One of Tenerife’s Best Beaches- Playa del Duque, an Incredibly Rare Italian Car and Brunch!

Monika and I headed off on a ride and within two minutes I’d spotted a sight so rare, it’s an almost non existent sight in the UK- an Autobianchi A112 Abarth! This little Italian car was Autobianchi’s answer to the Mini and it really is a special sight to see it on the road as an every day car!

We then headed off for brunch at Pistacho in Los Cristianos. We highly recommend this spot- great food, very healthy and with a great atmosphere!

Over a coffee, I chat about an app that I’m a huge fan of- Readly. It allows me to keep reading all of my favourite motorcycle magazines, and magazines in general, while in Tenerife- all from my phone.

After that, we fire up the Triumph Bonneville and head over to the Playa El Duque beach. This is my favourite beach in Tenerife because of its white sand, turquoise water, very safe and lots of amenities. After that, we ended the day with a beer in Plaza el Duque shopping centre.

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Partners:

(1,000s of magazines under one app!)

(Motorcycle tracker and rider's mate)

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Gear for the Day:

- Daytona Low Profile Helmet
- Gloves: Racer 1927 Ronin
- Sunglasses: RayBan 6039/71

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Timeline:

- 0:01 - 0:47: Intro
- 0:48 - 5:00: Autobianchi A112 Abarth
- 5:01 - 5:32: Ride to coffee shop
- 5:33 - 7:11: Pistacho Coffee Brunch and Readly description
- 7:12 - 8:49: Ride and Harley Davidson Sportster
- 8:50 - 14:13: El Duque and Playa del Duque
- 14:14: 16:46: Ducati reliability survey, a beer and wrap up

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Locations:

- Breakfast spot: Pistacho Coffee Brunch Tenerife Sur. Av. Juan Carlos I, s/n, 38640 Los Cristianos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

- Beach: Playa del Duque

- Final drink location and underground parking: Centro Comercial Plaza del Duque

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Buy us a coffee:

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Find me on:

- Freedom Machines With Freddie Dobbs Podcast (on Apple Podcasts and Spotify)

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Filming and editing: @monikameraki (Instagram)

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Music:

- Faultless: Moins Le Quartet
- Vesper: Martin Landstrom
- Forever Blue: Arch Tremors 2

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#tenerife #bestbeaches #freddiedobbs

[pauladarias]

Lovely to see such an enthusiastic person showing the wonders of Tenerife. I'm from the island and I've been living in London for over 10 years, it warmed my heart. Thank you!

[carstenweiland]

Oh boy, had a 1984 A112 Abarth till 1993 I still love that car and that is around 1984 too, the front indicators are orange!

[ironlionmotorcycles]

Your cinematography on the beach with that Bond-esque music was very impressive. I think you should receive some money from the Tenerife department of tourism for your amazing promotion of their island!

[kyndrydspyryt]

The beach is stunning. In fact most of tenerife looks stunning.
Monika always has a beaming smile across her face it's lovely!
The cafés there look very good

[ignacioacosta]

Hello again Freddie and Monica.
The Autobianchi was really quite a popular car in Tenerife during the 90's. Maybe, if you're lucky, that won't be the only one you see still driving around here.
Clarify that the sand of Playa del Duque is from the area. It was simply introduced from the interior of the sea towards the beach. The only beach with sand brought from outside (specifically from the Sahara) is Las Teresitas beach (in Santa Cruz).
Electric car chargers are not yet as common on the island, as gas stations are. But they do exist in most shopping centers, paid parking lots and some for public use.
The architecture of some of the hotels that you have been able to see in the Duque area is not German, it is Canarian architecture.
I recommend you try the Dorada Especial (black label), it is much better than the Pilsen.
Keep enjoying Tenerife.
All the best.

[greyriddance]

Hahaha Freddie, your reaction to the A112 was priceless.
You started a whole tiny car documentary in the episode.

[Jackel]

The bench at 10.45 is were my wife and I go to in an evening stroll down from the Rui palace when we stay, missed the island during the lockdown but were back next year.Del duque is a lovely area in fact that end of adeje is fantastic, try to get round to La Caletta love to see you both having a drink round there.

[StevieBzz]

Good vid, we are the owners of the Victory Bar just next to Pastios. Small typical little English Bar, great Dorada from our aircon cellar, only one in the area. A lot of expats, you should call in for the best Dorada in Tenerife. Keep up with your vids.
Cheers Jo and Steve x

[sahara]

Sat with a cup of tea and a mince pie, feet up watching you riding the roads of Tenerife. Great little vlog.
Loving the music and the filming.
I had a Ducati Monster, I would not have a Ducati again, I traded it in for a Triumph Speed Triple which I would have again.
We got out on the T100 today, went to Northleach for Coffee and cake.
Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Ride safe.

[kaandinc]

Wow, this place looks like heaven.Excellent geography and infrastructure

[richy]

Love it Freddie, lots of holidays to Tenerife as a young boy so remember my Dad drinking Dorada beer! Very jealous of you and Monica…

[susanglasgow]

Hi Freddie, Monika, I’m currently on a cruise ship visiting canaries. We left Tenerife around sunset yesterday so that could have been my ship passing when you were having cocktails😀😀😀x. Monika has such a great smile, it’s infectious.

[lindamilford]

Freddie I love, and share your passion for classic cars and bikes. It is increasingly rare in someone so young

[viquiben]

My mom had one of those Autobianchi back in early seventies. They were popular here in the islands. It was a nice an reliable little car.

[paulhiggins]

Another great blog Freddie and Monika . The content of great weather, scenery and interesting facts are a great antidote to the colder and wet weather setting in here in Britain . Look forward to the next one 👍

[marcotiberi]

Hi Freddie I just watched about 7 of your videos on Tenerife, a place I love so much. Very nice job on your part, you communicate very well, informative and entertaining. Very very well done. I like your enthusiasm for cars and bikes, I do the same, stop at all kinds of spots and just admire different vehicles. That's what happens when your a car and bike guy. Also like your appreciation for architecture in Tenerife, I do that too admire older buildings and wooden balconies etc. I'll be moving there in July, I love Tenerife so much. I also would like to say that Monika does a great job with the camera, very well done and I especially like her taste in music, such beautiful background music . Anyhow I'll keep watching, keep up the good work.

[jamalet-taheri]

A relaxing v log
Lovely music
Thanks for all the efforts you both DO 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Enjoy

[garthmccarthy]

Freddy so passionate 🤣 great to see. Happy I found the channel. Regards from Australia.

[peterhobbs]

Brilliant Freddie, just love your excitement, I did love the Abath, and yes it does look pretty gloroius

[RIcoRick]

Autobianchi A112, an italian little legend! Made not so far from my home in Milan. Greetings from Italy :)