- Tel: +34 922 383 500 - Fax: +34 922 384 055February 16, 2008
10 great boozy breaks
The Guardian, Saturday February 16 2008
Drink wine from the barrel in Tenerife Hire a car, buy a map and head for the Orotava wine valley in the island’s lush north, to discover the guachinches (gwa-CHEEN-chays). These makeshift rural bars open seasonally to sell the latest harvest of country wine. With it they dish up home-made goats cheese and fantastic rural dishes such as rabbit stew. Stay at Hotel Tigaiga in Puerto de la Cruz: front-desk manager Luis is a seasoned guachinchero, and will make recommendations (…).