Location: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Top Things to do in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
What to do and see in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands: The Best Museums
Santa Cruz de Tenerife (commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz (/ˌsæntəˈkruːz/, Spanish: [santaˈkɾuθ, -ˈkɾus], locally [sãtaˈkɾu]) is a global city (with Sufficiency status) and capital (jointly with Las Palmas) of the Canary Islands, the capital of Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and of the island of Tenerife. Santa Cruz has a population of 206,593 (2013) within its administrative limits. The urban zone of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half the island population living in or around it.
Restaurants in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
1. Circulo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife
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5.0 based on 65 reviews
The Fine Arts Centre of Tenerife, cultural entity with nonprofit activities, was founded on September 7th, 1925, from another previous organization, called Fregoli Hall, which at the same time came from the division of the other previous, La Santa Cecilia Musical Society, founded in 1880
2. Galeria ATC
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Galeria ATC is a contemporary art and architecture gallery in the heart of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The gallery exhibits works in different media, including video and sound art. Its annual program consists of individual and group exhibitions with international, Spanish and Canarian artists.
3. Museo Historico Militar de Canarias
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4.5 based on 231 reviews
Reviewed By 361samk
Very interesting and defiantly worth visiting. My partner don't like museums but loved this one. It is bigger than I expected for a small island. The only missing thing is English translation as it is only in Spanish. Nevertheless, I definitely recommend it.
4. TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
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4.5 based on 343 reviews
Reviewed By N6727MGkims
Well worth a visit for the architecture alone. Smallish exhibition space with edgy contemporary and varied content. Very restorative.
5. Mirador Astronomico del Llano del Jable
6. Casa Del Carnaval
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4.5 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By Stan36
This gem of a museum had no tourists there when we visited late on a weekday afternoon. Admission was free with our taking the Hop On Hop Off bus in Tenerife. The costumes are magnificent and beautifully displayed along with films and commentary about Carnival. This is not to be missed.
7. Ecomuseo del el Tanque
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
8. Museo de Naturaleza y Arqueologia
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4.0 based on 466 reviews
Explore the natural world of the Canary Islands and discover the largest collection of ítems relating to the culture of the Guanches, the original inhabitants of Tenerife before the arrival of the European conquerors.
Reviewed By Sightseer802706
Excellent museum, detailing the history of the Canary Islands and with some fascinating exhibits - skulls, mummies, cross-section of volcano, archaeological finds, flora and fauna, etc. Well worth a visit.
9. Museo de Belle Artes
10. El Tanque Espacio Cultural
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3.5 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By tomsX736ZA
El Tanque is a one-of-a-kind experience. There is nowhere else in the world where you can walk inside a giant oil tank. There are often art installations and for one week a year, the Keroxen rock concerts, but even without, it's worth a visit. When you walk inside, almost total darkness envelops you until your eyes adjust, and you see what an oil tank looks like from the inside. Santa Cruz de Tenerife has shared its space (and its air) with an oil refinery for more than 70 years. As the city reclaimed part of the land of the refinery, some activists managed to save Tank #69 as a monument to the city's relationship with the oil refinery. Now famous arquitect Fernando Menis performed a prizewinning job of converting the tank to a cultural space. What kind of visitor will love El Tanque? The same type of visitor who enjoys seeing urban artefacts and urban renewal projects. El Tanque is itself urban art at its best.
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