Tenerife: Doing business & staying in touch

Keeping in Touch in Tenerife

Telephone

Emergency calls: 112. Area codes are incorporated within a nine digit number.

Mobile phone

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is good throughout most of the country.

Internet

Internet cafes can be found all over. Wi-Fi is usually available in hotels but costs vary.

Post

There are efficient internal and international postal services (correos) to all countries. Airmail within Europe usually takes around five days.

Media

Tenerife News (www.tenerifenews.com) is another English-language fortnightly paper, more orientated to the north of Tenerife whilst Living Tenerife (www.livingtenerife.com) is a glossy, English-language island lifestyle magazine published monthly. El Dia (http://eldia.es) is a nationalistic Spanish-language daily printed in Tenerife whilst Diario de Avisos (http://diariodeavisos.elespanol.com) provides a more mixed view of Canary Island news. La Opinion (www.laopinion.es) also provides a more mixed view of the goings on in the archipelago. On the televisionTV Canaria and TV Canaria 2 are local channels for the Canary Islands. RNE radio is state-runa and operates Radio 1, Radio Clasica, Radio 3 and Radio 5. Cadena COPE is a radio station controlled by the church.

Visa and passport information is updated regularly and is correct at the time of publishing. You should verify critical travel information independently with the relevant embassy before you travel.