after looking for a 6 person Casa Rurale style accommodation over christmas and new year in Tenerife ... we eventually went for Antón Piche [cool location graphic - if a little noisy] ... which is close to the southern airport ...
toprural.com only have a single review - which is in spanish, and seems complimentary ... although it could be written by the owners ... you never know !
niumba.com don't have any comments at all on Anton Piche ...
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06 December 2006
19 November 2006
car hire - tenerife - 9 days ...
changed the dates - now looking for a car from 10:30 on fri 24th dec ... to 18:00 on mon 1st jan ... preferrably from TFN ...
Alamo does not have any vehicles at TFN or TFS ...
Budget does not have any locations in tenerife ...
NationalCar does not have any cars available from TFN or TFS ...
Thrifty does not have any locations in tenerife ...
Carjet.com has an Opel Corsa sized vehicle for 139 gbp - all extra drivers are free, and there is a zero insurance excess ... this company won the Best Car Hire company in the 2006 Guardian newspaper Travel Awards ...
CarHire3000 has an Opel Corsa sized vehicle for 137 gbp - it is unclear what the excess would be, or how much they charge for extra drivers ...
TravelSupermarket has CarHire3000 as its cheapest ...
HolidayAutos europe [owned by lastminute.com] has a Fiesta size vehicle available for 110 gbp - with 1 free additional drivers [further drivers costing 10 eur per day], and damage excess waiver [unclear what the excess would change from or to] costing 23 gbp, totalling 133 gbp ... this company has had some bad press recently ...
SIXT holiday cars has a Polo sized vehicle available for 240 eur [approx 160 gbp] - apparently including one free additional driver, but unclear what the excess is ...
Hertz has a Peugot 107 sized vehicle for 164 gbp - each additional drive 60 eur [40 gbp] ...
Avis has a Polo sized vehicle for 180 gbp plus 66 eur [approx 44 gbp] ...
Europcar has a Fiat Punto sized vehicle for 197 gbp ...
Easycar doesn't have any of their cheaper cars left - they have a Ford Focus sized vehicle for 214 gbp ...
Alamo does not have any vehicles at TFN or TFS ...
Budget does not have any locations in tenerife ...
NationalCar does not have any cars available from TFN or TFS ...
Thrifty does not have any locations in tenerife ...
Carjet.com has an Opel Corsa sized vehicle for 139 gbp - all extra drivers are free, and there is a zero insurance excess ... this company won the Best Car Hire company in the 2006 Guardian newspaper Travel Awards ...
CarHire3000 has an Opel Corsa sized vehicle for 137 gbp - it is unclear what the excess would be, or how much they charge for extra drivers ...
TravelSupermarket has CarHire3000 as its cheapest ...
HolidayAutos europe [owned by lastminute.com] has a Fiesta size vehicle available for 110 gbp - with 1 free additional drivers [further drivers costing 10 eur per day], and damage excess waiver [unclear what the excess would change from or to] costing 23 gbp, totalling 133 gbp ... this company has had some bad press recently ...
SIXT holiday cars has a Polo sized vehicle available for 240 eur [approx 160 gbp] - apparently including one free additional driver, but unclear what the excess is ...
Hertz has a Peugot 107 sized vehicle for 164 gbp - each additional drive 60 eur [40 gbp] ...
Avis has a Polo sized vehicle for 180 gbp plus 66 eur [approx 44 gbp] ...
Europcar has a Fiat Punto sized vehicle for 197 gbp ...
Easycar doesn't have any of their cheaper cars left - they have a Ford Focus sized vehicle for 214 gbp ...
15 November 2006
car hire - tenerife - 11 days ...
looking for a car from 10:30 on fri 22nd dec ... to 18:00 on mon 1st jan ... preferrably from TFN ...
Carjet.com does not have any cars at TFN or TFS ...
Budget does not have any locations in tenerife ...
NationalCar does not have any cars available from TFN or TFS ...
HolidayAutos [owned by lastminute.com] has a Fiesta size vehicle available for 132 gbp - with 1 free additional drivers [further drivers costing 10 eur per day], and damage excess waiver [unclear what the excess would change from or to] costing 27.50 gbp ...
SIXT has a Polo sized vehicle available for 294 eur [approx 199 gbp] - apparently including one free additional driver, but unclear what the excess is ...
Hertz has a Peugot 107 sized vehicle for 200 gbp - each additional drive 60 eur [40 gbp] ...
Avis has a Polo sized vehicle for 220 gbp plus 66 eur [approx 44 gbp] ...
Europcar has a compact car for the bargain price of 350 gbp ...
Carjet.com does not have any cars at TFN or TFS ...
Budget does not have any locations in tenerife ...
NationalCar does not have any cars available from TFN or TFS ...
HolidayAutos [owned by lastminute.com] has a Fiesta size vehicle available for 132 gbp - with 1 free additional drivers [further drivers costing 10 eur per day], and damage excess waiver [unclear what the excess would change from or to] costing 27.50 gbp ...
SIXT has a Polo sized vehicle available for 294 eur [approx 199 gbp] - apparently including one free additional driver, but unclear what the excess is ...
Hertz has a Peugot 107 sized vehicle for 200 gbp - each additional drive 60 eur [40 gbp] ...
Avis has a Polo sized vehicle for 220 gbp plus 66 eur [approx 44 gbp] ...
Europcar has a compact car for the bargain price of 350 gbp ...
13 November 2006
london - tenerife ... charter flights ...
looking for flights departing around sat 23rd dec, and returning around mon 1st jan ... charterflights.co.uk lists the following flights ...
Gatwick to Tenerife, Spain
219 gbp
Sun 24 Dec 2006 LGW to TFS 0925 1340
Sun 31 Dec 2006 TFS to LGW 1440 1855
Gatwick to Tenerife, Spain
239 gbp
Sun 24 Dec 2006 LGW to TFS 1430 1850
Sun 31 Dec 2006 TFS to LGW 1700 2115
Gatwick to Tenerife, Spain
219 gbp
Sun 24 Dec 2006 LGW to TFS 0925 1340
Sun 31 Dec 2006 TFS to LGW 1440 1855
Gatwick to Tenerife, Spain
239 gbp
Sun 24 Dec 2006 LGW to TFS 1430 1850
Sun 31 Dec 2006 TFS to LGW 1700 2115
11 November 2006
Dublin - Tenerife
Aer Lingus (EI) flies to Tenerife South (TFS) ... whilst Ryanair (FR) flies to Tenerife North (TFN) ...
EI's departure on sat 23rd dec is showing as full ... leaving their fri 22nd dec as available - for a mere 309 eur single excluding taxes and charges, or mon 18th dec for 80 eur ...
for the return, EI have mon 1st jan for 245 eur excluding taxes and charges, fri 5th jan [dep 12:50 arr 17:10] and sat 6th jan [dep 18:10 arr 22:30], both for 309 eur ...
so a return flight departing on fri 22nd dec and returning on fri 5th jan comes to 662 eur including taxes ...
FR's prices look much better, although their flights depart at a sleep-depriving 06:00 [arr 10:20], they fly on mon, wed, fri and sun ... with mon 18th dec costing 1 cent, wed 20th dec 14.99 eur, and fri 22nd dec 59.99 eur - all excluding taxes and charges ...
for the return [dep 10:45 arr 15:05] mon 1st jan would be 69.99 eur, wed 3rd or fri 5th or sun 7th jan would each be 109.99, whilst mon 8th jan is 69.99 eur, and each flight after that drops to 1 cent - all excluding taxes and charges ...
so a return flight departing on wed 20th dec and returning on wed 3rd jan comes to 161.50 eur including taxes ...
EI's departure on sat 23rd dec is showing as full ... leaving their fri 22nd dec as available - for a mere 309 eur single excluding taxes and charges, or mon 18th dec for 80 eur ...
for the return, EI have mon 1st jan for 245 eur excluding taxes and charges, fri 5th jan [dep 12:50 arr 17:10] and sat 6th jan [dep 18:10 arr 22:30], both for 309 eur ...
so a return flight departing on fri 22nd dec and returning on fri 5th jan comes to 662 eur including taxes ...
FR's prices look much better, although their flights depart at a sleep-depriving 06:00 [arr 10:20], they fly on mon, wed, fri and sun ... with mon 18th dec costing 1 cent, wed 20th dec 14.99 eur, and fri 22nd dec 59.99 eur - all excluding taxes and charges ...
for the return [dep 10:45 arr 15:05] mon 1st jan would be 69.99 eur, wed 3rd or fri 5th or sun 7th jan would each be 109.99, whilst mon 8th jan is 69.99 eur, and each flight after that drops to 1 cent - all excluding taxes and charges ...
so a return flight departing on wed 20th dec and returning on wed 3rd jan comes to 161.50 eur including taxes ...
Belfast to Tenerife
looking to depart between wed 20th and fri 22nd December ... for two weeks ...
Belfast International airport website shows a departure on tuesdays with Airtours [tue 19th appears to be available, but not the return 2 weeks later] ... and on fridays with Falcon Holidays [flight only redirects to First Choice - which doesn't have availability], Airtours [which doesn't have availability on this date either], or Direct Holidays - which looks suspiciously similar to the Airtours website, which does have availability for departure on fri 22nd Dec at 08:00 [arr TFS 12:30], and returning on fri 5th Jan at 13:30 [arr BFS 18:05] ... for a whopping 429 gbp per person !
Belfast International also has scheduled flights with Jet.com on thursdays and sundays to TFS ... and they have availability departing Thu 21st Dec at 13:45 [arr 18:00] and returning on thu 4th Jan at 08:00 [arr 12:15] ... for a painful 403 gbp ...
Belfast International airport website shows a departure on tuesdays with Airtours [tue 19th appears to be available, but not the return 2 weeks later] ... and on fridays with Falcon Holidays [flight only redirects to First Choice - which doesn't have availability], Airtours [which doesn't have availability on this date either], or Direct Holidays - which looks suspiciously similar to the Airtours website, which does have availability for departure on fri 22nd Dec at 08:00 [arr TFS 12:30], and returning on fri 5th Jan at 13:30 [arr BFS 18:05] ... for a whopping 429 gbp per person !
Belfast International also has scheduled flights with Jet.com on thursdays and sundays to TFS ... and they have availability departing Thu 21st Dec at 13:45 [arr 18:00] and returning on thu 4th Jan at 08:00 [arr 12:15] ... for a painful 403 gbp ...
16 October 2006
Lanzarote / Tenerife - casa rurale acommodation ...
trying to decide where to stay on either lanzarote or tenerife [haven't decided where to go yet] over christmas ... discovered the http://www.innsofcanaryislands.com/hotels.aspx website, which has one in southern tenerife that looks promising ...
and found http://www.ecoturismocanarias.com/canarias/uk/islas.asp which has a few interesting places in southern tenerife, but doesn't cover lanzarote ...
the bradt guidebook to the canary islands mentions that lanzarote doesn't have as much rural accommodation as the other islands ... although the toprural website has a good few places ...
and found http://www.ecoturismocanarias.com/canarias/uk/islas.asp which has a few interesting places in southern tenerife, but doesn't cover lanzarote ...
the bradt guidebook to the canary islands mentions that lanzarote doesn't have as much rural accommodation as the other islands ... although the toprural website has a good few places ...
15 October 2006
Tenerife / Lanzarote - getting there from LIS
with the flight from MPM arriving into LIS on fri 22nd dec at 19:50 ... there are no connecting flights to get to tenerife - the last flight departs at 20:25 ...
the previous TAP flight from MPM arrives into LIS on thu 21st dec at 06:00 so there are plenty of flights ... although none are nonstop, with most taking around 5 hours, with some taking considerably longer ... opodo has prices from around 200 gbp for a return flight ...
there are no flights to Arrecife from LIS to connect with the 19:50 arrival on fri 22nd dec ...
there are quite a few flights to Arrecife from LIS on thu 21st dec ... opodo again has prices for a return flight for around 200 gbp for the indirect flights taking well over 5 hours ...
the previous TAP flight from MPM arrives into LIS on thu 21st dec at 06:00 so there are plenty of flights ... although none are nonstop, with most taking around 5 hours, with some taking considerably longer ... opodo has prices from around 200 gbp for a return flight ...
there are no flights to Arrecife from LIS to connect with the 19:50 arrival on fri 22nd dec ...
there are quite a few flights to Arrecife from LIS on thu 21st dec ... opodo again has prices for a return flight for around 200 gbp for the indirect flights taking well over 5 hours ...
Tenerife / Lanzarote - getting there from DUB / BFS / NOC / LON
charterflights.co.uk is showing a flight from BFS to Tenerife on fri 22nd dec [dep 12:45 arr 17:05 ; dep 07:30 arr11:45] for 299 gbp ... and one from DUB on the same day for 479 gbp
aer lingus flies from DUB to Tenerife on fri 22nd and sat 23rd dec, with retun flights on fri 29th and sat 30th dec [other weeks the flights seem to be on different days of the week] ... with any combination of these return flights costing 350 gbp ... or retuning on mon 1st jan would be 399 gbp for the retun flight ...
the same website shows a departure from BFS to Arrecife, Lanzarote (ACE) on thu 21st dec [dep 13:40 arr 1750 ; dep 08:30 arr 12:40] for 299 gbp ... and one from DUB on sat 23rd dec [dep 13:15 arr 17:20 ; dep 08:00 arr 11:55] for 449 gbp and another on sun 24th dec [dep 06:00 arr 10:05 ; dep 11:05 arr 15:15] for the same price ... and one from NOC on thu 21st dec [dep 15:10 arr 19:15 ; dep 10:00 arr 14:10] for 519 gbp
aer lingus seems to have an erratic schedule to ACE ... their last flight before christmas leaves on wed 20th dec, with a return flight on sat 30th dec ... the return costing 340 gbp ... but by returning on tue 2nd jan, the price drops to 280 gbp ...
loads of departures from london to Tenerife on the fri 22nd dec [none on sat 23rd dec], including a monarch flight at 18:45 for around 230 gbp ...
also loads of departure from london to Arrecife on sat 24th from around 300 gbp ... or thu 21st dec from around 230 gbp [none on fri 22nd or sat 23rd dec] ...
aer lingus flies from DUB to Tenerife on fri 22nd and sat 23rd dec, with retun flights on fri 29th and sat 30th dec [other weeks the flights seem to be on different days of the week] ... with any combination of these return flights costing 350 gbp ... or retuning on mon 1st jan would be 399 gbp for the retun flight ...
the same website shows a departure from BFS to Arrecife, Lanzarote (ACE) on thu 21st dec [dep 13:40 arr 1750 ; dep 08:30 arr 12:40] for 299 gbp ... and one from DUB on sat 23rd dec [dep 13:15 arr 17:20 ; dep 08:00 arr 11:55] for 449 gbp and another on sun 24th dec [dep 06:00 arr 10:05 ; dep 11:05 arr 15:15] for the same price ... and one from NOC on thu 21st dec [dep 15:10 arr 19:15 ; dep 10:00 arr 14:10] for 519 gbp
aer lingus seems to have an erratic schedule to ACE ... their last flight before christmas leaves on wed 20th dec, with a return flight on sat 30th dec ... the return costing 340 gbp ... but by returning on tue 2nd jan, the price drops to 280 gbp ...
loads of departures from london to Tenerife on the fri 22nd dec [none on sat 23rd dec], including a monarch flight at 18:45 for around 230 gbp ...
also loads of departure from london to Arrecife on sat 24th from around 300 gbp ... or thu 21st dec from around 230 gbp [none on fri 22nd or sat 23rd dec] ...
Lanzarote vs Tenerife
looking at the weather for lanzarote over the last few years ... it seems slightly colder than the weather for southern tenerife around christmas ...
i read that the canaries tended to get hotter to the east ??
i read that the canaries tended to get hotter to the east ??
10 October 2006
christmas options
have been looking into the following possible destinations
- Mauritius - bit too far from London for a week's holiday, and flights look expensive [over 800 gbp]
- Seychelles - again, too far for just a week, and similarly expensive
- Egypt - bit too unstable for some people
- Madeira - probably not warm enough
- Canary Islands - possibly not warm enough
- Cape Verde Islands - bit difficult to get to
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