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Calatrava architectural icon by the sea in Santa Cruz.
Seafront Marian sanctuary, patron saint of the Canaries.
Nature and archaeology museum in central Santa Cruz.
A 16th-century fortified compound in Adeje's old town, built by the Ponte family to guard their sugar mill. A fire left it in ruins in 1902, but the tower, the gateway and much of the enclosure are still standing. The south-eastern section has been restored and can be visited free of charge on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings.
The Centro Alfarero "Casa Las Miquelas" sits in the old quarter of Santa Ana, in Candelaria, inside a restored traditional house. It tells the story of Candelaria's pottery, shaped by hand without a wheel, and in its workshop young potters still work the clay in front of visitors. There is a shop with traditional pottery and handmade ceramic jewellery.
Military history museum in the Fuerte de Almeyda in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a fortress built between 1859 and 1884, with rooms of flags, weapons, uniforms and dioramas.
ARTlandya is a museum of artist dolls and teddy bears that Ingrid and Georg Taupe opened in 2012 on an old farm estate in Santa Bárbara, a rural district of Icod de los Vinos. It brings together more than 600 artist dolls and teddy bears by international makers, its own glass studio, a museum shop and a small bar in a tropical garden with views of Mount Teide and the coast.
The Ecomuseo de El Tanque, in the north of Tenerife, houses an exhibition on life in the Partido de Abajo, the old name for this spot. Using interpretive panels, audiovisual displays, virtual reality and interactive pieces, the route through its rooms covers the origins of the hamlet, its historical setting and the daily life of its residents, from the kitchen and cereal growing to the threshing floor and threshing itself.
The Museo LM Arte Colección occupies a traditional Canarian house from the second half of the eighteenth century, on calle Obispo Rey Redondo in the historic centre of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. It opened on 23 December 2021 and shows the body of Canarian and international art assembled by Luz Marina Lorenzo, a collector born in La Palma, which runs to close on six hundred pieces.
The Museo del Pescador occupies the premises of the Cofradía de Pescadores Gran Poder de Dios, on calle Las Lonjas in Puerto de la Cruz, beside the fishing quay. Its Casa Museo brings together a large collection of ship models, ranging from traditional Canarian rowing boats and faluas, tuna vessels and purse seiners to schooners, sail training ships, steamers and the old island mail boats, alongside working objects such as an old scale.
The Museo de Artesanía Iberoamericana de Tenerife occupies the former Dominican convent of San Benito Abad in the Villa de La Orotava. The building keeps its stone entrance arch, the cloister, the timber ceilings and the stone staircase, with work by the Canarian architect, sculptor and gilder Antonio de Orbarán. It reopened as a museum in 1991 and holds more than ten thousand pieces of Iberoamerican and Spanish craftwork.
Museum centre devoted to the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, opened in 2017 in the barranco de Santos park, with an interactive permanent room.
Cultural centre for contemporary art, photography and a library in a Herzog & de Meuron building.
A fortress of colonial character at the mouth of the ravine that shares its name, in Puerto de la Cruz, right beside Playa Jardín. Its story goes back to the 17th century, when it watched over the northern coast of Tenerife and sheltered the town from corsairs and pirates. Built of masonry in the shape of an irregular pentagon, it lost its military role in 1869 and now serves as the cultural venue of the municipality, with an exhibition hall and a cafe.
An eighteenth century Canarian townhouse on Plaza de la Concepción in La Laguna, right beside the bell tower of the Concepción church and inside the UNESCO listed old town. It was the family home of the collector Cayetano Gómez Felipe (1902-1978), who filled it with objects from everyday island life. The rooms open onto a courtyard with wooden galleries, and the collection is shown in the very spaces it was gathered for. Easy to reach on foot, since most of the historic centre is pedestrian.
The Franciscan sanctuary in San Cristóbal de La Laguna that guards the image of the Cristo de La Laguna, one of the most venerated crucifixes in the Canary Islands.
17th-century Canarian mansion in La Orotava, famous for its wooden balconies and traditional openwork craft.
Tenerife's main fine-arts museum, next to Plaza del Príncipe in Santa Cruz.
Museum of the history of Tenerife in Casa Lercaro, a 16th-century mansion in the historic centre of La Laguna.
An 18th-century chapel in old Icod, known for the dried caiman behind the «Lizard of Angustias» legend. TEMPORARILY CLOSED: the facade and the square are visible from outside.
Baroque church in the old town of Puerto de la Cruz, built in the late 17th century, with altarpieces and a distinctive tower.
Traditional Canarian manor house in El Sauzal housing a Tenerife wine museum, with views of the sea and Mount Teide.
The oldest church in Santa Cruz, with five naves.
Interactive astronomy and science museum in La Laguna, with a planetarium and hands-on experiments.
A circular fortification of volcanic stone in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, built in the first half of the 17th century. It was the second most important stronghold in the city's defensive system and is popularly known as the Castillo Negro. It has been listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural since 1949 and passed into municipal hands in 1982. Its interior is not open to visitors; the exterior stands in full view, between the Auditorio de Tenerife and the Parque Marítimo.
The Centro de Visitantes de Masca, the visitor centre of the hamlet, stands close to the plaza of La Piedra and holds the information on the village and on the Parque Rural de Teno. It is also the gateway to the camino del barranco de Masca: the access check is carried out here, bookings and documents are verified, and staff lend out the helmet that is returned at the end of the route.
A 16th-century fortress in Garachico, Tenerife, that escaped the 1706 eruption.
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