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Los Cristianos has two yellow golden sand beaches the main beach in the center and Las Vistas both with toilets,parasols and sun beds ,bars and cafes shops while Las Americas beaches are mix of golden fine grain sand to dark sand again with promanade, parasols, loungers a selection of bars and restaurants. You can enjoy water sports such as paragliding ,water sking ,surfing also scuba diving and fishing or just sun bath on the great blue flag beaches Adeje Bahi Duque grey fine sand beach with parking area coffee shop showers toilets promenade and sun beds. Los Gigantes Black fine grain sand beach, parking area, bars restaurants showers and parasols and of course the back drop of the huge cliffs..
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There are many great towns and villages in Tenerife.The capital of the islands Santa Cruz a mecca for shoppers a bustling city with its vast harbour where you will see cruise liners and cargo ships . Masca in the south known as the hidden village accessed by a steep winding road. The old capital of La laguna and its many religous monuments and fine buildings throughout the city. Vilaflor An old canarian village the highest in Spain at 4921ft with its unique architecture the parish church and the Palace of the Lords being a good example off it. Taganana a remote village famous for its fresh fish meats and rose wine and cheeses a great place for walkers. La Oratva The town is filled with buildings of great historical interest the centre decalared a monument of national interest. Fine building such as the Casa Los Balcones the Conceptcion Parish Church there is also a Botanical Garden La Hijuela del Botanico. Why not take a trip out of the resorts and visit them.
Santa Cruz
With more than 200,000 inhabitants. Its present importance comes from the development of its port and its commercial calling which made it progressively absorb the civic centres of La Laguna until it reached the status of capital at the beginning of the last century Its greatest development was originated by the decree of free ports in 1852 when the consequent intense commercial traffic contributed to the progress of a middle class intent on making the city grow.
Today, Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a city with large landscaped areas which preserves the carm of the modernist architecture. Its treelined avenues, parks and squares are ideal for strolling because the green of Santa Cruz complements its peacefulness and the sunny climate which it enjoys all year.
Puerto de la cruz
For a few years the city has also had a maritime park designed by Cesar Manrique, where the old trade docks are used for recreation.
Puerto de la cruz is the main tourist resort in the north of the Island. It is a cosmopolitan city with excellent hotels and the great Lago Martianez, an architectural wonder of the renown international artist Cesar Manrique.
In Puerto de la Cruz the modern and the new functional structures coexist with the typical and old corners of the small fisher's town which gave origin to the present city. San Telmo, the Casa de la Aduana (Customs House), the San Felipe Castle and, in general, the whole Ranilla.
The Taoro Park, where the Casino is situated, is a great vegetable area which lies over the city; one can also find the Botanical Garden which dates from 1788 and wards trees and other vegetable species from all five continents.
The Puerto de la Cruz is the preferred meeting-point for amusement and enjoyment of the Island.
The Villa de la Orotava (pop. 36,042) lies on the banana plantations of the Valley which bears its same name. This old town distinguishes itself by its magnificent and monumental architectonic structures, by its characteristic well shaded Canarian patios, squares and ancestral mellow houses.
The old historic centre - declared monument of artistic national interest - must be mindfully visited. The Concepción Parish Church is also a national monument. The Casa de los Balcones (balconies' house) is a jewel of the Island's traditional architecture; in La Orotava one can also find the Documentation Research Centre of Spanish and American crafts.
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The town also has a botanical garden - "La Hijuela del Botánico" - with more than 3,000 different tropical and sub-tropical vegetable species mainly of South and Central American, African and Australian origin. In the city centre one can also find the Jardín Victoria (Victorian Garden) - a recreational green area with many walking paths amid trees and flowers with its famous Carrara Marble Mausoleum designed by the French architect Adolph Coquet in 1882.
It counts with three beautiful dark-sand beaches - El Bollulllo, Martín Alonso and El Rincón - which are rarely crowded.
LA Laguna
La Laguna (pop. 125,183) is Tenerife's Province second most important city. It is the old Capital of the Island and seat of the Adelantados, situated on the Aguere Valley amid a beautiful country. It is also the cultural and religious Capital, due to the fact that it lodges the San Fernando University and the province's Bishopric. Its urban design its neatly arranged. The whole city is full of outstanding architectural monuments, palaces and traditional houses of the XVII and XVIII centuries.
Among its religious buildings the most outstanding are The Cathedral, the Santo Domingo and the Concepción Churches - this latter one a historical and artistic monument; one can also find the Church of the Holy Christ and the San Miguel Chapel.
History and art in La Laguna are to be found in the Casa Ossuna Museum, the Friends of the Country Economic Society Museum, the Concepción Church's Museum and the Cathedral's Museum.
La Laguna's Municipal boundaries extend to the towns of Tejina and Valle Guerra - very rich agricultural areas - as well as Bajamar and Punta del Hidalgo, which have become tourist resorts with first class hotels, natural swimming pools and extraordinary landscapes. Areas such as La Cuesta and Taco, where part of the industries of the Island have been situated in the last few years, are also part of La Laguna.
Telephone numbers - Code Country: 34
Tourist information
Turespaña Tel: 900 300 600
Tourism and transport office
Plaza de los Derechos Humanos.
Edificio de usos multiples 6ª and 7ª Floor
35003 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
928 38 42 48
Patronato Insular de Turismo de Tenerife
Plaza de España. Palacio Insular.
38003 Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
922 60 55 90
Information Bureau
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Plaza de España) - 922 23 95 92
Reina Sofia Airport (Granadilla - Abona) - 922 77 30 06
Puerto de la Cruz (Plaza de Europa) - 922 38 60 00
Transport
Reina Sofia International Airport - 922 77 00 50
Los Rodeos Airport - 922 63 58 00
Transmediterranea - 922 24 30 11
Fred Olsen - 922 62 82 00
Titsa Buses (guagua) - 922 21 56 99
Radio Taxis - 922 64 11 12
Traffic - Police-civil guard - 922 25 55 48
Paradores - State owner hotels
Reservation Centre - 91 516 66 66
Cañadas del Teide - 922 38 64 15
La Palma - 922 41 23 40
La Gomera - 922 87 11 00
El Hierro - 922 55 80 36
Emergency Telephones
Red Cross - 922 28 29 24
Medical Emergencies - 061
Police-Tourist Attention - 922 21 25 11
National Police - 091
Local Police - 092
Citizen Information - 010
Lost Property - 092
Postal and other Services
Post & Telegraph (Plaza de España) - 922 24 51 16
Public Telephone Booth - 922 29 03 92
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