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Tenerife tourist guide: Where to go?
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'La Recova' Arts Center:
La Recova is an important culture center. Arts exhibitions take place here. The City School of Graphic Arts has its headquarters in La Recova.
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Natural and Human History Museums:
These museums are one of the most important cultural projects in Santa Cruz in recent years.
Collections which were dispersed until now are being gathered here,
like those of the former Archaeological Museum of Tenerife or the Natural History Museum.
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Museums opening hours:
Tuesday through Sunday, from 10 AM to 8 PM.
Closed on Mondays.
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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City Library and Fine Arts Museum:
The Library, which is now being extended, has an important department of Canarian literature and Islands's archives. It finds its complement in the Provincial Historic Archives Library, also in Santa Cruz.
The City Museum of Fine Arts is worth a visit. The permanent collections have several masterpieces, like a San José, by Ribera; a portrait of Isabel II, by Madrazo; a Sorolla ...
Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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Las Cañadas del Teide
From the summit of this great volcanic mountain, all the
islands can be seen. It was born 600,000 years ago after violent eruptions.
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Punta del Hidalgo and Macizo de Anaga
Punta del Hidalgo, where one gets beautiful views over the sea of Anaga highland ridges.
Nothern villages Masca and Punta de Teno
This route covers the north and the Teno highland and so the most beautiful villages of the island can be seen
together with the rugged appearance of Teno.
Puerto de la Cruz
The oldest of the tourist estates of the Canary islands, It has been for a century a relaxing place
by the sea for those who look for a pleasant climate in an exceptionally beautiful natural environment.
La Orotava
Lying in the fertile valley of the same name, the streets and buildings are monuments to it
past cultural splendour.
Los Realejos
Los Realejos (pop. 32,588) is under the shade of the great slopes of the Las Cañadas del Teide mountain range.
La Laguna
San Cristobal de La Laguna is the historical town par excellence of the Canary Islands.
It was founded in 1497 on the shores of a lake which finally dried up during the last century.
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