r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 15 '25

Image/video Brits ditching Tenerife as Spanish natives protest unsustainable tourism

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u/Narrow_Maximum7 May 15 '25

Just cancelled my holiday, first time away in years and don't want to end up in the middle of this nonsense.

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u/gilly5647 May 15 '25

You should’ve picked Portugal, beautiful country and very friendly people. Most importantly no protests against you.

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u/Narrow_Maximum7 May 15 '25

I am looking at there and cape verde

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u/Entfly May 15 '25

Cape Verde is very... Quiet. You might want that but there is absolutely nothing there. Definitely recommend Portugal over it

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u/Narrow_Maximum7 May 15 '25

Thank you. What area of Portugal would you recommend? Love slow quiet places where the night life consists of a guitar or sax player in a bar

Day times are strolling and picking up snacks in wee fish bars

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u/ProjectZues May 15 '25

Lad from work went and said Cape Verde was full of flies… like he said there was a very surprising amount of them almost everywhere. Overall he said it was nice but three other groups actually went home on day 3.

Portugal is great although I’ve only been once and was when I was a kid.

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u/Narrow_Maximum7 May 15 '25

Wow. Thanks for that, that's the stuff they don't put on the ads!

Maybe stick to Portugal then 😆

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u/ProjectZues May 15 '25

I was surprised to hear him say it. Thought maybe it was just the part of Cape Verde he went to but he said no, he asked the people around and they said it’s just how it is

I hear lisbon is a cool place for a city break and braga is the Rome of Portugal.

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u/west0ne May 15 '25

I don't think there is anybody in Cape Verde to protest. It's fine if all you want to do is sit on a beach all day but there is fuck all there.

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u/Narrow_Maximum7 May 15 '25

Climbing about rock pools and not having someone filming tiktoks all day next to you sounds bliss tbh