Every Thursday evening we are entertained by the “Comares Loro Show” team. This long established company provides a brilliant fun show with performing Parrots at the Poolside Bar at Club Olympus.
The birds used are Blue and Gold Macaws, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo’s and Scarlet Macaws. All the birds are in superb condition and are obviously well loved and cared for.
These gorgeous and intelligent birds are capable of a wide variety of tricks such as riding a miniature bicycle shown below.
Or riding an electric skateboard which he starts and stops himself!
And both kids and adults alike are absolutely enthralled.
As the Parrots run through their repertoire.
The “Comares Loro Show” have been entertaining us for many years and are very well known in Tenerife. They have a great reputation for animal welfare and are involved in numerous preservation projects.
Freddie, the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo pulls his pal along in a little chariot.
And then Freddie has a rest in his little deck chair!
Because we are in Spain we demonstrate the traditional “Parrot Bullfighting”
The Matador wins and the Parrot is vanquished!
The Parrot show is a great success and is free to all our guests at Club Olympus. On Thursday evenings we have a kids disco which begins at 7pm, this is followed by the Parrot Show at about 7.45pm. After the parrots we then have our family barbecue and cabaret. The Barbecue is great value at 6.50 Euros per head and the party really does get going.
Everybody is welcome to the Club Olympus Thursday night Parrot Show, Barbecue and family shindig!
The Cafe Epoca in the El Camison area of Playa De Las Americas is a terrific place to stop for coffee. They have a variety of coffee’s and it has a very continental atmosphere.
Cafe Epoca was originally opened by Giovanni Lecci from Sicily and has been a popular meeting place ever since. Cafe Epoca also prepare light snacks and have a wide variety of pastries, cakes and delicious things that go with coffee!
Coffee is serious business in Tenerife and there are a number of different coffees to choose from. Try the world famous “Barraquito” coffee of Tenerife shown above. This is made with condensed milk, an espresso coffee, milk, a shot of ‘Liqueur 103′, a tiny slice of lemon and then all sprinkled with cinnamon and it is outstanding!
Legend has it that “Barraquito” is an obscure word for camouflage. When the family was on their way to church on a Sunday morning they would stop for a coffee. Dad would ask for a Barraquito with a wink to the barman, so his coffee would have a little shot of alcohol in it (Licor 43). The tiny slice of lemon was to indicate which coffee had the booze in it! Or so they say……….?
Cafe Epoca is well worth a visit and do try try the “Barraquito”!
Dear Club Olympus Members
Please be advised that a number of so called “Resale” companies are still aggressively calling our members and offering “too good to be true” deals.
If any resale company calls you then they have obtained your number by illegal, unauthorised or fraudulent means. This should immediately make you suspicious!
We DO NOT give out your contact details to anyone so if they are calling you then it is not a good start. Under no circumstances should you give your credit card details to these callers no matter how credible they sound. Please, please, please be careful. The Organisation for Timeshare in Europe (OTE) has given repeated warnings about this type of operation. Most of these companies are only interested in obtaining your “registration fee” and then you will hear very little else.
Give our Bradford Head Office at Leeming Wells a call if you are receiving unsolicited calls. We are compiling a list of companies and their methods for the OTE which will go to their enforcement agency in an ongoing effort to stop these companies.
As we mentioned a couple of posts earlier, The OTE (Organisation for Timeshare in Europe) are holding a writing competition for timeshare owners. They would like an article of between 500 to 800 words describing why you love your timeshare. Entries should be emailed to Sue McNicol of the OTE on smcnicol@btinternet.com
There is a first prize of 200 Euros, a second prize of 100 Euros and a third prize of 50 Euros. Entries may be published on the OTE website and in Newsletters.
A number of Olympus owners have already submitted entries which we will publish shortly on this blog. If you submit an entry to OTE then please send me (Ivan) a copy to sales@olympusworld.com or info@olympusworld.com so that we can publish them anyway on our blog.
Don’t forget to let Sue McNicol at the OTE know which resort you own at.
The OTE are the main trade body for timeshare resorts in Europe. All members adhere to a strict code of ethics and protocols which are recognised at government level throughout Europe. Club Olympus are founder members of the OTE.
Damary’s completes the trio of restaurants that specialise in “Adeje Spicy chicken”. The other two being Oasis and Otello’s. Each one is brilliant in its own right for various reasons but all have one thing in common, fabulous spicy chicken.
Damary’s is a family owned restaurant and is situated towards the top of Adeje. It is only a 15 minute taxi or car ride from Club Olympus. The chicken pieces here are a little smaller than at Oasis or Otello’s but there are more of them and the sauce is particularly tasty.
Not only do Damary’s specialise in “spicy chicken” but they also do “garlic chicken” which is different again. Their house wine is also very good but we tend to have a Marques De Caceres Rioja when we are here.
Cheers all, we hope that you come and give Damary’s a try, it’s well worth the run out. Recommending restaurants is always a bit fraught because every place can have on off day but we are confident that you will not be disappointed with Damary. You can eat out on their terrace or inside if it is a little cooler or busy.
This little place is certainly one of our favourites and deserves its place in my “Good Food Guide”.
If you look at the categories on the top right hand side of the blog page you will see the “Hedley’s Good Food Guide” section. Click on this to see all of the restaurants currently on that guide. There is also a section in the main website that has even more restaurants highlighted. We are very blessed in Tenerife by having some tremendous restaurants which are great value for money. If you need to know more then please speak with me, Ivan, Sedge or any of our staff and we will point you in the right direction. Do also feel free to comment on this restaurant or on any others that you like by clicking on “comment” below right.
Bon Provecho and have a wonderful time when you are in Tenerife - Hedley and Jane
I found this beautiful Photo presentation of Tenerife on YouTube by Asihatix. Click here to see this 4 minute presentation of the beauty of Tenerife. Great reminders if you have been to Tenerife and something to look forward to if you haven’t!
Cheers - Ivan
The Organisation for Timeshare in Europe (OTE) would like any budding writers, who own timeshare, to write a short article about their timeshare holiday experience. I know that we have some very talented owners at Club Olympus so if the idea appeals, get writing.
The competition has been launched in four countries, The UK, Spain, Greece and Hungary.
Entrants are required to submit an article reflecting why they love their timeshare. The articles should be between 500 to 800 words. A top prize of 200 Euros will be awarded to the winner with 100 and 50 Euro prizes to 2nd and 3rd respectively.
You can email your entry to Sue McNicol of the OTE on smcnicol@btinternet.com
submitted entries may be published in newsletters and on the OTE website.
If you enter, let me (Ivan Rhodes) have a copy to publish on the Club Olympus Website via sales@olympusworld.com or info@olympusworld.com
The Kids Club Team are looking forward to seeing everybody this summer. The Team Leader is Angie Decaro (pictured left) assisted by Gabi Rhodes (right).
Angie is actually Italian but speaks English beautifully as well as Spanish and German. Angie lived in Dublin for a year or so and loved the Emerald Isle but is happy to be in the sunshine. The resort is busy again this year and we have had fabulous weather so far this year as you can see below.
Pictured below we have Paul and Debbie Lawson from Stockport with their daughter Amy. The Lawsons are frequent visitors to Garden City and have been coming here for nearly 10 years. Amy has had a blast at the Kids Club this year.
As has young Georgia Bates, photographed here with mum and dad, Judith and Lawrence from Wilsden, West Yorkshire.
The Kids Club has a full range of activities throughout the week including the Swimming Gala on Thursdays. Adults are invited to join in the Poolside quizzes and swimming competitions too.
Angie and Gabi say “Welcome to Club Olympus!”
Yes I managed to get a quick shot of Suzanne our In-House Team Leader in the famous dress. We haven’t seen it for a while but here it is! She tells me it’s a lovely cool dress for a hot Tenerife, August Day and that she has many other dresses, hmmm. Anyway Suzanne said to say Hi to everybody if she was going to appear on the Club Olympus “Blog”.
As part of the Olympus Group we have a small English style Pub down at the fishing village of Los Abrigos. The Red Rock Cafe was recently taken on by our old friend Mike Booth and his partner Marie.
The Red Rock is beautifully furnished and is very much in the style of a traditional English/Irish Pub but with a continental flavour and is well worth a visit. A unique feature of the Red Rock is its situation right by the sea. The Bar has fabulous sea views and looks right over the Red Rock at El Medano as you can see below. The Red Rock mountain (Montana Rojo in Spanish) is one of the first things that visitors to Tenerife see, as the airport runway goes right past it.
Los Abrigos is a fishing village about 15 minutes away from Playa De Las Americas and is famed for its Seafood restaurants. Many of our guests at Club Olympus use the restaurants in Los Abrigos then dive into the Red Rock for a “swifty” before they head back to the resort. If you need an excuse to get out for a drive and a change of scenery then visiting Los Abrigos and The Red Rock is a lovely start. Mike and Marie know many of our owners and guests after working with us at Club Olympus for a long time and will be delighted to see you.
You can get to Los Abrigos easily and cheaply by Taxi or if you have a hire car you simply drive on the TF-1 motorway towards the airport and come off at Las Chafiras (the junction before the airport), signposted “Los Abrigos, El Medano, San Miguel”. Follow the signs from the roundabout to Los Abrigos, go left at the Los Abrigos roundabout towards El Medano for about half a mile and look for Calle (street) La Marea on the right. The Red Rock Cafe is at the bottom of there - easy! Or just ask our on-site team at Garden City for directions.
We will putting more posts about The Red Rock and Los Abrigos generally in the near future.
Come and have a pint with Mike and Marie and we will see you there!