The city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a city that depends heavily on the tourism economic sector but the industrial sector is also developed, especially in the fields of chemistry and refining.

Celebrations such as Carnival and climate make Santa Cruz de Tenerife one of the largest and well known in the country.

To see: the Virgen de la Consolación Gothic, the Cristo del Buen Viaje seventeenth century Genoese style clam batteries.

Address: Plaza de San Francisco.

Address: Calle José Murphy, 12; Phone: 00 34 922 244 358

Address: Calle San Isidro, 1, in the Castillo de Almeida; Phone: 00 34 922 843 500

The Museum is located in the old Civil Hospital; his style is neoclassical.

The museum offers two options:

• the “natural sciences” course. You will discover the fauna, flora and minerals of the Canaries.
• the “Archaeology” course. You will discover the people of the Guanches (the original inhabitants of the Canary Islands). One can admire various objects, such as ceramics and leather or wooden utensils. But the centerpiece of the museum are two mummies and a mummified fetus.

Address: Calle Fuente Morales

Phone: 00 34 922 535 816

Canarian patio.

We clearly note in the Canarian architecture a mix of cultures that gave rise to the colonial style.

Visit Information

Plaza de la Candelaria, s / n 38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife)

Timetables: Only the exterior of the monument can be visited.

Located Plaza de los Patos.

Having already conquered the other islands of the Canary Islands, the Andalusian Alonso Fernández de Lugo landed in 1494 in the Bahía de Ananza. He built the fort Agaete who became his base during his fight against the Guanches. Only after two years he managed to submit the first inhabitants of the island. In victory he erected a wooden cross which gave its name to the city.

In the early sixteenth century, already appeared the first traces of its streets, however, she began to start as a town in the eighteenth century, fundamentally, thanks to commercial development as its port gradually acquired which led to the result that, in 1723, the ’Major state was established there.

During the sixteenth century the economic rise of the important port city on the road to the Americas was further strengthened through trade with England. The English wanted then appropriating the island. They brought under the command of admirals Blake, Jennings and Nelson three massive attacks remained unsuccessful against Tenerife between 1657 and 1797. And it is with pride that today exhibits in the old fortress cannon El Tigre who fired the bullet that tore the arm Nelson, the future winner of the Battle of Trafalgar.

Until that time, La Laguna was the largest center of trade, but it lost its strength gradually and in the nineteenth century, came the expansion of the old core of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to the northeast and the urban plan adopted a radial route. The city has grown so much that in the nineteenth century, in 1812, under Fernando VII, is realized the transfer of the capital of Tenerife from Laguna to Santa Cruz.

Since 1982, Santa Cruz de Tenerife is shared with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria the seat of government of the Autonomous Region of the Canary Islands. The two cities take turns every four years.

Phone: 00 34 922 294 500

Set meals € 25

Traditional cuisine

Phone: 00 34 922 223 909

Opening periods: Closed carnival week and Sunday

Set meals - Carte: 40 € / 50 € A particularly interesting wine choice

Traditional cuisine

Ancient well renovated cellar with bar serving raciones to entry, a wine shop and several small dining rooms decorated with agricultural tools and objects on the theme of the vine.

Phone: 00 34 922 272 105

Opening periods: Closed September and Sunday night

Set meals - Carte: 28 € / 39 €

Traditional cuisine

Small, well arranged and professionally. It offers traditional dishes to date, including classics such as “steak tartare”.

Phone: 00 34 922 287 394

Opening periods: Closed 15 days August and Sunday

Set meals - Carte: 35 € / 40 €

Traditional cuisine

House well run by a couple. Welcoming classical-modern room with a comfortable central bar and kitchen partly open. quality products and full basement.

Phone: 00 34 922 271 571

Opening periods: Closed August and Sunday

fixed price menu € 18

Traditional cuisine

elegant restaurant complemented by an independent tapas bar.