Looking for Playa de las Americas news? Here we collect everything that shapes a stay in Tenerife’s busiest resort – storm and heat warnings, strikes and transport changes, event announcements and new regulations – together with the biggest stories from the rest of the island. Updated every day.
Below: the latest news from Playa de las Americas and the rest of Tenerife, newest first.
Canary Islands approves new €1.6bn development fund
The Canary Islands Government has approved a new decree regulating the Fondo de Desarrollo de Canarias, guaranteeing the fund’s continuity with up to €1.626…
Abandoned cars in Canary Islands: hundreds left to rot
Abandoned vehicles have become a recurring problem across the Canary Islands, with hundreds of cases opened in some municipalities but only a fraction of…
Tuesday: heavy showers and storms in El Hierro
The proximity of a DANA west of the archipelago brings instability on Tuesday. El Hierro faces heavy, recurring showers and thunderstorms, while La Palma…
Los Realejos residents fight on against propane gas plant
Residents of La Cruz Santa in Los Realejos, Tenerife, have held a packed public meeting to explain the risks of a Disa propane gas…
Canary Islands international air arrivals fall 1.3% in September
International air passenger arrivals to the Canary Islands reached 1.12 million in September, a 1.3% fall year-on-year, according to Turespaña. Low-cost carriers carried 721,661…
Canarias among Spain’s poorest regions as 36.2% live on low incomes
The latest INE Atlas of Household Income Distribution shows 36.2% of Canary Islands residents live on low average net incomes, with the archipelago remaining…
Useful Playa de las Americas links
Everything else we keep updated for Playa de las Americas and Tenerife:
- Playa de las Americas weather – the live forecast for your exact resort, updated daily
- Tenerife island guide – when to go, beaches, transport and things to do
- Playa de las americas beach – our on-the-ground beach guide for this stretch of coast
- All Tenerife news – the full island-wide news feed
- Canary Islands news – stories from across all eight islands
Playa de las Americas is the entertainment heart of south Tenerife: beach clubs, the Golden Mile, nightlife that runs until sunrise. News from las Americas is usually news for the whole south coast, so this page keeps the full picture in one place.