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Tenerife Exposed aim is to provide worthwhile and interesting information to the holidaymaker, Resident or those considering a move to Tenerife.
Many of us visit Tenerife year after year because whatever time of year you visit you will enjoy excellent weather. Some of us have decided to make Tenerife our home to either work or retire to the island because of the climate and more relaxed way of life. The cost of living can be substantially less than the U.K. especially for those of us that indulge in the things that do us most harm such as cheap alcohol and cigarettes. If you shop in tourist areas though you can find that things can be quite expensive but after a while living on the island you will learn to do your shopping outside these areas. Many of the shops you find at home can be found on Tenerife such as IKEA, Spar, Makro, Lidle and Iceland. You will find that the prices in IKEA and Iceland are different to prices in the UK due to the cost of shipping the goods to Tenerife, in fact if you buy any English goods you will find them quite expensive. If you are going to be living in Tenerife you would be far better changing to Spanish brands and eating in Spanish restaurants. That is not to say you shouldn’t treat yourself to your favourite English restaurant now and again and they would of course appreciate the business and support of local ex pats and visitors.
Tenerife is just one of the seven Islands amongst the Canary Islands, these include Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura , La Gomera, La Palma and El Hiero. Tenerife is located 300 km off the Coast of North West Africa. The Canary Islands were created about 10 million years ago by volcanic eruptions. Tenerife is a very popular holiday destination for families, about 4 million holiday makers visit Tenerife each year to enjoy the excellent all year round climate. About 700,000 local people live on the island of Tenerife this includes approximately 35,000 British who have made Tenerife their home, there are however many thousands of British living on the island who have not registered as being resident in addition to those figures. In addition to the British residents there are large numbers of other nationalities including Belgian, German, French, Dutch and many more. Tenerife is the ideal family destination any time of the year, hot and sunny weather is guaranteed all year round. The beaches of Tenerife are a mix of sandy beaches where the sand has been imported from the Sahara and natural volcanic black sand beaches. Tenerife is well known for its main holiday resort of Playa de Las Americas where young and old can be fully entertained all day and night
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