‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction
Key takeaways
- The MV Hondius has finally been evacuated, ending the ordeal for the remaining 149 passengers and crew.
- Some are gazing through binoculars while others are taking photos on their phones of a vessel only a few hundreds metres away, anchored near the Granadillo commercial port.
- It is the MV Hondius, the small cruise ship at the centre of a giant global commotion.
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The MV Hondius has finally been evacuated, ending the ordeal for the remaining 149 passengers and crew. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen The MV Hondius has finally been evacuated, ending the ordeal for the remaining 149 passengers and crew. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock Hantavirus‘It was either this or the pool’: hantavirus ship becomes latest Tenerife tourist attraction The MV Hondius, the cruise ship hit by an outbreak of a virus that has left three dead, reached the Canary Islands on Sunday
Robyn Vinter in TenerifeMon 11 May 2026 08.00 BSTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleOn a dusty hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the south of Tenerife, groups of tourists and locals are gathered to witness one of the island’s best new attractions.
Some are gazing through binoculars while others are taking photos on their phones of a vessel only a few hundreds metres away, anchored near the Granadillo commercial port.