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The Best Attractions In Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz is a major city, capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and capital of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 within its administrative limits. The urban zone of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half of the island's population living in or around it. Santa Cruz is located in the northeast quadrant of Tenerife, 210 kilometres off the northwestern coast of Africa within ...
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The Best Attractions In Santa Cruz de Tenerife

  • 1. Playa de las Teresitas Santa Cruz De Tenerife
    The Playa de Las Teresitas is a beach north of the village of San Andrés municipality of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Tenerife, Spain. Originally the beach consisted of mostly rocks and a small strip of black sand. It was divided into three distinct parts that had different names: Tras la Arena which was the original, Los Moros in the middle, and finally the area bounded by the ravine of Las Teresas. In 1973, 270,000 tons of white sand was shipped from Spanish Sahara to create an artificial beach of white sand. Two piers and a kilometer long breakwater located 150 meters from the beach was constructed to prevent waves from carrying the sand out to the sea. The project cost 50 million pesetas and in addition 400 million pesetas in 1998 when another 2,800 tonnes sand from Sahara was added to r...
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  • 2. Palmetum Santa Cruz Jardin Botanico Santa Cruz De Tenerife
    The Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a botanical garden of 120.000 m² specialized in palms . It is an artificial hill, with views of the ocean, located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. The gardens include a large system of waterfalls, streams and ponds, a museum dedicated to palms, and a display shade house. The project was started in 1995 on a former landfill and only opened to the public in 2014. The valuable palm collection gathers about 600 species of palms and it is focused on the ones native to world islands. Trees and shrubs of other plant families are also displayed, organised in biogeographical sections. All gardens are maintained with no pesticides and no fertilizers, different species of wild birds are easily seen in the palmetum.
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  • 3. Plaza de Espana Santa Cruz De Tenerife
    Plaza de España , is the largest square in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Canary Islands . The square is located in the centre of town, 1.4 km north of the Auditorio de Tenerife. This square is considered one of the main squares of the island of Tenerife, together with the Plaza del Cristo de La Laguna in San Cristóbal de La Laguna and the Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias in Candelaria.In the heart of the city stands the great artificial lake fountain, a work of Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. The Plaza de España is surrounded by the Palacio Insular de Tenerife, the Palacio de la Carta and the Plaza de la Candelaria. In the centre of the square stands Monumento a los Caídos . The square was built in 1929 on the historic Castillo de San Cristóbal, a bastion for defendin...
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  • 8. Tenerife Dive Santa Cruz De Tenerife
    Tenerife is the largest and most populated island of the seven Canary Islands. It is also the most populated island of Spain, with a land area of 2,034.38 square kilometres and 898,680 inhabitants, 43 percent of the total population of the Canary Islands. Tenerife is the largest and most populous island of Macaronesia.Approximately five million tourists visit Tenerife each year, the most visited island of the archipelago. It is one of the most important tourist destinations in Spain and the world. Tenerife hosts one of the world's largest carnivals and the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is working to be designated UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of the World.Served by two airports, Tenerife-North Airport and Tenerife-South Airport, Tenerife is the economic centre of the archipelago...
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  • 10. Centro de Fotografia Santa Cruz De Tenerife
    The Centro de Fotografía Isla de Tenerife is located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and was created in 1989. Owns a studio and photo lab, conference room, a specialized library with more than 3,500 volumes, files, and store collections. Its headquarters is located in the TEA .
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