On visits to Tenerife to enjoy some ‘winterless sun’, Sir Peter Stothard, Editor of the Times Literary Supplement, watched the gradual development of the Sentido San Blas Reserva Ambiental and did not know what to expect from this latest addition to Tenerife’s glitzy array of five star hotels and tourist properties.

Today, in an article in the Times Online, he shares his opinion of the new hotel and pulls no punches about what he thinks of Tenerife’s lack of historical identity.

Two questions anyone who lives in Tenerife gets asked by those who are thinking off rolling up on holiday…’What’s the weather like in Tenerife?’ and ‘Is there a beach near by?’

The Arona-Travel website by the Patronato Municipal de Turismo del Ayuntamiento de Arona (which is a huge improvement on the old arona.org website) answers both questions with one click of the mouse with the following link to 24 hours of webcam shots of Playa Las Vistas, Los Cristianos.