Tenerife/Canaries

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Why purchase a home on the Canaries?

Because of the weather and the climate! The Canaries are said to have the best weather and climate in the world. Winters are warm and sunny and in many areas the temperature will reach 20ºC during the day which allows you to swim in the sea all year round. Summers are not too hot since the Canary steam flows along the islands, so the nights are agreeably cool allowing people to sleep comfortably without having to use their air condition units. No other place in the world with a similar temperature range can be reached within a four to five hours flight from Europe.

Several areas on the Canaries boast with an excellent and healthy climate which has a highly beneficial effect on many diseases, e.g. asthma, allergies, autoimmune diseases. The air is like silk. There are no coal-fired or nuclear power plants and there is hardly any industry, let alone heavy industry. People say that those who come to the Canaries and live here for 15 years will rejuvenate 5 years.

Moreover, the Canaries are a part of the European Union which means that legal certainty is preserved. Violent crime level is low, as is the cost of living. Here, the Spanish, English, Irish, French, Belgium, Dutch, Polish, German, Russian, Italian, Hungarian, Baltic etc. residents co-exist respectfully and peacefully. Since ancient times, the Canaries have been called the Isles of the Blessed, which just recently has become more relevant than ever.

It is remarkable to see how a lot of visitors travelling to the Canary Islands, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, start to fully relax, sleep well again and forget their day-to-day stress and permanent worries about politics and social difficulties in general.

Why purchase a home in Tenerife?

Tenerife is the biggest and most diverse Canary Island. Europeans from cooler countries are especially attracted by the South of Tenerife which is the avant-garde area and the hotspot of the Canaries, the place where you can find the most exclusive residential locations and the most modern hotels. Here you will discover award-winning and innovative construction projects, en vogue villas, wonderful golf courses, exquisite restaurants, countless shopping possibilities and the most spectacular sunsets. In Tenerife you can go for fantastic hiking tours; or enjoy the world’s greatest windsurfing and kite surfing spots; or ride your bike on winding mountain roads; or catch tuna or swordfish; or play golf; or sail a boat; or just relax on the beach.

Tenerife consists of places like the university town La Laguna with its venerable historical centre. Tenerife’s transport infrastructure is well developed and medical care is brilliant. See Spain’s highest mountain and the breath-taking Teide National Park; the Anaga mountains with their Tertiary laurel forest; as well as the strait to La Gomera, home for more than 2.000 whales and dolphins. Columbus made his last halt there before he set off to discover America.

And last but not least, Tenerife has the second best carnival in the world, only topped by Rio de Janeiro.

Where to have a decent meal and where to go shopping in Tenerife?

With respect to the range of cuisine available in Tenerife you will find virtually anything: “simple“ Venezuelan Arepa-bars, Canarian restaurants serving either lovely local fish or huge, first quality T-bone steaks from the BBQ, or starred Japanese restaurants. We have prepared a list of recommendations which also includes some shopping advice and we are happy to send it to you.

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