmHg, and offers a choice of five different massage cycles, which can be tailor made to create individual programs which can be stored for future reference. Cycles include: Pre-Therapy, helps empty out the proximal lymphatics (the area nearest the torso) and encourages the lymphatic fluid to flow towards the torso

during the following treatment cycles. Ballancer, a time-based peristaltic sequential cycle which gently moves up the limb at an even pace. This rhythmic cycle is very stimulating for the skin and the lymphatics, and can be used as the central part of the aesthetic massage session. Lympha, a sequential cycle with emphasis on intensive lymphatic drainage. Gradient 12, a sequential cycle with the added effect of fully calibrated gradient pressure. Allows the user to set pressure settings for each individual cell, while guaranteeing a distal- to proximal- pressure gradient. Wave, a smooth peristaltic cycle that moves progressively up the limb, giving the effect of a relaxing manual massage. Ideal for venous stimulation, muscular relaxation, and postexertion sports massage. The Ballancer quality garments are easy to wear, durable, and are designed to target the legs, hips, buttocks, abdomen, and arms. The pants (which come with disposable liners) are medical grade and have 24 fully overlapping compression cells, and provide extremely effective lymphatic drainage. Clients will be advised how many sessions they need to address their particular concerns. *For more information contact Zulay at Bohemia Salon, C/ La Red, Nº2, Edif. Victoria Park, Local 1, Playa San Juan, 696547813.

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Hot spots Top night venues

Reviews of some of Tenerife’s top night venues

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Where the stars come out at night

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enerife is an island that has it all – weather wise, in terms of sporting options, and very much as a night time venue, and there is a tantalising selection of choices, whatever your personal pleasure.

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Djs and karaoke are popular in every zone, with a lot of excellent cabaret artistes to be found both in the main party zones as well as the outer limits, so to speak. Puerto de la Cruz has some terrific bars and clubs to suit families in search of a laugh to the well heeled on a special evening out, and the zone also boasts one of the most prestigious casinos in Spain the Puerto de la Cruz Casino, set in the Martiánez complex. La Laguna and Santa Cruz also offer a wide choice of clubs and bars, though they would be more geared towards residents, and both cities also house top class theatres and auditoria. (more on back page of this supplement). In South Tenerife the choice is extremely varied, and you can choose from purely English bars and pubs, offering drinks from the UK to a more mixed international cabaret scene, to the emerging VIP night life in both Los Cristianos and Las Américas. Las Américas houses clubs like Tramps, Leonardo’s, Vivo and O’Neil’s - all have different party nights, djs, and special event evenings – check out each one for details, or look online as many of these clubs now host websites with photographs. In Los Cristianos the San Telmo area is where the stars come out at night, and it has a more Spanish flavour to it – so if you’re in search of a bit of local colour and some steamy salsa, head for San Telmo and any of the front line bars there. And in recent years there has been a welcome move to more exclusive clubs, such as TIBU, Faro Chill Art, the Monkey Beach Club and Divine VIP .

MONKEY BAR & GRILL:

MONKEY BEACH RESTAURANT:

For those who love grilled meat and great food this is one of the best restaurants on the island. The kitchen has an attention to detail, premium service and exquisite decoration you won’t find elsewhere. Highly recommended!

Established in 1974, this is the oldest beach club restaurant in Las Américas. An exclusive beach-side location with 5 star service. Relax on sunbeds with waitress service, chill out music, tropical decoration and the best sunset on the island. We recommend a visit in the morning to sunbathe and enjoy a Mediterranean meal next to the sea. Monday to Friday we recommend a romantic evening meal by the light of the moon.

C.C. Oasis · Local no. 15 · Playa de Las Américas · Tel. 922 789 291 · www.monkeybartenerife.com

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Monkeying around…

Monkey Bar-Grill & Beach club

he essence of the Monkey Bar & Grill centres around five principles, music, cocktails, the design, the team and of course the menu offering tastes and flavours from all around the world. Full of surprises the menu avoids dishes you will find everywhere else – instead of roast lamb why not try ‘Grandmother’s secret’ – lamb prepared at low temperatures. Food is offered in a snack setting – salads, sandwiches or gourmet rolls, or in a dinner style, at night, with house

specialties particularly in the roast meats department, though they are also experts in wonderful fish, rice and pasta dishes, combining the best cuisine from Asia, Europe and the United States. They guarantee the best T-Bone steak in Tenerife, and the succulent Monkey Hamburger, with over 200 grams of prime beef. Desserts are quite simply exquisite, The wine and beer list is excellent, but the cocktails are in a world of their own with their Frozen Mojito the current favourite among clients. Leading the top team

at Monkey Bar & Grill is Iñigo Almenara López, from Bilbao, who is head chef and chief executive of the venue, having joined the Monkey family in 2008, winning the Anzuelo de Oro 2009 naming him best shellfish chef in Spain for his Sashimi special, available by special request. In charge of cocktails is top bartender Petar Grisev Marinov, an award winning barman who has learnt his trade with the Monkey Bar & Grill. The third vital member of the trio is Luis Alcalde, the restaurant manager, a well known and highly respected

BEACH CLUB: Every Saturday and Sunday this is where you will find the best parties on the island. Mingle with the most beautiful and glamorous people on the Island, enjoy the best Djs, gogo dancers and a terrific atmosphere. This is a party you cannot miss when on holiday. A lunch time start is recommended because the party starts at 16.00, and there is a VIP reservation service for champagne and bottles.

Avda. Rafael Puig, 3 · Tel. 655 259 826 · VIP 685 116 967 · www.monkeybeachclub.com

figure in the restaurant trade in the island. The Monkey Beach Club is a new concept in food and music, located in a tropical setting it is a café, restaurant and bar all in one. Right beside the sea in the heart of Las Américas, with oriental furniture, palm trees and a colourful display of wild plant life, enjoy the best views on terrific terraces, while exploring the tasty menu or sipping splendid cocktails. Let the sounds help you chill out as you watch the sun go down. Open all year around, the Monkey Beach Club offers a great events calendar. This summer on Mondays and Wednesdays enjoy the guitar of Ignacio Fernández in Flamenco Chill Out. Thursdays are Brit nights, with Sintillate parties, direct from the UK and Marbella, 8pm to midnight. Saturday it’s time for Love Sensation, a 12 hour party that starts at 6pm in the Monkey Beach Club and ends in Magic in Las Américas at 6am. Last but not least is the Fabulous Sundays at the Monkey Beach Club, the night that now defines what ‘going out’ means in Tenerife, with the best in live music, djs, Alfredo on drums, the Brazilian singer Rosye Brown, and much much more.

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