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WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO SEE IN TENERIFE

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MUSEUMS

Fine Art Museum

C/ José Murphy, 12. Pza. del Príncipe 38005 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
922 24 43 58
922 24 88 73

The “Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes” (Fine Art Museum) contains fourteen exhibition rooms, which hold works dating from the 16th to the 20th century. The building has a classic design and was built at the beginning of 1929 by the architect Eladio Laredo. The outside of the building is decorated with 10 busts of distinguished people from Tenerife, the most outstanding of which include: Teobaldo Power (musician and composer), Ángel Guimerá (poet and playwright), Juan de Iriarte (grammarian and writer), Antonio de Viana (poet), Villalba Hervás (historian), Bethencourt y Molina (engineer) and Valentín Sanz (painter).
The first objects to be kept and preserved here were the flags won in 1797 in the battle against Nelson. In 1840 the Town Hall ordered them to be preserved in a special place: this initiative was the beginning of the museum. In 1933 the current building was refurbished to be used as an exhibition space.

Tenerife Museum of Anthropology

Carretera Tacoronte-Valle Guerra.
38270 La Laguna
0034 922 54 63 08
0034 922 54 44 98

Located in the Casa de Carta, an example of the houses built in the Canaries in the XVIII century. The museum is dedicated to popular local and global culture, strange, old, new, present and past. It offers gardens, windmills and orchards where traditional products are cultivated.

Tenerife History Museum

C/ San Agustín, 22
38201 La Laguna
0034 922 82 59 49
0034 922 63 00 13

The museum is located at the “Casa Lercaro” which is XVI century in style and located in the heart of the historic town of La Laguna. Via modern equipment it exhibits, social, economic and cultural history of the island over the last five centuries. It offers a function room and gardens.
Opening times: Tuesday to Sunday from 09.00am to 07.00pm.
Closed: Every Monday, 24th, 25th and 31st of December, 1st and 6th of January.

Further information on Tenerife Museums here http://www.museosdetenerife.org/

Acantilados de los Gigantes
West Tenerife
The Gigantes Cliffs offer some of the most spectacular scenery on Tenerife. Their
impressive sheer faces drop from heights of 600 metres in some places. At the
foot of these cliffs is the seabed at a depth of 30 metres: it contains a rich
marine life that attracts both diving and sports fishing enthusiasts.
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Caserío de Masca
Farmhouse located in Tenerife North

The Rural Park of Teno, in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte (the Isla
Baja region), is where one can find the deepest ravines of the island. Here, surrounded
by amazing escarpments, lies the hamlet of Masca. This picturesque hamlet, which
has been declared an area of ethnographical and architectural interest,…
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Teide National Park
A network of national parks in the Canary Islands attempts to conserve their most
characteristic ecosystems. Hence, the Mt. Teide National Park, in the centre of
the island of Tenerife, shelters the best examples of the supra-Mediterranean
vegetation level. On the other hand, with an average altitude of over 2,000…
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Auditorio de Tenerife
Avda. La Constitución, 1
38003 santa cruz de tenerife
0034 922 56 86 00

The Tenerife Auditorium is the creation of architect Santiago Calatrava. This
impressive piece of architecture has a huge sculptural impact and it is well known
as a unique landmark. It offers its visitors the opportunity to admire the architecture
as well as being able to enjoy the other natural attractions, such as…
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Historic Centre of Garachico
Tenerife North

The town and port of Garachico, founded by the Genoese Christopher de Ponte in
1496, covetously guards the evidence of its brilliant past with stately homes,
convents and churches that are architecturally important in their own right. Garachico,
declared a site of cultural interest in the Historic Group category, has…
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Historic Centre of La Laguna
located in the metropolitan area of Tenerife

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, declared a World Cultural and Heritage Site
by Unesco, has maintained its highly valued historic centre in an exemplary state
of conservation. As well as important monuments and historic buildings, there
is an important centre of commercial activity, offering the chance to buy souvenirs
to…
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Historic Centre of La Orotava
located in Tenerife North

The town of La Orotava retains a perfectly defined historic centre, which has
been declared of historical and artistic interest. Among its streets packed with
interesting buildings, there is a wealth of admirable architecture, such as the
Ermita del Calvario hermitage, the church of San Agustín, Constitución
Square,…
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Anaga Rural Park

The Anaga Rural Park is one of the areas of greatest ecological value in Tenerife,
both for its special geological form and for the extraordinary bio-diversity it
contains. The Anaga Massif, one of the three corners of the island of Tenerife,
offers visitors extraordinary scenery, hidden beaches, spectacular cliffs and…
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Candelaria Cathedral

At the end of the 14th century, some one hundred years before the conquest of
Tenerife, a Gothic carving of the Virgin of Candelaria appeared on the coasts
of the Güímar Valley. The Guanches worshipped this statue and gave
it the name of Chaxiraxi. From 1526, this image remained in the sanctuary that
the second…
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Museo Casa del Vino

Autopista Gral. del Norte. km 21. Cruce del Sauzal

0034 922 57 25 35/42

Museum located in Tenerife North

The “House of Wine” La Baranda is an old Canarian farm that dates back
to the 17th century and is owned by the Tenerife Government in order to promote
the quality wines of the island. It is home to the Museum of the Vines and Wines
of Tenerife.In the tasting hall you can try wines from the five denominations
of the…
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Parque del Drago - The Dragon Tree

Pza. de la Constitución,138430 Icod de los Vinos
0034 922 81 45 10
Park located in Tenerife North

Next to the parish church of San Marcos. The Parque del Drago, or Drago Park,
is the main attraction of Icod de los Vinos. The famous “thousand-year-old
Dragon” (although its age is officially 800 years) is one of the most important
natural, cultural and historic symbols of the Canary Islnds. The Icod Dragon tree…
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Tenerife Rural Network

C/ Puerto Escondido, 5. 6º A
38002 santa cruz de tenerife
0034 922 53 10 13

network of visitor centres

There is a network of centres that are open for visits, wineries, farms, ethnographic
museums, pottery centres, etc., that are certified by the Fundación Tenerife
Rural, an institution that belongs to the Cabildo Insular (Island Government),
and together they make up the Quality Network of Rural Tenerife. These centres…
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