On the map is marked: Top Tenerife Pictures - Sunshine, blue sea and fine beaches, most people come to Tenerife for the sunbathing, relaxing, but Tenerife is much more than its beaches. The outstanding Teide is National Park located in the middle of the island is on the UNESCO World Heritage list with the old colonial town of La Laguna. This incredible island hides a large number of surprises. On the map is marked: Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Santa Cruz de Tenerife (230.000 inhabitants) is the main Tenerife’s city. The Congress Hall or Calatrava´s Audorium built between 1997 and 2003 and inspired to the Opera of Sydney has been become the new symbol of Santa Cruz del Tenerife. On the map is marked: Playa Las Teresitas Beach - The white sandy beach of Playa Las Teresitas is the beach of the city of Santa Cruz. You can realax under marvellous palms and swim or play in calm limpid waters. Playa Las Teresitas is connected with Santa Cruz by public bus TITSA nr. 910 every 10 minutes. On the map is marked: Teide National Park - Begin to admire the Teide National Park driving along its spectacular winding roads, leave your car at Parador Nacional Parking and visit the rocks Roques of Garcia, after walk along one of the trails to discover astonishing moonscapes, volcanoes and to admire the Pico del Teide, the king which overlooks everything from its 3.718 m and rises 7.500 m above the ocean floor (the world’s third-tallest volcano). Teide National Park is an World Heritage UNESCO. On the map is marked: Cableway Teide Mountain - The modern Teide Cableway climbs up to the Teide in 8 minutes (from 2.356 to 3.555 metres). After, if you want to reach top at 3.718 m, the “Pico del Teide” , is necessary a special written permit previously obtained from the office of the National Park. On the map is marked: La Laguna - La Laguna or San Cristobal de La Laguna is worth visiting for its fine churches and buildings dating from the 16th to the 18th century. The town is an Unesco World Heritage, La Laguna was the first non-fortified Spanish colonial town, and its layout was a model for a lot of colonial towns in America. On the map is marked: Playa Las Americas - Hotels - Beach life, water sports, beach volleyball, swimming. Playa de las Americas is a tourist town with a number of good beaches. Definitely it’s one of best places where to find hotels, resorts, tourist villages, vacations villages, or look for an apartment. Playa de las Americas is close to Los Cristianos, few kilometers from International Airport of Tenerife South. On the map is marked: Los Cristianos - Beaches - Los Cristianos is a tourist town close to Playa de las Americas. The town offers an impressive array of bars, nightclub, restaurants, there are hundreds of hotels, resorts and an apartment. From Los Cristianos departs the well known excursion (boat trip) to the island of la Gomera. On the map is marked: Puerto de la Cruz - Puerto de la Cruz is a nice costal town located in Tenerefe’s north side. The centre of Puerto de la Cruz has 18th century houses with typical wooden Canary balconies and fine sandy beaches are not far from it, like for example Playa Jardin and Playa Martianez. On the map is marked: Bus TITSA -Metro Tenerife - TITSA provides an excellent network of public buses called guagua (pronounce wawa) in all Canary Islands. Recently has been built the first modern tram (tranvia metrotenerife) which connects the bus station of Santa Cruz (intercambiador) with La Laguna.
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