Agatha Christie Steps and Crime Writing Celebration In Tenerife

I and my husband visited Tenerife twice in 2026. Tenerife has something for everyone, romance or culture, wine and wineries, history, connections with Spain and America and Britain, and cosy crime writer Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie steps, Tenerife, Canary Islands. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Her statue, well, bust, is at the top of a long series of steps, each coloured with the titles of a book. She wrote 66 detective novels and 15 sets of short stories. 

Allow plenty of time to climb the steps. I ran up four or five flights, with no end in sight. So I eventually gave up and ran all the way back down to where my husband was waiting in a place where nobody could park permanently.

Inspiration for Writers and Readers

Every two years a cultural festival of crime writers and Agatha Christie fans is held in Tenerife. 

The scenery has plenty to inspire you to write a novel, short story, poem or haiku. Sea, mountain peaks, roads with hairpin bends. Mount Teide in the middle. Five star hotels down by the beach, contrasting with deserted cars on steep mountain tracks. Warnings of rock falls. 

Useful Websites

 https://canariasnatureguides.com/en_GB/blog/our-blog-1/post/tenerife-the-haven-of-agatha-christie-queen-of-crime-12

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Products-g187479-Tenerife_Canary_Islands.html

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spanish_phrasebook

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Sit beside a seated statue - Agatha Christie, Wallingford, UK, or see a speaking statue

A seated statue of Agatha Christie is in Wallingford, England, UK. You can photograph the statue. Or photograph yourself seated beside her. She has a book in her hands. You could mimic her pose. Take a book as a prop.

Agatha Christie Memorials

1 Westminster, London, England.

2 Torquay, Devon, England.

3 Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England.

I looked in Wikipedia for statues of authors. I found talking statues included one of Hans Christian Andersen in Denmark.

 Useful Websites

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/11/agatha-christie-statue-takes-seat-on-bench-in-oxfordshire-town

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_Statues

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