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.
Iberia accused of ejecting passengers from paid seats
A journalist has publicly denounced Iberia after he and his companion were falsely told they had missed their New York flight and then had…
Friday: trade winds return and skies clear
The trade winds return to the Canary Islands this Friday, easing the recent instability. Low cloud lingers in the north of the islands, with…
Canary Islands public websites locked down over PHP security flaw
Public administrations across the Canary Islands are racing to patch a serious security flaw in the PHP programming language, with critical services taken offline…
Tenerife announces six months of TF-5 resurfacing works
Tenerife’s Cabildo has announced six months of night-time resurfacing on the TF-5 between Güímar and Santa Cruz, worth more than €13.8 million. The island…
Canary Islands close to historic airport management deal
The Canary Islands are on the verge of a historic agreement with the Spanish state over the management of their airports, a demand the…
Night works on Tenerife’s TF-1 motorway to begin on Sunday
Tenerife’s Cabildo has awarded €13.86 million of resurfacing works on a 18.6-kilometre stretch of the TF-1 south motorway, running through Santa Cruz, El Rosario,…
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.