Carnaval life in Tenerife

The Carnaval season is already underway with the musical group competitions taking place in Santa Cruz, but one particularly evocative event in the whole Carnaval season takes place in Güímar, where a modern twist on the old local legend of Las Burras de Güímar is enacted, the witches who disguised themselves as donkey mares (burras) to infiltrate the public to carry out acts of black magic in honour of their Lord, the Devil himself.

The full website for the Santa Cruz carnival, which takes place between 19 February and 10 March, is HERE, containing the full programme HERE and the daily calendar HERE. Other big carnivals in Tenerife are Puerto de la Cruz (7 Feb-1 Mar), Los Cristianos (12-23 Mar), and Los Gigantes (6-14 March).