Foreign Office has ‘no plans’ to fly British tourists home from Tenerife

None of the remaining 700-plus guests at a hotel in Spain’s Canary Islands on lockdown over the coronavirus have shown any symptoms of the virus and 130 of them have been cleared to leave the building, a spokesman for the regional government said on Thursday. The guests at Tenerife’s H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel have … Read more

‘Come and rescue us, Boris!’ Pleas from British tourists trapped in Tenerife hotel

Some guests chose to stay in their rooms. Others put on their face masks and decided to relax by the hotel’s swimming pool. The two approaches were just one sign of the confusion and frustration facing a group of British holidaymakers being contained in a Tenerife hotel for two weeks. Frustrated guests pleaded with Boris … Read more

Tourists desert coronavirus-stricken Milan: Italian city’s streets are empty

The typically-bustling streets of Milan have been left empty as Italy struggles with the spread of the deadly coronavirus.  The country went from six cases to more than 400 with 12 dead since last Friday, becoming Europe’s worst-affected region. Now Milan’s once-packed roads have been left empty as the country battles with being the continent’s … Read more

Tourists lounge by swimming pool in Tenerife hotel quarantine

Quarantined tourists lounged by a swimming pool and sipped on free champagne at a Tenerife hotel today as they settled in for a two-week lockdown.  Hundreds of guests will be locked in the H10 Costa Adeje Palace for 14 days to stop the spread of coronavirus, Spanish authorities confirmed today.  The trapped tourists include around 160 … Read more

Hundreds of British tourists must stay TRAPPED in Canary Island coronavirus quarantine

Hundreds of Britons are feared to be trapped in a Tenerife hotel that has been placed in lockdown due to a coronavirus outbreak. Roughly 700 guests were confined to their bedrooms at the four-star H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel in a desperate attempt to stop the virus from spreading. British guests described how their trips … Read more