When you’re looking for a good place to retire in the United States, there are a number of good locations you could choose from. One of the towns you might consider is Portsmouth in New Hampshire. Portsmouth is 50 miles away from Boston and has a population of less than 21,000. Average temperatures in Portsmouth… Continue reading Portsmouth – An Urban Paradise
Month: May 2006
Heavenly Hot Spots – Tenerife
During hot, sultry, Tenerife summer days, when temperatures soar into the thirties and beyond and shady terraces fail to provide any respite from energy sapping heat, there’s only one thing for it; follow the Tinerfeños example and head for the beach. With a coastline as diverse as the landscape of its interior, Tenerife is blessed… Continue reading Heavenly Hot Spots – Tenerife
FREERIDING: THE MOVEMENT DEFINED
Nearly 20 percent of the United States’ adult population, or 39.3 million people, are estimated to have participated in off-road mountain biking in the last year. The number of participants has remained fairly steady while the number of enthusiasts has grown nearly 150 percent.* No matter how it’s measured, the sport of off road and… Continue reading FREERIDING: THE MOVEMENT DEFINED
Güímar – The gateway to the south of the Island from Santa Cruz
Before construction of the TF1, Güímar was the gateway to the south of the Island from Santa Cruz, located as it is on the old road that linked north with south, skirting the Corona Forestal, high above Tenerife’s east coast. The compact old quarter of the town lies close to the old road making it… Continue reading Güímar – The gateway to the south of the Island from Santa Cruz
San Juan de la Rambla an uncut diamond
The village of San Juan de la Rambla is like an uncut diamond; its old quarter is crammed with seventeenth and eighteenth century buildings, many in need of investment and renovation. In its uncut state, wandering its narrow lanes is like discovering an abandoned museum, a surprise repository of art galleries and antiquities, tucked away… Continue reading San Juan de la Rambla an uncut diamond