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Museums, art collections, historic houses and cultural centres across Tenerife.

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Statue of the Virgin of Candelaria inside the Cave of Achbinico in CandelariaGuanche & Archaeology
Eastern Tenerife

Achbinico Cave (Cave of San Blas)

A sacred cave beside Candelaria closely connected to Guanche tradition and the early veneration of the Virgin of Candelaria.

Barranco de Agua de Dios archaeological zone in Tegueste, TenerifeGuanche & Archaeology
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Agua de Dios Ravine Archaeological Zone

A protected ravine near Tegueste and La Laguna with important Guanche archaeological evidence in caves and shelters.

Casa de los Capitanes Generales in San Cristóbal de La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Captains General House (Casa de los Capitanes)

A major historic house in La Laguna associated with the island’s governing elite and distinguished by its traditional Canarian courtyard architecture.

Casa del Vino de Tenerife in El SauzalMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Casa del Vino de Tenerife

A 17th-century Canarian estate in El Sauzal devoted to Tenerife wine, honey and rural products, with museum spaces, traditional presses, gardens, tastings and a restaurant.

Chinguaro archaeological and historic site in Güímar, TenerifeGuanche & Archaeology
Eastern Tenerife

Chinguaro Cave Archaeological Site

An important Guanche heritage site in Güímar associated with the indigenous menceyato and the early history of the Virgin of Candelaria tradition.

El Portillo Visitor Centre in Teide National ParkVolcanoes & Teide
Teide & Central Tenerife

El Portillo Teide Visitor Centre

The main interpretation stop on Teide’s northeast side, with exhibits and nearby botanical displays focused on the national park’s volcanic landscape and high-altitude ecology.

Casa de los Jesuitas in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Former Jesuit House, La Laguna

An 18th-century Jesuit residence later occupied by La Laguna’s Royal Economic Society, with important archival and educational associations.

Former San Agustín Convent in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Former San Agustín Convent, La Laguna

One of La Laguna’s most important former monastic complexes, closely linked to education and the city’s religious history.

.Guanche & Archaeology
Southern Tenerife

Granadilla History Museum

A local history museum in a traditional Canarian house, tracing Granadilla de Abona from Guanche culture to modern municipal life.

Plaza de la Constitución in the historic town of La Orotava, TenerifeMuseums & CultureTickets
Northern Tenerife

La Orotava

A preserved historic hillside town shaped by Taoro’s Guanche past, post-conquest estates, water mills and centuries of wine wealth in the Orotava Valley.

Risco de las Pencas traditional gofio mill in San Juan de la Rambla, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Risco de las Pencas Gofio Mill

A historic hydraulic gofio mill in Barranco de Ruiz, preserving machinery and architecture connected with traditional grain processing.

Historic Casa de la Real Aduana in Puerto de la CruzMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Royal Customs House (Casa de la Real Aduana)

Puerto de la Cruz’s oldest surviving civil building, founded in 1620 and closely tied to the city’s maritime trade and customs history.

Church of Saint Anne in the historic centre of GarachicoMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Saint Anne Church, Garachico

Garachico’s principal historic church, closely tied to the town’s pre-eruption prosperity and reconstruction after the 1706 volcanic disaster.

Church of San Marcos in Icod de los Vinos, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Saint Mark the Evangelist Church, Icod

Icod de los Vinos’ principal historic church, known for its long parish history and important sacred-art collections.

Casa Salazar in the historic centre of San Cristóbal de La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Salazar Palace (Casa Salazar)

One of La Laguna’s most impressive historic residences, known for its elaborate stone façade and place in the UNESCO-listed old town.

Historic street architecture in La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Tenerife’s UNESCO-listed former capital: a walkable historic city whose 15th-century street plan became an influential model for later Spanish colonial towns in the Americas.

Church of San Marcos in Icod de los Vinos, which houses the Sacred Art MuseumMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

San Marcos Sacred Art Museum

A sacred-art museum in Icod de los Vinos displaying religious paintings, sculpture, vestments and a monumental filigree silver cross.

Santa Bárbara Coastal Battery at the old harbour in Puerto de la CruzForts & Coastal Defence
Northern Tenerife

Santa Bárbara Coastal Battery

An 18th-century coastal battery beside Puerto de la Cruz’s old harbour, built to defend the port against pirate and privateer attacks.

Tenerife Espacio de las Artes in Santa Cruz de TenerifeFamily Attractions
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

TEA Tenerife Arts Space (Tenerife Espacio de las Artes)

Santa Cruz’s major contemporary art centre, combining exhibitions, cinema, libraries and striking modern architecture near the Barranco de Santos.

Teide Observatory telescopes beneath the Milky WayNature & Forests
Teide & Central Tenerife

Teide Observatory

A major high-altitude astronomy site on Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands’ internationally important observatory network.

Bust of geologist Telesforo Bravo at the Teide Visitor Centre in La OrotavaVolcanoes & Teide
Northern Tenerife

Telesforo Bravo Teide Visitor Centre

A Teide interpretation centre in La Orotava explaining the national park’s geology, ecology, exploration and volcanic history before you head into the highlands.

Family Attractions
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Casa de Carta History and Anthropology Museum

A restored 18th-century country house in Valle de Guerra and one of the main venues of Tenerife’s Museum of History and Anthropology.

Family Attractions
Teno & the West

Cha Domitila Pottery and Ethnographic Museum

A traditional pottery centre and ethnographic museum in Arguayo, housed in a restored Canarian home and dedicated to the island’s hand-built ceramic tradition.

Family Attractions
Teno & the West

Masca Visitor Centre

The official visitor-information point in Masca village, useful for checking current access, local conditions and visitor guidance in the Teno massif.

Family Attractions
Teno & the West

Teno Rural Park Visitor Centre

The main visitor information centre for Teno Rural Park, located at Finca Los Pedregales in El Palmar.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Torrehermosa Marquis House (Casa de los Marqueses de Torrehermosa)

A grand 18th-century La Laguna house later converted into the historic Gran Hotel Aguere Continental, one of Tenerife’s early hotels.

Plaza del AdelantadoMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Adelantado Square

La Laguna’s historic civic square, surrounded by important religious and residential buildings and centred on a 19th-century marble fountain.

All Saints' Church, Puerto de la CruzMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

All Saints' Church, Puerto de la Cruz

A late-19th-century Anglican church in Parque Taoro, built by Puerto de la Cruz’s international community and closely tied to the town’s early tourism era.

Historic Almeyda fort, home of the Military History Museum in Santa Cruz de TenerifeForts & Coastal Defence
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Almeyda Military Museum

Santa Cruz’s military museum at Cuartel de Almeida, with weapons, uniforms, maps and material tracing the defence and military history of Tenerife and the Canary Islands.

Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín in Santa Cruz de TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Auditorio de Tenerife Adán Martín

Santa Cruz’s landmark concert hall, designed by Santiago Calatrava and inaugurated in 2003, with a dramatic seafront silhouette and a major programme of music, opera and dance.

Exterior of the Banana House Museum in Icod de los Vinos, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Banana House Museum (Casa del Plátano)

A small museum in a restored historic property in Icod de los Vinos, explaining the cultivation, history and importance of the Canary Islands banana through exhibits and a working banana garden.

Landscape and entrance area of Bencomo Cave in Santa Úrsula, TenerifeGuanche & Archaeology
Northern Tenerife

Bencomo Cave

A protected Guanche archaeological cave at Barranco del Pino, traditionally associated with Bencomo, mencey of Taoro, on the boundary between Santa Úrsula and La Orotava.

Plaza de la CandelariaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Candelaria Square

Santa Cruz’s historic main square, shaped by military, civic and commercial life and anchored by the 18th-century Triunfo de la Candelaria monument.

Carta PalaceMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Carta Palace

An 18th-century merchant palace on Plaza de la Candelaria, combining Canarian Baroque architecture with neoclassical details and a long civic history.

Casa AnchietaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Casa Anchieta

A historic house beside Plaza del Adelantado associated with José de Anchieta, the Tenerife-born missionary and co-founder of São Paulo.

Casa Chacona Museum at Pirámides de Güímar in TenerifeFamily Attractions
Eastern Tenerife

Casa Chacona Museum

The museum of the Pirámides de Güímar Ethnographic Park, housed in a traditional 19th-century Canarian house and focused on the site, world cultures and Thor Heyerdahl’s research.

Casa de los BalconesMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Casa de los Balcones

A celebrated historic house-museum in La Orotava known for carved Canarian timber balconies, a traditional courtyard and living craft traditions.

Casa del CarnavalMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Casa del Carnaval

Santa Cruz’s year-round museum and interpretation space for the city’s internationally recognised Carnival, with costumes, exhibitions and interactive displays.

Casa FuerteMuseums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

Casa Fuerte

The fortified ruins of a 16th-century Adeje estate built to protect a sugar operation from pirate attacks and later used as the seat of the local lordship.

Castillo de San MiguelForts & Coastal Defence
Northern Tenerife

Castillo de San Miguel

A 16th-century coastal fortress built to defend Garachico’s wealthy harbour and surviving as one of the clearest reminders of the town’s trading age.

Cathedral of La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Cathedral of La Laguna

La Laguna’s cathedral combines a surviving neoclassical façade with a largely early-20th-century neo-Gothic interior in the heart of the UNESCO historic city.

Cave of the GuanchesGuanche & Archaeology
Northern Tenerife

Cave of the Guanches

A protected Guanche archaeological lava tube above Playa Moreno in Icod de los Vinos, with evidence of seasonal habitation, burial activity and pastoral use.

Cemetery of San Rafael y San RoqueMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Cemetery of San Rafael y San Roque

Santa Cruz’s historic early-19th-century cemetery, created during a yellow-fever crisis and preserving Catholic, Protestant and funerary heritage.

Chapel of San Pedro de Arriba, GüímarMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Chapel of San Pedro de Arriba, Güímar

A tiny 1794 chapel in Güímar’s historic centre, notable for its wall paintings, local San Pedro devotion and compact scale.

Chapel of Venerable Orden TerceraMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Chapel of Venerable Orden Tercera

An 18th-century Franciscan Third Order chapel beside San Francisco church, preserving rococo art and an important chapter of Santa Cruz civic history.

Iglesia y Hospital de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, San Cristóbal de La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church and Hospital of Our Lady of Sorrows, La Laguna

A rare surviving early hospital-and-church complex in La Laguna, founded in 1515 and now partly adapted as a municipal library.

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia, Puerto de la CruzMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia, Puerto de la Cruz

Puerto de la Cruz’s historic main parish church, founded in the 17th century and closely tied to the town’s religious, artistic and maritime traditions.

Iglesia de San José Santa Cruz de TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of San José, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

A central Santa Cruz parish church with a neoclassical façade, twin bell towers and a strong connection to the city’s Semana Santa traditions.

Church of Santo Domingo, GüímarMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Church of Santo Domingo, Güímar

The surviving church of Güímar’s former Dominican convent, preserving rococo altarpieces and religious art after a major 18th-century fire.

Fundación Cristino de Vera in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Cristino de Vera Foundation

A small art foundation in La Laguna devoted to the work of Canarian painter Cristino de Vera, set inside a restored historic building.

Plaza del Cristo de La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Cristo de La Laguna Square

A major historic square in La Laguna beside the Real Santuario del Cristo, long used for religious gatherings, markets and civic life.

Casa de la Real Aduana in Puerto de la Cruz, home of the Eduardo Westerdahl Museum of Contemporary ArtMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Eduardo Westerdahl Museum of Contemporary Art

A contemporary-art museum in Puerto de la Cruz’s historic Royal Customs House, built around the collection and cultural legacy associated with critic Eduardo Westerdahl and the Instituto de Estudios Hispánicos de Canarias.

Fisherman's Museum in Puerto de la Cruz, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Fisherman's Museum (Museo del Pescador)

A small fishing museum beside Puerto de la Cruz’s old harbour, preserving the maritime identity and working traditions of a town shaped by the Atlantic.

Historic architecture in GarachicoMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Garachico

A beautifully preserved former Atlantic trading port reshaped by the 1706 volcanic eruption, with historic streets, old harbour remains and lava-formed sea pools.

Ibero-American Crafts Museum of Tenerife (MAIT), TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Ibero-American Crafts Museum of Tenerife (MAIT)

A major craft museum in La Orotava, set in the former San Benito Abad convent and dedicated to traditional and contemporary Ibero-American and Canarian craftsmanship.

Market of Nuestra Señora de África, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, SpainMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Mercado de Nuestra Señora de África

Santa Cruz de Tenerife’s main traditional market, founded in the 1940s and home to more than 200 traders selling fresh produce, food and local products.

Monastery Santa Catalina La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Monastery Santa Catalina La Laguna

A 1611 Dominican convent on Plaza del Adelantado, known for Mudéjar-influenced architecture, Baroque art and the story of Sor María de Jesús.

Building Casa Montañés , in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Montañés House (Casa Montañés)

A historic townhouse in La Laguna that illustrates the scale, courtyard layout and timber details of elite Canarian domestic architecture.

Exterior of the Museum of Nature and Archaeology (MUNA) in Santa Cruz de TenerifeGuanche & Archaeology
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Museum of Nature and Archaeology (MUNA)

Tenerife’s major museum for Guanche archaeology and the natural history of the Canary Islands, housed in Santa Cruz’s former Civil Hospital.

Museum of Science and the Cosmos, TenerifeFamily Attractions
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Museum of Science and the Cosmos

An interactive science museum in La Laguna where visitors learn through hands-on experiments, astronomy, a planetarium and exhibits about Earth, the Sun, the human body and the universe.

TEA Tenerife Arts Space in Santa Cruz, home of the Óscar Domínguez collectionMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Óscar Domínguez Collection at TEA

TEA Tenerife Arts Space’s major collection devoted to Tenerife-born surrealist Óscar Domínguez, with works spanning the artist’s career and his place in international Surrealism.

Paso Alto Castle on the coast of Santa Cruz de TenerifeForts & Coastal Defence
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Paso Alto Castle

A historic coastal fortress guarding the northern approach to Santa Cruz, closely associated with the city’s defence during the 1797 British attack.

Plaza del PríncipeFamily Attractions
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Prince Square

A leafy 19th-century square created from the former Franciscan convent garden and still one of central Santa Cruz’s most atmospheric public spaces.

The harbour lighthouse at Puerto de la CruzFamily Attractions
Northern Tenerife

Puerto de la Cruz

A historic Atlantic port that evolved from Tenerife’s wine-trading gateway into one of the Canary Islands’ earliest major tourism centres.

The Guatimac Guanche figure at Puerto de la Cruz Archaeological MuseumGuanche & Archaeology
Northern Tenerife

Puerto de la Cruz Archaeological Museum

A compact archaeology museum in Puerto de la Cruz’s La Ranilla district, with Aboriginal Canarian ceramics, human remains, historic maps and exhibitions on island history.

Pyramids of GüímarFamily Attractions
Eastern Tenerife

Pyramids of Güímar

Six stepped lava-stone structures at an ethnographic park that explores Tenerife heritage, botanical collections and the debated history of the Güímar pyramids.

Riquel House (Casa Riquel), TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Riquel House (Casa Riquel)

An 18th-century La Laguna residence distinguished by red stone details and a heraldic marble coat of arms.

San Andrés Castle defensive tower in TenerifeForts & Coastal Defence
Anaga

San Andrés Castle

The surviving defensive tower of San Andrés, built to protect the coastal settlement and eastern approaches to Santa Cruz from attack by sea.

El Tigre cannon at the San Cristóbal Castle Interpretation Centre in Santa Cruz de TenerifeForts & Coastal Defence
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

San Cristóbal Castle Interpretation Centre

An underground interpretation centre beneath Plaza de España in Santa Cruz, preserving castle remains and explaining Tenerife’s historic coastal defences and the 1797 battle against Nelson.

Exterior of San Joaquin Castle in Santa Cruz de TenerifeForts & Coastal Defence
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

San Joaquin Castle

An unusual inland fortress between Santa Cruz and La Laguna, designed as a second defensive line if Tenerife’s coastal fortifications were overcome.

Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Santa Cruz Municipal Museum of Fine Arts

Santa Cruz’s municipal fine-arts museum, with Flemish, Spanish and Canarian works that trace the island’s artistic and trading connections across centuries.

Casa Lercaro, home of the Tenerife History and Anthropology Museum in La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Tenerife History and Anthropology Museum (Casa Lercaro)

A major history museum in La Laguna’s late-16th-century Casa Lercaro, tracing Tenerife’s institutional, social, economic and cultural development from the conquest into the modern era.

Exterior of the Casa de la Miel visitor centre in TenerifeFamily Attractions
Northern Tenerife

Tenerife Honey House Visitor Centre

A visitor centre at Finca La Baranda explaining Tenerife’s honey traditions, local beekeeping and the island’s distinctive floral varieties.

Church of Our Lady of La Concepción in La Orotava, home of the sacred art museumMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Treasury of La Concepción Sacred Art Museum

A sacred-art museum inside La Orotava’s Church of Our Lady of La Concepción, preserving more than five centuries of parish art, textiles, sculpture and liturgical heritage.

Plaza WeylerMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Weyler Square

A late-19th-century urban square opposite the Captaincy General, built as part of Santa Cruz’s expansion beyond its older centre.

Ximénez Franchy House in the historic centre of La OrotavaMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Ximénez Franchy House & Carpet Art Centre

A distinguished mid-17th-century house in La Orotava, now home to the Carpet Art Centre celebrating the town’s celebrated flower- and sand-carpet tradition.

Basilica of CandelariaMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Basilica of Candelaria

The Basilica of the Royal Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria (Spanish: Basílica y Real Santuario Mariano de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria or simply Basílica de la Candelaria) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica, th…

Plaza de 25 de JulioMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

25 de Julio Square

La plaza del 25 de Julio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife, España) debe su nombre al 25 de julio de 1797, fecha en la que la ciudad rechazó el ataque del Almirante Nelson cuando intentó ocupar la isla.

Ermita del CalvarioMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Calvary Hermitage

cultural property in Icod de los Vinos, Spain

Casa Amarilla, Puerto de la CruzMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Casa Amarilla, Puerto de la Cruz

cultural property in Puerto de la Cruz, Spain

Casa CampinoMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Casa Campino

cultural property in Icod de los Vinos, Spain

Casa de la PortuguesaMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Casa de la Portuguesa

cultural property in Santa Úrsula, Spain

Casa del Paseo y Capilla de San JuanMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Casa del Paseo and San Juan Chapel

La casa del Paseo y capilla de San Juan son un Bien de Interés Cultural con la categoría de Sitio Histórico localizado en el término municipal de Güímar, en la isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España).

Casa LercaroMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Casa Lercaro

La Casa Lercaro, en el término municipal de La Orotava, isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España), también conocida como Casa de Ponte-Fonte o Casa de Ponte-Grimaldi, según atribuyamos su nombre, ya al primer dueño de la casa,…

Casino de TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Casino de Tenerife

cultural property in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Castillo de San CristóbalForts & Coastal Defence
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Castillo de San Cristóbal

The Castle of San Cristóbal (Spanish: Castillo de San Cristóbal) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) was the first fortification of significance on the island of Tenerife and the main defensive building on…

Castillo de San FelipeForts & Coastal Defence
Northern Tenerife

Castillo de San Felipe

cultural property in Puerto de la Cruz, Spain

Castillo de San Juan BautistaForts & Coastal Defence
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Castillo de San Juan Bautista

cultural property in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Capilla de San Pedro de AbajoMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Chapel of San Pedro de Abajo

La capilla de San Pedro de Abajo se encuentra en el término municipal de Güímar, isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España).

Chapel of the Cross of Juan de VeraMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Chapel of the Cross of Juan de Vera

La capilla de la Cruz de Juan de Vera o capilla Cruz de los Herreros se inició a construir en 1720 por iniciativa del cirujano Juan Martínez de Vera y su esposa Francisca Henríquez, en un lugar donde los vecinos ya rendí…

Chapel of the Cross of Rodríguez MoureMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Chapel of the Cross of Rodríguez Moure

La capilla de la Cruz de Rodríguez Moure fue construida por el labrador lagunero Diego Hernández de Villavicencio, que junto con otros vecinos solicitó licencia para construir una capilla en honor de la Santa Cruz para c…

Capilla de las Siervas de MaríaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Chapel of the Servants of Mary

church building in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Iglesia del AmparoMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of El Amparo

church building in Icod de los Vinos, Spain

iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La LuzMuseums & Culture
Teno & the West

Church of Our Lady of Light

La iglesia de Nuestra Señora de La Luz se encuentra en el municipio de Los Silos, en la isla de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España). Es la iglesia parroquial del municipio.

iglesia de Nuestra Señora del CarmenMuseums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

La iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen es la parroquia de la localidad turística de Los Cristianos en el sur de la isla de Tenerife (España).

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la ConcepciónMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of Our Lady of the Conception

cultural property in Los Realejos, Spain

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las NievesMuseums & Culture
Anaga

Church of Our Lady of the Snows

La iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves de Taganana, en el término municipal de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España) es un templo católico cuyo origen se remonta al siglo XVI.

Church of Saint Ann, CandelariaMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Church of Saint Ann, Candelaria

La parroquia de Santa Ana es la parroquia matriz del municipio de Candelaria (Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España).

iglesia de San Bartolomé (Tejina)Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of Saint Bartholomew, Tejina

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Iglesia de San Francisco de AsísMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of Saint Francis of Assisi

Catholic parish church in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

iglesia de San Juan DegolladoMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Church of Saint John the Baptist, La Orotava

La iglesia de San Juan Degollado es un templo católico que se encuentra en el municipio de Arafo en el sureste de la isla de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España).

iglesia de San Mateo ApóstolMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of Saint Matthew the Apostle

church building in Punta del Hidalgo, Spain

Iglesia de San Miguel ArcángelMuseums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

Church of Saint Michael the Archangel

church building in San Miguel de Abona, Spain

Iglesia de San Pedro ApóstolMuseums & Culture
Anaga

Church of Saint Peter the Apostle

La iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol es un templo de culto católico (rito Romano) que se encuentra en el barrio de Igueste de San Andrés, situado en el municipio de Santa Cruz de Tenerife en la isla de Tenerife, en las islas…

Church of Saint Peter, VilaflorMuseums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

Church of Saint Peter, Vilaflor

La iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol es un templo católico situado en el término municipal de Vilaflor de Chasna, en la isla de Tenerife —Canarias, España—.

Iglesia de San SebastiánMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of Saint Sebastian

La iglesia de San Sebastián es una iglesia católica ubicada en el barrio del mismo nombre en la ciudad de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España).

Church of Saint UrsulaMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of Saint Ursula

cultural property in Santa Úrsula, Spain

Church of San AndrésMuseums & Culture
Anaga

Church of San Andrés

The Iglesia de San Andrés Apóstol (Church of St. Andrew the Apostle) is a Catholic church and parish of the village of San Andrés (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain).

Church of San Benito AbadMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of San Benito Abad

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Iglesia de San Fernando Rey Santa Cruz de TenerifeMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of San Fernando Rey, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

church building in Canary Islands, Spain

Church of San Juan Bautista, AricoMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Church of San Juan Bautista, Arico

La iglesia de San Juan Bautista, situada en el término municipal de Arico, isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España), y su entorno constituyen el conjunto arquitectónico más destacado de la Villa de Arico.

Church of San Juan Bautista, La OrotavaMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of San Juan Bautista, La Orotava

La parroquia de San Juan Bautista, se ubica en la Calle San Juan en la villa de la Orotava (Tenerife, Canarias, España).

Church of San Lázaro, San Cristóbal de La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of San Lázaro, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Church of San MarcosMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of San Marcos

La parroquia matriz de San Marcos Evangelista situada en el término municipal de Icod de los Vinos, isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España) es la construcción religiosa más importante de Icod y su comarca, remontándose sus o…

Church of Santa Ana (Garachico)Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of Santa Ana (Garachico)

The Church of Santa Ana (Spanish: Iglesia de Santa Ana) is the main church in Garachico, Tenerife. It is located next to the Plaza de la Libertad.

Church of Santa Catalina de AlejandríaMuseums & Culture
Anaga

Church of Santa Catalina de Alejandría

La ermita de Santa Catalina Mártir de Alejandría, también llamada ermita de Santa Catalina Mártir, es un templo católico ubicado en el caserío de Taganana, en el macizo de Anaga (Tenerife, Canarias, España).

Church of Santa Catalina, TacoronteMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Church of Santa Catalina, Tacoronte

La iglesia parroquial de Santa Catalina Mártir de Alejandría es la iglesia matriz del municipio de Tacoronte (isla de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España).

Iglesia de Santo Domingo de GuzmánMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of Santo Domingo de Guzmán

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Iglesia de la ConcepciónMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of the Conception

church in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain (European Union)

Iglesia de la Cruz del SeñorMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Church of the Cross of the Lord

La Parroquia de la Cruz del Señor es una iglesia católica ubicada en el barrio de Cruz del Señor en el centro de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España).

Doctor Olivera SquareMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Doctor Olivera Square

La plaza Doctor Olivera es una plaza que se encuentra en el casco histórico de la ciudad de San Cristóbal de La Laguna en la isla de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España).

Edificio VillaseguraMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Edificio Villasegura

El edificio Villasegura está situado en el barrio de Los Hoteles, en la ciudad de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, isla de Tenerife (Canarias, España).

Plaza de EuropaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Europa Square

La plaza de Europa es una de las principales plazas de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España).

Executors and executedMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Executors and executed

monument in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Monumento a FrancoMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Franco Monument

instance of public art in Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Museo GuancheGuanche & Archaeology
Northern Tenerife

Guanche Museum

Museo Guanche is an ethnographic museum in Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife. It is focused on the Guanches, the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands. It is located in the 'La Magalona' shopping centre.

Hacienda de Los PríncipesMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Hacienda de Los Príncipes

cultural property in Los Realejos, Spain

Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de GraciaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Gracia

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Hermitage of Our Lady of the SnowsMuseums & Culture
Teide & Central Tenerife

Hermitage of Our Lady of the Snows

La ermita de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves es un pequeño templo católico que se encuentra junto al parador de Las Cañadas del Teide, dentro del parque nacional del Teide en la isla canaria de Tenerife (España).

Ermita de San CristóbalMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Hermitage of San Cristóbal

church building in Canary Islands, Spain

Hermitage of San Diego del MonteMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Hermitage of San Diego del Monte

La ermita y ex-convento de San Diego del Monte es una ermita y antiguo convento franciscano que se encuentra extramuros de la ciudad de San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España).

Ermita de San MiguelMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Hermitage of San Miguel

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Immaculate Conception ChurchMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Immaculate Conception Church

La parroquia matriz de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción es la mejor muestra del barroco en Canarias​ (España). Se encuentra en la Villa de La Orotava, en la isla de Tenerife.

Plaza de Isabel IIMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Isabel II Square

The Plaza de Isabel II is a public square in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Plaza de La ConcepciónMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

La Concepción Square

square in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Monument to José de AnchietaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Monument to José de Anchieta

The Monument to José de Anchieta in La Laguna, Tenerife, is a monumental statue of Joseph of Anchieta by Bruno Giorgi.

Monument to Pope John Paul II (San Cristóbal de La Laguna)Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Monument to Pope John Paul II (San Cristóbal de La Laguna)

monument in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Monumento a los CaídosMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Monument to the Fallen

memorial in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Mother Parish of the Apostle SantiagoMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Mother Parish of the Apostle Santiago

The Church of St James (Spanish: Parroquia Matriz del Apóstol Santiago) is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the town of Los Realejos, Tenerife, Spain.

Palacio de NavaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Palacio de Nava

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Parroquia de María AuxiliadoraMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Parroquia de María Auxiliadora

cultural property in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la PeñitaMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Peñita

La parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Peñita se encuentra en la ciudad de Puerto de la Cruz en el norte de la isla de Tenerife (Islas Canarias, España).

Plaza de la Patrona de CanariasMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Patroness of the Canary Islands Square

The Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias (in English Square of the Saint Patron of the Canary Islands) is a large square in Candelaria, Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain).

Plaza de la PazMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Peace Square

La plaza de la Paz, emplazada en Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife, Canarias, España), es una plaza situada en la confluencia de las ramblas de Pulido y de Santa Cruz y las avenidas Islas Canarias y Asuncionistas cuyo ele…

Sacred Heart ChurchMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Sacred Heart Church

church building in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

San Antonio de Padua churchMuseums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

San Antonio de Padua church

cultural property in Granadilla de Abona, Spain

Casona y Jardines de San FernandoMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

San Fernando Historic House and Gardens

building in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

San Jorge (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

San Jorge (Santa Cruz de Tenerife)

La iglesia de San Jorge se encuentra ubicada en el barrio de Los Hoteles, junto a la plaza de 25 de Julio y haciendo esquina con la calle Viera Clavijo, en Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canarias, España).

San Pedro Apóstol Church, El SauzalMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

San Pedro Apóstol Church, El Sauzal

La iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol está situada en el término municipal de El Sauzal, isla de Tenerife, (Canarias, España). Es bien de interés cultural, con categoría de monumento, desde 2005.​​

Santuario del Santísimo Cristo de TacoronteMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Sanctuary of the Holy Christ of Tacoronte

church building in Canary Islands, Spain

Sanctuary of the Santo Hermano PedroMuseums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

Sanctuary of the Santo Hermano Pedro

church building in Vilaflor, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Convento de Santa ClaraMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Santa Clara Convent

cultural property in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Shrine of Our Lady of Mount CarmelMuseums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

cultural property in Los Realejos, Spain

Ermita del SocorroMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Socorro Hermitage

En el caserío de El Socorro existen dos ermitas. La mayor, situada en la Plaza del Socorro, construida a finales del siglo XVI y una pequeña capilla al final de la Cuesta del Socorro de principios del siglo XX.

plaza de EspañaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Spain Square (Plaza de España)

Plaza de España (lit. Spain Square), is the largest square in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the Canary Islands (Spain). The square is located in the centre of town, 1.4 km north of the Auditorio de Tenerife.

Tenerife Espacio de las ArtesMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Tenerife Espacio de las Artes

The Tenerife Arts Space (Spanish: Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, TEA) is a cultural space and building in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain.

Museo de la Educación de la Universidad de La LagunaMuseums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

University of La Laguna Museum of Education

El Museo de la Educación de la Universidad de La Laguna se encuentra en la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de La Laguna.

Museums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

Adeje Sacred Art Museum

A contemporary museum space beside Plaza de España in Adeje displaying historic religious objects in a building of exposed concrete and local basalt.

Guanche & Archaeology
Southern Tenerife

Aripe Rock Engravings

A protected rock-art area near Aripe with engravings that form part of Tenerife’s indigenous archaeological record.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Bigot House (Casa Bigot)

A 17th-century merchant house in La Laguna built for Claudio Bigot, a trader from Rouen, with a distinctive carved wooden balcony.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Carpet Museum of La Orotava

A small La Orotava museum explaining the famous Corpus Christi carpets made from flowers and coloured sands from Teide National Park.

Museums & Culture
Southern Tenerife

Casa del Capitán History Museum

A restored historic house in San Miguel de Abona interpreting local history through a traditional Canarian residence with courtyard, wine cellar, press and granaries.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Casabuena House (Casa Casabuena)

A La Laguna civic residence associated with the historic Court of the Indies, combining Baroque and Neoclassical architectural elements.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Cayetano Gómez Felipe House Museum

An 18th-century Canarian house in La Laguna displaying the antiques and everyday objects collected by Cayetano Gómez Felipe, with strong links to island domestic life and craftsmanship.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Corregidor House (Casa del Corregidor)

A compact but important civic building beside Plaza del Adelantado, preserving one of La Laguna’s most distinctive early stone façades.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Former Dominican School, La Laguna

A historic educational building in La Laguna linked to the city’s long tradition of religious teaching and institutional life.

Plaza de Franchi Alfaro y LugoFamily Attractions
Northern Tenerife

Franchi Alfaro y Lugo Square

plaza de La Orotava

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Franco de Castilla House

An 18th-century La Laguna mansion with ornate Baroque stonework, rebuilt after a major 20th-century fire and restored in the 2000s.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Green Cross Chapel, La Laguna

A small historic chapel centred on a traditional cross, part of La Laguna’s lesser-known streetside religious heritage.

Guanche & Archaeology
Southern Tenerife

Guargacho Archaeological Site

A protected archaeological site in southern Tenerife associated with Guanche ritual and settlement evidence.

Guanche & Archaeology
Eastern Tenerife

Herques Ravine Archaeological Landscape

A deep eastern-Tenerife ravine known for archaeological evidence connected with Guanche occupation and funerary use.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Herreros Cross Chapel

A small traditional cross chapel in La Laguna linked to neighbourhood and artisan devotional culture.

Museums & Culture
Teide & Central Tenerife

Juan Évora Ethnographic Museum

A small ethnographic stop in Teide National Park preserving the memory of traditional life and work in Tenerife’s high mountain landscape.

Guanche & Archaeology
Northern Tenerife

La Barranquera Archaeological Zone

A protected coastal archaeological landscape in Valle de Guerra with evidence of Guanche use of caves, cliffs and shoreline resources.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

La Orotava Grain House (Casa de la Alhóndiga)

A historic civic building in La Orotava associated with grain storage and the town’s old municipal economy.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

La Victoria de Acentejo Ethnographic Museum

A local ethnographic museum presenting pottery, palm work, embroidery, clothing and other traditions from La Victoria de Acentejo.

Museums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Las Miquelas Pottery Centre

A traditional pottery centre in Candelaria preserving hand-built Canarian ceramics and the techniques associated with Tenerife’s long craft tradition.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

LM Art Collection Museum

A private art collection in a restored 18th-century house in La Laguna, bringing together hundreds of works spanning Canarian and international art from the 18th century to today.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Los Dolores Hospital and Church

A historic charitable and religious complex in La Laguna associated with care, devotion and the social history of the city.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Malvasía Wine Museum

A small wine-focused visitor stop in Icod de los Vinos dedicated to Malvasía, one of the grape varieties most closely associated with Tenerife’s historic wine trade.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Mesa House (Casa Mesa)

An 18th-century noble house in La Laguna, later remodelled and associated with the Mesa family and the city’s long tradition of education.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Mustelier House (Casa Mustelier)

A private 18th-century La Laguna residence built for the French-origin Mustelier family and representative of traditional Canarian urban architecture.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Ossuna House (Casa Ossuna)

A historic residence in La Laguna that adds another layer to the city’s UNESCO-listed network of noble houses, courtyards and civic buildings.

Museums & Culture
Teno & the West

Our Lady of Remedies Church, Buenavista

Buenavista del Norte’s principal historic church, forming a key part of the town’s traditional civic and religious centre.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Peraza y Ayala House

An 18th-century three-storey residence in La Laguna with a distinctive enclosed upper balcony and strong traditional street presence.

Family Attractions
Northern Tenerife

Pinolere Ethnographic Museum and Park

An ethnographic park in the hills above La Orotava preserving traditional rural buildings, crafts and the everyday life of Tenerife’s mid-altitude farming communities.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Plateros Cross Chapel

A small historic cross chapel in La Laguna that reflects neighbourhood devotion and the city’s tradition of roadside and guild-linked crosses.

Centro Pesquero Punta de SantiagoMuseums & Culture
Eastern Tenerife

Punta de Santiago Fishing Centre

museum in Spain

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Rodríguez de Azero Mansion

A refined historic residence in La Laguna that reflects the city’s transition into a more modern urban centre during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Saint Augustine Church, La Orotava

A historic church in central La Orotava, part of the town’s dense collection of religious and civic architecture.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Saint Peter of Daute Church

A historic church in the Garachico area linked to the old settlement of San Pedro de Daute and the early development of northwestern Tenerife.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

San Francisco Convent, Garachico

A former Franciscan convent in central Garachico that forms part of the town’s historic civic and religious core.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

San Roque Chapel, Garachico

A small historic chapel in Garachico tied to the town’s religious traditions and the wider story of its old port community.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

San Telmo Chapel, Puerto de la Cruz

A small historic chapel on the Puerto de la Cruz waterfront, closely connected to the town’s maritime identity.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

San Telmo Chapel, Santa Cruz

A historic chapel in Santa Cruz connected to the city’s long maritime and port traditions.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Santa Clara Sacred Art Museum

A sacred-art museum inside La Laguna’s historic Santa Clara convent, preserving religious objects and the material culture of convent life.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Santo Domingo Convent, La Laguna

A historic convent complex in La Laguna that contributes to the city’s exceptional concentration of religious architecture.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Servant of God House Museum

A small house museum in El Sauzal dedicated to Sor María de Jesús, the 17th-century Tenerife nun popularly known as La Siervita de Dios.

Forts & Coastal Defence
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Taco Gunpowder Magazine

A historic military powder-storage structure in the Taco area, part of Tenerife’s lesser-known defensive and logistical heritage.

Museums & Culture
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

Van der Heede House

A substantial 18th-century La Laguna residence linked to a wealthy family of Dutch origin and organised around a large traditional courtyard.

Museums & Culture
Northern Tenerife

Tenerife Anthropology Museum

El Museo de Historia y Antropología de Tenerife (MHAT) pertenece al Organismo Autónomo de Museos y Centros del Cabildo de Tenerife.

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