Where the Similarities End

       

Castillo del Mar, La Gomera

    Last year I told you about my vacation on the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, Spain and informed you that film director Ron Howard was going to be filming scenes of, In The Heart of the Sea there.

 

Beach on the coastal area of Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera

    Although his cast and crew members have been and gone now, the Canary islands are still buzzing with excitement as it seems that scenes from the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson are going to be filmed on the neighbouring island of Tenerife in the coming months.

The coastal town of Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera

 

        The two islands are heavily dependent on tourists and like the rest of the world they've been finding things a little tough going in the last couple of years. Therefore the money generated by these visitors is welcomed.



    Beach, Puerto De La Cruz, Tenerife
 

    Both films are due to be released early 2015 and the production teams chose locations in the Canaries, but I think I can safely assume that's where the similarities of the two films will end. Don't you?   

    The Lido, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife