Travel Eye on Puerto De La Cruz (Tenerife, Spain)

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Overview:

Puerto de la Cruz (pop. 27,426) is the main tourist resort of the Northern part 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.

Puerto de la Cruz is the second largest tourist city on the island with accommodtion for around 30,000 tourists. In contrast with the modern resorts of the south, El Puerto has had a great tradition as a place of relaxation since the end of the last century when the spa, which today is the Hotel Casino Tauro, was built. The accommodation offered in Puerto de la Cruz is also different from most of the other places in the islands since hotels predominate over apartments.

The lushness of the gardens and the agreeable atmosphere are very special features of this city, which has lively places to stroll around. In the evening the streets near the Plaza del Charco and the promenade are pleasant places of enjoyment where one can eat at any of the many open air restaurants, all this in a pleasant climate and with the ever present sea. The city hourses a number of buildings of great historical and artistic value such as the church of Nuestra Señora de la Peña, la Ermita de San Telmo, el castillo de San Felipe, la casa de la Aduana and the old quay where small fishing boats are still moored.

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.

Locality:

Puerto De La Cruz is in the centre of the north west coast of Tenerife (24 mls W of the capital Santa Cruz. Airport 62 mls by motorway via Santa Cruz). It can be found in the cooler, greener part of the island, approached through a varied landscape of pleasant countryside and industrial development. It is on sloping land, falling steeply in places from the foot of Mt Teide to the rocky shore.

Entertainment/Facilities/Attractions/Things to do:

There are 3 small, grim beaches of black volcanic sand which are not enough, a better one has now been installed to the west, at Punta Brava. Another option does exist: an excellent 8-acre lido with several vast seawater pools, spectacular rock torrents and fountains.

The shopping here is generally good. There is an Open-air market for hagglers; leather, ceramics, jewellery, crafts and local lace from local shops; the not-too-far capital of Santa Cruz for greater variety and bargain electrical and manufactured goods.

During the daytime visit the dolphinarium at Loro Park.

The nightlife here gives you the liveliest spot on the north coast and, while it is more restrained than Playa de las Americas, there is a rich selection of entertainments, although in winter this may not be as evident; a casino dominates the heights.

There is a huge choice of restaurants but these are mainly all British "pubs".

One of the greatest attractions of el Puerto is without doubt the Lago Martianez. This series of seawater pools conceived by the Canary artist Cesar Manrique forms an extraordinary spot for bathing and resting in the sun.

Harmonising his architecture with the exotic vegetation of the volcanic coast Cesar Manrique created his most beautiful project. Besides the Lago, Puerto de la Cruz has small beaches of volcanic sand, the best ones being Playa Jardin and Martianez.

On the outskirts of the city the botanical gardens and the Loro Park are a must for the nature lover. The botanical gardens founded in 1788 harbour an enormous number of trees and plants from every corner of the planet thanks to the bening climate of Tenerife. Loro Park is another tropical garden with the largest collection of parrots in the world, a parrot show and an excellent dolphinarium.

 

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