Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Tenerife North, Spain

Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Tenerife North Spain

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a beautiful port city located on Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. It is an energetic, dynamic city with evocative colonial architecture, museums, art galleries, duty-free shops, and colorful markets. Within the city you’ll also find exotic landscaped areas such as the fine Botanic Garden, a unique and beautiful lagoon, and Loro Parque, an animal park featuring parrots, sea lions, orca, and dolphin shows in an immaculate subtropical setting. Every year Santa Cruz hosts its famous Carnival, declared an event of international tourist interest and one of the most spectacular in Spain. The city streets come alive with parades, comparsas, street music, and dancers celebrating this sensual, vibrant festival. The city beach, Las Teresitas, is considered one of the best in the north of the island—a spectacular sandy waterfront where palm trees sway in the soft, warm breeze and the calm, clear waters are perfect for escaping the city buzz.
Recommended airport
Tenerife Norte Los Rodeos (TFN)
Points of interest
  • Municipal Museum of Fine Arts
  • Gunpowder House
  • Palmetum
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