From a distance you can clearly see how the city is divided in zones; the first is the harbour, then the promenade with Plaza de España. From here starts the important shoppingstreet and at the end is the livingarea with beautiful villages.
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 |  on September 25, 2004 |
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capitol of the island, and is a very important harbourcity in Spain. It is situated between the sea and a very steep and rough mountain raging up from the city. From a distance you can clearly see how the city is divided in zones; the first is the harbour, then the promenade with Plaza de España. From here starts the important shoppingstreet and at the end is the livingarea with beautiful villages. |
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| La Fiesta de Mayo | | |
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 |  on November 24, 2003 |
Every year, at the first weekend of may, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife we have big festivities. In the town garden they have a big floral exhibition and floralia. The weekend they have a big dinner party for all local people dressed in typical local dresses. This year (2003) present were about 15000 people who were all dressed in there typical Canarian dresses, a magic spectacle!!! |
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| Botanical Gardens of Puerto de la Cruz | | |
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| on November 27, 2002 |
This is the best and most interesting Bot. garden Spain!!!!!!! The real name is "Jardin de aclimatisation" This is a must to see and to pas an afternoon, even if you are not interested in botany. You can find a large choice of Bromeliaceae, and tropical trees!!!!! A superb Ficus dealbata elastica, better known as the clasic rubberplant we all have in our houses or offices. Here you can see the tree in all his spendor, enormous!!!!!!! |
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| La Gomera Island | | |
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 |  on February 28, 2003 |
La Gomera is a small and beautiful island not very well-known or famous. But it´s very worthy. There, you have a spectacular view of Tenerife (actually, what you can see is Teide, the highest mountain all over Spain). In this picture, you can see La Gomera, during one of the beautiful sunset in Tenerife. |
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| Puerto de la Cruz | | |
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 |  on December 29, 2003 |
Puerto de la Cruz on the island of Tenerife, has an old history. It was founded at the beginning of the 17th century and populated by people from La Orotava and from the Spanish mainland: especially Catalans and Portuguese who in the defence of the wine trade converted this town into one of the most active ports of the country. |
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| Teide volcano and craters... | | |
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 on August 25, 2002 |
Teide volcano and craters (3715 meters) Best way to see it is to rent a car. This is because there are a lot of nice places to stop by. Take some varm clothes with you, temperature can sink as low as 5 degrees Celsius if you go to all the way to the top. From time to time there can be snowstorms. Prepare to que up to 2 hours for the cable car. On bad weather the cable car is not in use. The most famous movies partly filmed here are: Star Wars, Planet of the Apes and Mad Max. See my travellogue for more pics. |
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| Santa Cruz - Tenerife | | |
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 |  on August 25, 2002 |
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a very friendly town with 211.930 inhabitants. It has some beautiful parks, such as Park García Sanabria. Many cruisers from all the world touch at its picturesque port, which is surrounded by high rocks. The port area is the town's real center:Plaza de España, and Plaza de la Candelaria with its impressive 17th century Carta Palace. More sights are the baroque church Iglesia de la Concepción, the Museum of Painting and Scultpure and the castle Castillo de Paso Alto. Close to Santa Cruz there are the beaches Las Gaviotas and Las Teresitas, and a nice destination of an excursion might be the mountain Monte de la Esperanza, located at 20 kilometers from the town, offering an outstanding view over all the island. |
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| Hiking in Garajonay National... | | |
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 |  on August 26, 2002 |
Hiking in Garajonay National Park. This park is a sort of a rain forrest that you would not expect in this latitude. It has something to do with the form of the island and the way the clouds go over the island. It is moist, very moist, green and strangely cool. |
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| The Palms of Grand Canary | | |
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 |  on February 8, 2004 |
When one of those reknowned universities launched a study in order to determine which city has the best weather, they reached the conclusion that manyNorthern Europeans had found about for many years without need of complicated scientific research and measurements: Las Palmas is. Almost no variation in temperature around the year and almost no rainfall at all, make of Las Palmas a year-round destination. You will feel here at ease, no matter if you want to scape the rigourous cold of the winter or the scorching heat of the summer. I have a certain predilection for the Canary islands and for Las Palmas in particular. The 350.000 inhabitants of Las Palmas are warm-hearted and funny people that will make your visit unforgettable. That is, if you find your way out of your hotel swimming-pool in Maspalomas. This picture shows the so called "House of Columbus", one of the oldest in Las Palmas and a beautiful example of Canarian colonial architecture. |
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| Los Gigantes , Teneriffe , dolphine safari. | | |
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 |  on January 21, 2003 |
And if you liked the Dolphines in Loro Parque , why not try a Dolphin safari . We joined a boat which advertised with Dolphine safari , and dolphines we saw . It must have been a herd of 8-9 individes , which played joyful around the boat. |
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