Sights Tenerife, Spain

Santa Cruz - the largest city in Tenerife, is not very attractive for tourists who come here mainly for shopping. Although, besides shops, there are things to see. As in any self-respecting Spanish city, in Santa Cruz is the area of Spain, where usually start sightseeing tours. A large building, palace square Cabildo Insular Government takes Tenerife. Most stores are located in the Candelaria Square (Plaza Candelaria) and on the street Calle del Castillo, which starts from the square. The market Mercado Nuestra Senora de Africa, located on the street San Sebastian, you can buy fruit, vegetables, flowers and spices. This indoor market, decorated arches, bears no resemblance to the European. Restaurants and bars the city offers authentic Canary cuisine. In February, Santa Cruz became the center of a bright and spectacular carnival. Streets turned into a continuous stream of dance and masks, a few days does not stop music and songs. The first carnivals were held here in the XVIII century, and still February - the most interesting time to visit Tenerife. Throughout the festival you can take part in contests, balls and performances, see the interesting performances and costumed processions passing under the explosions of firecrackers and crackers. Completion of the carnival - dramatized "Sardines funeral, the traditional view for most of the towns and resort villages Canard.

In the vicinity of the city there are beautiful places that are worth a visit - for example, the famous botanical garden or ornithological park Loro Park, where you can see parrots, lions, dolphins, gorillas, chimpanzees, jaguars, tigers, crocodiles, sharks and many other animals. This is the third most popular tourist site Canary archipelago after the volcano Teide on Tenerife and the dunes at Maspalomas Gran Canaria. Park attended by more than 20 million people each year and this figure increases. The park has dolphinarium pingvinary, grand aquarium, where live more than 20 000 species of marine and freshwater fish, "Country of chimpanzees, many attractions for adults and children. In many animals and birds in the Loro Park are a variety of plants from all over the Earth. In addition to the cactus garden of thousands of species of cacti are dragon tree, orchids, oleanders, and three thousand species of palms. At any time of year in the park of exotic flowers bloom.

Playa de las Americas is located 75 km from the island's capital Santa Cruz, 30 km from the Teide National Park, 8 km from Teide Ecological Park, 15 km from the international airport Reina Sofia. Here you will find everything for the perfect holiday: modern hotels, beautiful beaches with black and gold dust, bars, restaurants, shops. In the center of the resort and bustling night life, work discos and nightclubs. In Playa de las Americas is opened the first of its kind and one of the few in Europe, extreme sports park - Sky Park.

South of Las Americas is another major tourist center of south Tenerife - Los Cristianos. It is located in the south, where the impressive multi-colored fields of solidified lava. In Los Cristianos is waiting for you a beautiful beach stretching for 1 km.

The town of El Medano is located slightly east of the airport, at the foot of a small mountain Montaña Roja. Primarily, this small resort is notable for the fact that there is almost always the wind. Not the most obvious plus for most tourists, but a distinct advantage for windsurfing, which is specially come here to hone their skills. Another El Medano interesting two spacious and usually with few natural beaches.

Resort Playa Paraiso is located in the west of Las Americas. Beach hotels stony, in connection with which tourists prefer to vacation in Las Americas, but here only to sunbathe and swim in the pools.

Ten Bel Holiday Village is situated in the very southern tip of Tenerife. This place is away from the large resort centers, and his whole atmosphere is conducive to peaceful family vacation.

Puerto de la Cruz - the oldest resort on the coast, with beaches of gray and black volcanic sand. The resort is located on the north-west of the island, where the Botanical Garden Orotava Valley. Here, surrounded by banana plantations, is an old town of La Orotava. Near - Loro Park with the world's largest colony of parrots, an aquarium and a huge artificial lake Lago Maritanes. In the mountain ranges of Anaga hid the village of Chi-namada with carved into the cliffs dwelling caves.