Corte Ingles Tenerife represents best shopping including events and has first class bargain offers as well.

Corte Ingles Tenerife (EL Corte Inglés) only exists in the island's capital and that for a reason. It's so big.

Corte Ingles is the name of a Spanish department store chain and economic empire.

There are only 2 main Corte Inglés malls on the island to the best of my knowledge, only.

Why?

Tenerife belongs to Spain but, has autonomous rights. It's not easy for big malls to receive trading rights on the island.

The address of its biggest mall in Santa Cruz the capital of Tenerife is:

This is the newest Corte Ingles of Santa Cruz de Tenerife which was opened in 2005/2006.

Scroll down to see direction and address with photo of the old Santa Cruz Corte Inglés...

Where to park by Corte Inglés in Tenerife capital?

Park your car for free until 10 p.m.(closed on Sundays) opposite Corte Inglés underground at Centro Comercial 3 de Mayo where the well known electronics shop Saturn can be seen facing the back of Corte Inglés with its yard.. You find its entrance turning around the block.

This yard which I call skating court Corte Ingles Santa Cruz had about 20 - 30 youngsters racing around it on their skate boards on October 16th in 2008 a date I prefer to mention just in case Corte Inglés Santa Cruz will put a stop to this Tenerife sport on its outside premises. Taking a photo shot was not possible as lights were not good.

Enjoy Corte Inglés sight seeing, browsing and shopping on week-days except Sundays until 10 p.m.

The sight of the modern Corte Inglés shopping mall illumination at night is spectacular.

The picture shows the mall coming from the bottom of Avenida 3 de Mayo.

Driving on you reach a traffic circle with turn off for TF5 Northern Free Way direction Puerto Cruz Icod de los Vinos when keeping in the left lane.

Walking down the road from Corte Inglés on this subtropical avenue you reach the ocean on foot within 10 minutes.

Corte Ingles Tenerife which sells just about everything you need is known for good quality of clothes, furniture, household appliances, in short, everything for home and often garden, sport gear, toys, games, tools, audio, video and other electronic gadgets. IT articles and office supply are not missing.

El Corte Inglés assembles its own computers sold by its house brand and is said to produce some software in collaboration with Microsoft according to a Microsoft press release which I read in 2008.

Special offers by Corte Inglés:

However, Corte Inglés Tenerife just like the others has special offers for its quality goods.

My friend Cesar told me a few weeks ago about an excellent washing machine offer at Corte Inglés at a very reasonable price.

Therefor, best Tenerife shopping at low prices is possible at Corte Inglés.

El Corte Ingles Tenerife food and drink department is impressive.

Generally, all over Spain including Tenerife it made over 17 million Euros net profit in 2006 in grocery retailing alone as perPlanet Retail Statistics.

Shop for magazines and books:

If you cannot find a special book go look for it at Corte Inglés...

It has a substantial literary offer about Tenerife Island for all kinds of activities. Many such books are in English as well.

Several years ago, I couldn't find information on the latest property laws. El Corte Ingles Santa Cruz sold books which included them.

Corte Ingles Tenerife also has reading material in its large stocks on latest Receiver of Revenue laws and business questions.

Unfortunately such written information is issued in Spanish, only.

All those Corte Inglés books are like study books which means without any elaborate design. The print is small and book covers are very simple.

Adjoining within a few steps is Plaza Alférez Provisional with my best Santa Cruz restaurant Restaurante El Aguila on corner Calle Bethencourt Alfonso.

Corte Ingles is a brand name and is for elite shoppers:

My Spanish friend Francisco who was a bank manager in Barcelona told me that he would only buy furniture at Corte Inglés Tenerife, since living on the island.

Well, the normal man in the street on the biggest of all Canary Islands can, perhaps, not afford that.

His daughter a Tenerife lawyer would buy most of her clothes there as she believes in quality ware.

Many a Spanish or Tenerife women makes ends meet to get clothes, cosmetics or designer perfumes at this biggest Spanish department store in Tenerife.

Beautiful girls at Corte Ingles Tenerife:

Of course, at El Corte Inglés you may see the most stunning girls and it's a place for dates which applies to Tenerife, as well.

Some of those dates take place at its renown restaurant.

History Corte Inglés Tenerife is of course linked to that of mainland Spain and Gran Canaria.

Our friend Richard whom I had introduced in the property hunt of 1997 met his Canary wife there, for the first time.
That was over 40 years ago at Corte Ingles in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

Just figure, for how long the world's 30th most prominent department store in Spain might have been around...

Indeed, El Corte Ingles came into being in 1952 in mainland Spain except for its name which is older than its history and once stood for a tailor shop which produced high quality mens' suits with an English cut meaning corte inglés.

In fact, El Corte Ingles Tenerife also represents a life style and offers events some of which take place on Tenerife Island.

Tenerife Events organized by its biggest department store:

Check out Tenerife's Corte Ingles cultural events which may be interesting book readings, movies at Corte Ingles Cinemaforum, conferences on famous people like Shakespeare in connection with opera productions, jazz and other concerts, literary clubs, sports events such as for Corte Ingles Golf, art exhibitions such as graphic art.
Even, an SMS literature challenge is part of the Corte Inglés cultural agenda. Find out what is on the agenda at Corte Ingles Tenerife...

To understand the example of the varied events you need to know hardly any Spanish. Titles of events come with locations and dates while beautiful graphics show you what they are all about.

Tourist shopping for gifts at Corte Inglés:

Shopping with tax refund secret revealed for tourists.

Spain's autonomous regions like Tenerife entitle non residents to shopping without the 5% IGIC. The equivalent tax on mainland Spain is 6%.

Ask for one of the interpreters of the Corte Ingles who will lift the secret for you on the necessary procedure on how to get this money back. You could, then, get refunded when you buy beautiful gifts such as Toledo jewelery or swords, for example, at Corte Inglés Tenerife.

Tenerife's biggest megastore also owns convenience stores called Hipercor, Supercor and Opencor.

Hear about the latest Corte Ingles Supercor in construction in Puerto de la Cruz.

Well, North Tenerife has its Piramides Martianez shops which are only closed during the night from 9p.m.or 8.p.m.respectively.

What more has Corte Inglés up its sleeve for Tenerife?

• Phoning on landline for 0,021 EU/minute by Telecor with specials.


• Your own Corte Ingles credit card.


• Shopping on line


• Money back guaranty when not happy with a purchase


• Corte Inglés travel

Video on some summer fashion of Corte Inglés with stunning models:

And after watching, also, listen to how the name Corte Inglés is pronounced in the Spanish language...

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What else is near main Corte Ingles Santa Cruz de Tenerife?

Right beside it is Tenerife Island's main public Titsa bus station and a police department with a small Carrefour branch a few meters up the road. You get to Tenerife Auditorium with Parque Marítimo next to it when walking towards the ocean from Corte Ingles Tenerife. Tenerife's trade fair center Recinto Ferrial is located more to the right but, all withing 10 minutes walk from the tall but, also very wide, modern, green and white sky scraper Corte Ingles Tenerife. The view from its top floors must be overwhelming.
I, unfortunately, never thought of checking this out.

You can see a stunning photo with Titsa bus station and auditorium Tenerife all in one at Tenerife transport by Titsa bus which is proof of how convenient it is to do a trip to Corte Ingles Santa Cruz which is an excellent departing point for sight seeing in the capital.

Walk down the flower lined avenue from Corte Ingles Tenerife. turn left on the bottom before crossing over at traffic circle and find the capital's most famous museum Museum of Man and Nature (Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre).

Please, return from Corte Ingles Tenerife to Shopping in Tenerife.

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