“Jump on and feel the freedom of the road”

Stephen Eade of Horizon Property Group on board the beast

For the Biker in you…. If you fancy a tour with a bit of a twist, then Trike Tours Tenerife is going to be just up your street! We all know about the usual coach tours that stuff you into a coach and drag you around looking at sites, then dragging you back again, so how about making your way around the island on a huge motorised trike – its a car engine with 3 wheels!!

That is what we got up to on a hot friday afternoon – well someone has to! To say I was unexcited would be the understatement of the week, even Steve, my husband, wasn’t keen as he hates being driven anywhere, so we were on a non starter there anyway! However, in the interests of researching tourist options, off we went.

Alex, an extremely nice Scotsman met us in a car park in Los Cristianos, usually you are collected from your accommodation, but I refused to let my neighbours see me in a crash helmet, never mind on this contraption… Alex went through the safety features and talked us through where we wanted to go. Trike tours offer a selection of 4 tours ranging from 1 hour through to 4 hours. We graciously accepted the 1 hour tour!

We donned our crash helmets and away we went. It took us about 3 minutes to get into the tour, amazing how many cars, lorries and pedestrians waved and tooted at us. This is a seriously cool way to get around everyone loved it, shrinking violets this is not for you.

We started by riding through Los Cristianos and on to Las Americas, pausing to watch surfers mostly falling off their boards, and for photos – this took ages as everywhere we stopped, throngs of tourists stopped and had a nosey at this extraordinary beastie, then went down though La Caleta and up into the hills. As far as Steve was concerned, this is where it got seriously interesting, he took over the driving!

Afterwards Steve said “Having ridden bikes for a lot of years this was a whole new experience, it felt like sitting on a bike but you steer like a car. One thing you have to remember is all the extra width at the back. Alex let me drive round La Caleta to get the feel of the trike and also see how I did. After the second circuit he asked if I would like to carry on, so off we went again back towards Torviscas and up to the view point in Torviscas Alto. It was the most amazing experience riding something that is a bike but with the comfort of a car.”

He enjoyed himself so much Alex thought he was going to have to leaver him out of the drivers seat with a crow bar, but gave him 9 1/2 out of 10 for effort!

All tours are for two people, however there are two trikes on the island so if 4 of you would like to try it out, with one of you driving, then you can as long as you have had a current driving licence for at last a year and you are over 25. You will have to produce your licence before you are alllowed to ride. The minimum age to ride on the trike is 14.

The 1 hour tour costs €50 for 2 people and involves collection for your accommodation, then takes you through a coastal tour of Los Cristianos, Las Americas, La Caleta and up into the hills for an amazing photo opportunity of the whole of the coastal area. You are then taken back to your accomodation.

For 2 hours the price is €75 for two people, you will be collected and then driven to La Camella, Buzanada, Aldea Blanca, Los Abrigos – including around the harbour, Golf del Sur and Las Galletas. Again you will be delivered back home. This tour offers you some amazing opportunities to see the views through La Camella and Valle San Lorenzo before coming back down the mountain.

3 hours costs €100 for two and takes the other side of Tenerife to include Playa San Juan, Los Gigantes and Santiago del Teide, all offering fantatsic photo opportunities.

The 4 hour tour costs €125 for two people and is a journey up to Mount Teide via the scenic route, it takes you through La Camella, Buzanada, San Miguel, Villa Flor and right up to Teide – though not to the top obviously!

All tours are flexible however, if you want to include something specific, just ask and it will be done. Although the tours are not the cheapest on the Island, they are definitely up there with the best, so perhaps to celebrate something special like a birthday or anniversary or even a marriage proposal, what a unique opportunity to try out something a bit different.

We are seriously considering using it as a means of getting to our wedding anniversary party. Yup I’ll be a convert to the beastie then!

To book a tour or for more information please call Sandy on 0034 629 155 114, or click here:

€305,000
An absolutely beautiful corner townhouse in the popular Balcon del Atlantico complex in Torviscas Alto, Tenerife. Built on 3 levels, the first of which has a large separate fully fitted kitchen, toilet, large dining/lounge area with patio doors leading to a large terrace.

Upstairs has 3 double bedrooms all with fitted wardrobes, 2 bathrooms, the master bedroom has ensuite and a terrace with lovely sea views.

Downstairs there is a huge basement which could be used as a games room, gym, office, or it could be converted to extra rooms.

The price includes all furnishings.

The complex has 2 communal pools & is very well maintained.

Viewing recommended as this property is being offered at an incredible price for a quick sale. To make an appointment or for more information, click here:

€52,000.

Ideal investment opportunity, a 1 bed apartment in Corralejo with easy access to the beaches and shops etc.

The apartment is on a small complex of residencial and holiday homes it includes a good sized communal swimming pool and well kept garden areas.

The community fees are only €90 a month this includes the pool and garden maintainence and also your water and electricity, so you know what you need to pay out every month all the time!!

For information on this property or to arrange a viewing please contact us.

At last, great news for expats. Gone are the days when you mourned the loss of your M&S knickers and lusted after Wallis outfits that were beyond your reach, unless you had extremely understanding visitors who were willing to donate their luggage allowance to you.

There is now a website called La Plaza that brings together over 100 UK stores that will deliver to your door in Spain, even to the Canary Islands!. High Street brands such as Marks & Spencers, Littlewoods, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis, Miss Selfridge and even some smaller exclusive shops like White Stuff are available giving you access to fashion, gadgets, computers and gifts.

As well as having goods shipped to Spain you can order online and send presents to family and friends in the UK, or you can send them the link to La Plaza, so they can send you presents. Christmas, weddings are now going to be a doddle!!

All the shops offer secure online shopping and have clear policies for delivery and returns.

To visit their website, click here:

Tenerife Outdoors offers a great opportunity to discover another side of Tenerife. Their walking holidays are unique and are combined with spectacular scenery, good food and accommodation all packaged into one amazing holiday experience.

They have an extensive range of breaks available from a Southern Tour, a 9 nine day multi activity break which combine walking with biking, and even a two night stay on the neighbouring island of La Gomera.

With Tenerife Outdoors you have an opportunity to can climb, picnic, explore and see far more than the usual tourist traps generally associated with Tenerife.

All food, accommodation and activities are included in the price and their trips are led by an experienced British guide who has lived in Tenerife for over 22 years.

You can choose from a wide range of walking holidays, with a choice of departure dates and even combine selected trips to create an extended stay.

For more information, click here:

€178,500

Lovely family home for sale in the quiet village of Aldea Blanca close to the Martin Luther King School & just a 10 minute drive to the Airport & Los Cristianos

The property comprises of 3 bedrooms, the master bedroom having an ensuite with bath and fitted wardrobes, and 1 of the bedrooms has stairs leading up to extra sleeping area & access to a large private roof terrace with sea & mountain views.

The property has a fully fitted kitchen with separate utility room, and the spacious lounge has patio doors leading out to private garden with part wooden cover, BBQ & outdoor storage.

With very low community fees, private parking in front of the house and air conditioning throughout it is to be sold fully furnished.

For more information about property for sale in the Canary Islands, please click here:

Opportunity to buy a beautifully decorated and furnished Townhouse in the quite location of Club del Mar, Palm Mar, Tenerife.

The house has 3 large bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. On the ground floor there is a fabulous fully fitted kitchen, a guest toilet & split level lounge, the upper level has been set up as a dining area, the lower half is a spacious living room which leads out to the fully tiled garden. The master bedroom with en-suite bathroom is on the first floor and on the second floor there are a further 2 double bedrooms & a bathroom.

The house also has a small roof terrace with sea views and there is a garage for 2 cars.
The complex includes a large communal pool & has satellite TV.

Price reduced April 2009 from €367,500 to €299,500 for a quick sale. This property has to be seen to be fully appreciated. For more details, click here:

For more information about property available in the Canary Islands, click here:

Bungalow for sale in Fuerteventura

This fabulous bungalow in Fuerteventura is on the Avenida Grandes Playa, one of the most sought after addresses on the Island and just steps away from the beaches of Corralejo.

Featuring 2 bedrooms, kitchen /diner and bathroom, all beautifully decorated, it also has a private roof terrace, front and back terraces together with a communal pool! Absolutely no excuse not to catch some rays as well as some views to die for!

This really is a fantastic opportunity to purchase your superb dream home for only €185,000

For more information click here:

Dancing School Vamos a Bailar is celebrating its first birthday and invites you to attend a Presentation Show on October 4th 2009 to be held at the Hotel Costa Los Gigantes, Puerto Santiago, Tenerife, at 4.00pm They will also be celebrating very good exam results for both children and adult students.

The school has recently expanded and added two new teachers, Zoe May Harker who specialises in Ballet, Tap, Modern, Cheerleading as well as dance for 4 – 7 year olds, and Deolinda who teaches Hip Hop, R&B and Salsa. They join Jo Holland, who recently won 2009 Tenerife’s Got Talent and teaches Theatre and Singing, and Beverley Corbett who takes Ballroom and Latin American dance.

The show will host a series of dance demonstrations by both adult and child students and promiss to be a spectacular. Tickets are on sale from the dance school direct for €5,00, telephone 646 067 47 for details.

Vamos a Bailar, which translates to Let’s Dance also offer Birthday Dance Parties for children with a theme of either High School Musical or Little Mermaid. They will entertain your children, teach theme a dance routine which the parents will be invited to see! For older children they offer Hip Hop/ R&B parties and adults can chose from Ballroom, Rock n Roll or Salsa.

For more information click here: