Puerto de la Cruz news, gathered daily: what is happening in Tenerife’s traditional northern resort and across the island – from weather fronts hitting the north coast to festivals, transport changes and tourism rules. The north lives by different rhythms than the south, and this page keeps track of both.
Below: the latest news from Puerto de la Cruz and the rest of Tenerife, newest first.
Tenerife stages Spain’s biggest volcanic eruption drill
Tenerife is gearing up for VOLCANEX 2026, Spain’s biggest volcanic eruption simulation, on Thursday 22 October. Around 400 figurants will take part in 28…
Canary Islands tourism chief offers dialogue on residentialisation
Canary Islands tourism minister Jessica de León has offered dialogue to parliamentary groups over the “difficult” situation facing some 70,000 homeowners in tourist zones,…
Canary Islands office helps small councils ditch the peseta
A virtual office set up to support the Canary Islands’ smallest municipalities has helped councils such as San Juan de la Rambla, Betancuria and…
Wednesday: showers and unstable air across the Islands
A weakened DANA keeps the Canary Islands unsettled this Wednesday, with showers most likely on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, where they could turn locally moderate…
Work on TF-5 third lane between Guamasa and Los Rodeos to start in November
Tenerife’s TF-5 motorway will gain a third lane between Guamasa and Los Rodeos from November, in a €58 million project lasting almost three years….
Tenerife faces huge tourism expansion despite moratorium calls
Southern Tenerife is preparing for one of the largest tourism expansions in decades, with around 20 projects set to add more than 15,000 beds,…
Useful Puerto de la Cruz links
Everything else we keep updated for Puerto de la Cruz and Tenerife:
- Puerto de la Cruz weather – the live forecast for your exact resort, updated daily
- Tenerife island guide – when to go, beaches, transport and things to do
- Playa jardin – 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
Puerto de la Cruz is the north’s capital of tourism – Playa Jardin’s black sand, the Lago Martianez pools, botanical gardens and a real Canarian town behind the seafront. For Puerto de la Cruz news without hunting through social media, this page is the place.