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.
Figueres: Canary Islands tourism model hard to square with climate limits
At the Starmus festival in Tenerife, Christiana Figueres assessed the state of global climate action eleven years after the Paris Agreement. The former UN…
Public service obligation for Canary inter-island flights announced
The Spanish Government is to publish a public service obligation for flights between La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, one of the islands’…
Fairy advert reignites Canary Islands gentrification row
Fairy Spain has sparked criticism with an Instagram advert in which a Canarian character tells a British tourist “of course” there is always room…
Court backs eviction over verbal room rental in Arona
The Provincial Court of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has upheld the eviction of a man who claimed to rent a room in an Arona…
Canary Islands pushes for 10-year residency rule for foreign buyers
The Canary Islands government is finalising proposals to restrict property purchases by non-resident foreigners, demanding ten years of continuous residency or 15 if discontinuous….
DJ Symphonic brings electronic and orchestral music together in Tenerife
DJ Symphonic arrives at the Auditorio de Tenerife this Sunday 25 October with two performances by the Royal Film Concert Orchestra. The show reinterprets…
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.