 Everyday
life: Tenerife- most people associate
this word with a holiday island and being lazy.
If you live here you will quickly realize that life
runs...
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Work:
Tenerife needs a lot of qualified manpower –
craftsmen, translators, computer scientists, kitchen
and hotel staff...
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 Cars:
To rent a car here: It is recommended when you live
here only for some months a year...
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Banks:
In Tenerife you will find mostly Spanish and Canarian
banks - also internationally operating one’s
(e.g. Banco Santander)...
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Gestorias:
a helpful Spanish specialty, very useful in dealing
with all paperwork on Tenerife. The Spanish bureaucracy
is dreaded for its work...
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 Clothing:
Proper clothes for Tenerife? Think of swimsuits
and you are not completely wrong. However you cannot
go everywhere in your bathing clothes...
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Climatic
Table Tenerife
Rainfall, Avg. temperatures...
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Diplomatic
Representatives: refer to this list
for contact information of the major Diplomatic
Representatives...
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 People:
The Canario is friendly, helpful and never in a
hurry (except if he sits on a scooter) He enjoys
fiestas and festivals. Absolutely unavoidable work...
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Opening
hours: The opening hours are different
here from Central Europe. Usually no shop opens
before
9.00 am... more
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Mail:
Mail in Tenerife is slow and unreliable
and cheap. Often you get mail only once per week
and the average transfer time...
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Prices
and the cost of living:
Tenerife as a bargain island – that was in
the past. Nowadays Tenerife is in the middle of...
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Press:
There are several English language news-papers/magazines,
some of which are also available...
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Restaurants:
8.600 gastronomic establishments in Tenerife, among
them 3.000 restaurants – for sure you will
find a suitable place...
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 Service
/ Security: Lots of small and medium-sized
service agencies look after your house when you
are not here, or of course if you wish...
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 Phone
& Internet:
The situation is good and it gets continuously better.
Telephone connections...
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TV
and Radio: It is possible to receive
the Astra satellite on the Canary Islands with a
normal over the counter dish...
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Supply
and Disposal: You are living on an
island, perhaps in the middle of the nature. The
supply quality might not reach...
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Everyday life:
