Discover more Santa Cruz Tenerife capital top features than its free port and, Carnival...
Santa Cruz Tenerife, the capital of Tenerife has many special features and landmarks. You can't compare it with normal big cities in Europe such as London, Paris or Berlin nor with big harbor towns like Rotterdam or Hamburg.
Walking in Santa Cruz:Santa Cruz Tenerife is special.Why? It's a city, but it's beautiful to walk it. Mind that the climate in Tenerife gives you sunshine without excessive heat most of the year. That's a walker's ideal. Depicted beside is street Calle Valentin Sanz corner Calle Castillo with a famous Mango shop in Santa Cruz Tenerife's fashionable shopping district. From there, walk to the main Titsa bus station within 20 minutes, while you go straight ahead. You don't need much longuer to venture to many more exciting parts of the city. Promenade down towards the seaside and port. It takes just as much. That totals three short trips in at least two directions from this Mango shop.
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Don't you like walking or are in a hurry? Take the ultra modern Santa Cruz Tenerife electric tram... Santa Cruz trams even give you online access by free Internet service inside its wagons. In fact, the Tenerife capital is pretty much furnished with free Wifi in its easy to reach TEA museum library as well as by just about all its town squares or parks.
By the way, there are plans for reintroducing the tram route Santa Cruz to Puerto de la Cruz. It had been stopped long time ago, last century, when cars became the vogue with Tenerifeños. However now again, trams seem to make more sense in the light of growing environmental awareness in the Tenerife capital. Also read up at page Tenerife city how the Santa Cruz municipality is steadily expanding, while the second biggest Tenerife town La Laguna is encroaching by the year.
Indeed, Santa Cruz Tenerife is a worthy good example of the 21 millenium with utterly well preserved charm. Times gone by are to be felt inside pubs mostly. However, outside clues of the past are also to be discovered. Admire this best in Calle La Noria. This nightlife district by the oldest church or cathedral of the capital called Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción is opposite the harbour. It is next to the Barranco de los Santos, close to Teatro Guimera, which is the main Santa Cruz Tenerife speach and drama center. The church with the big church place and the elegant Roman Tuscan tower is also only 5 minutes below the Puente Leones bridge.
Meantime, not only invigorating Horatio Nelson history is seen along its paths.Monuments and art of the capital are almost overwhelming for the Santa Cruz Tenerife island's small dimensions. But the little tourists which I captured on camera in the military museum make you believe that all this is great fun. Sorry for not showing a larger photo format of the children whom I don't know. The picture might be taken for something, I wouldn't approve of. I cannot risk this, you know... Believe me that they were not bored in the museum at all...
Santa Cruz being up to date:Certainly, the town of the envie of once famous pirates also provides wireless and broad band high Internet speed. After all Santa Cruz Tenerife is the Canary Island Mecca of digital quantum leaps and best cheap electronics in stores and shops.Contrasts within Santa Cruz:
There is a variety of architectorial styles in Santa Cruz. The very colourful picturesque, the Neo Classical, Nouveau Art and the Gothic play their part, while the Baroque with the Roman Tuscan go hand in hand. The Monumental, such as depicted by the Tenerife Cabildo seems to be in harmony with the modern towers next to it.
Those sky rise towers beside the Tenerife Palacio belong to a huge building which reads on its top 'United Colours of Benetton'. On its ground floor on Plaza de Candelaria is a shop which sells clothes by this brand of UC Benetton.
What about the colonial Canary Island style which is so prominent in other Tenerife towns?
The typical ornate wooden windows and balconies of Canary Island fashion, as they still exist in the Convent Santo Domingo in the former Tenerife capital La Laguna seem to be missing on Santa Cruz Tenerife main city house fronts. Some such woodwork is hidden in its patios, though. No real damaging wars have destroyed the Tenerife capital's architecture, art and monuments. Only the old Fort Castillo de San Christobal is gone. It probably burned down at some stage. Later, it had to make room for a new Plaza de España, not that long ago. Some of its ruins in form of arched portals above ground as well as remnants and architectorial plans in a tiny underground museum by the Plaza España lake were preserved.
Another reason for the catching personality of this extreme southerly European town is its people mix.The sun tanned girl who looks Brazilian is not an unsual Santa Cruz occurrance. It's the kind of beauty which you find during Santa Cruz carnival, rather often. Many more residents of the Carnival metropolis of Tenerife come from South America. Half the island had emigrated there during recession Some returned with new brides and unusual customs. Northern peoples entered for its cosmopolitain harbour, life style and easy going work pace. Of course, African and Asian faces are part of the Santa Cruz Tenerife rainbow nation.
Its joie de vivre (zest of life) is echoed on many a colourful street, such as C/Imeldo Seris, around the corner from Guimera Theatre, as depicted beside. By the way, find the size of the Tenerife metropolis and its number of inhabitants as well as more basic facts Tenerife city.
The biggest Canary Island city of the holy cruz is ideal for Tenerife holidays which are lovely to enjoy in the many parks of the city, as there is always some wind. Even on hot summer days... Obviously, the group of people who are dressed in sexi outfit, such as hotpants, is typical for relaxed Tenerife Santa Cruz family holidays. Admire them depicted beside under flamboyant red Flame trees on town square Plaza de Candelaria... You may notice the warm summer day. Wind moves the lady's dress. That is normal Tenerife capital weather. Town planning forsight:Some amazing Santa Cruz Tenerife town planning skills helped much with the latter. Government administration buildings are near hotels and close to Tenerife Parque Maritimo César Manrique.It remains to add that more or less 10 minutes of cab drive would get you from there to the stadium, free port, cruize ships, Tenerife museums. No attractions or important buildings are far from the central bus and tram station for Tenerife transport . 
Drive from from the fair ground Recinto Ferias near the Oratorium and Avda. 3 de Mayo to the the golden sand city beach Teresitas in ten minutes depending on traffic. The road leads along the container port, where the ferry stations as well as a small yacht harbour follow suite.
Arrive from the capital at Los Rodeos the northern of Tenerife airports, in half an hour by electric tram, by bus, taxi or car. Take even less time to get to the biggest Santa Cruz town hospitals or to its universities along the TF5 as well as in La laguna...
The main Canary Island capital town size, number of inhabitants as well as more basic facts are to be found at the topic Tenerife city.
The photo beside shows parts of the largest of all Tenerife towns with its apartment twin towers by Maritim Park (Parque Maritimo César Manrique) and, Planetum Park. Both are beside the Auditorio de Tenerife (Auditorium Tenerife). All three are part of best modern landmarks in the Tenerife capital. However, there is much more to it. Encounter the capital's main assets summed up in a nutshell at page Santa Cruz de Tenerife... Amazing value for money hotels Santa Cruz:Find a hotel which is almost considered 5 star with prices of a 4 star and discover what excellent 4 star hotels and 3 star accommodation in the Tenerife capital are all about...
Have a look at below map where you can scroll and navigate further out of Santa Cruz...
Location and surroundingsThe town is protected on one side by the The capital of Tenerife is in the north east of the island at a large bay..It is opposite the Island of Gran Canaria and, the south of Morocco, which is on the west coast of Africa. The bay of Santa Cruz Tenerife in the Atlantic ocean hugs its port almost ideally. Please, find out about the turbulent phases the capital endured in History Tenerife of Santa Cruz... Most of historic actions and sights were beautifully captured by the town's military museum museo militar.
Helpful detail for filling in documents.The name Santa Cruz Tenerife or, Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Spanish stands for both the capital as well as for province of Spain S/C (de) Tenerife may be written in most Spanish documents.
Ministries and autonomy:Here, you may see a picture of the beautiful Tenerife Santa Cruz capital parliament building. Did you know that the capital of Tenerife is also the center of government for all autonomous 7 Canary islands? Autonomous province of Spain
The town or, province Santa Cruz de Tenerife is sharing government called Cabilde in the biggest of all Canary Islands with Las Palmas of Gran Canaria on a 4 year term. The Parliament and, 50% of ministries are in the capital of Tenerife. Mayor Miguel Zerolo Santa Cruz:The mayor Miguel Zerolo of Santa Cruz de Tenerife capital will not stand for re-election. He made this public on November 12, 2010. Mr.Miguel Zerolo strikes me as a caring, down to earth person. I only met him once during a classical concert, where we were not officially introduced. However, Mr Zerolo will still stay in politics. By the way, he is much recommending the young Manuel Bermúdez as his top townhall successor.
Titsa (guaguas) public bus station:
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One way slightly uphill would also lead you past the town square of the ducks Plaza de los Patos via C/Gral O'Donnel to Park Parque Garcia Sanabria. Stroll to its top and enter the godeous Rambla Santa Cruz with its street art and memorable
The capital Santa Cruz Tenerife might get holiday home apartments in a proper resort when the long planned improvements for Playa de las Teresitas Beach become reality. They say that the French architect Dominique Perrault is drawing up the plans for the new resort Las Teresitas. 
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Marvel at the big ferry vessel by the ocean carrier Navieras Armas! It is ankered in the Atlantic behind the artificial Canary Island lake on Plaza de España...The white Armas ferry in the background of the photo is not only very close to a top tourist spot by the Santa Cruz Tenerife artificial lake. It is almost a stone throw from the España square. Believe me, I've walked there often...It takes less than 10 minutes to get over a busy road and you are by the next ferry for 
The location of this tourist and town attraction in relation to the Armas ferry, cruise liner docks as well as the shopping, banking and Cabildo district is more than amazing. It's a phenomena which I have only seen in similar fashion in Lisbon Portugal. There too the main commercial and tourist hub of Plaza de Rocio is just steps away from where Nato ships used to anker and where ferries stop in the very wide river Tejo.
The weather in the Santa Cruz Tenerife capital allows for an amazing amount of parks of all sizes which are green all year round. The main parks are Parque La Granja, Parque Viera y Clavijo and Parque Garcia Sanabria. The Palmetum has not been opened to the public, officially.Tiny parks are on town squares, even in the middle of a busy shopping district, such asPark Plaza Principe.
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