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Historic Sites

Churches, monuments, old quarters and heritage landmarks that shaped the island.

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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.

Large Atlantic waves breaking behind Bajamar's stone lighthouse.Viewpoints
Northern Tenerife

Bajamar Lighthouse

A small waterfront lighthouse beside Bajamar’s natural pools on Tenerife’s north coast, a distinctive landmark above the Atlantic promenade.

Caldera del Rey volcanic crater in TenerifeVolcanoes & Teide
Southern Tenerife

Caldera del Rey Natural Monument

A broad phreatomagmatic volcanic crater in Adeje whose sheltered floor has long been used for agriculture.

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.

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 Caletón natural pools in Garachico, TenerifeWater Activities
Northern Tenerife

El Caletón Natural Pools

Garachico’s famous lava-formed bathing pools, created along the coastline after the 1706 volcanic eruption reshaped the old port.

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.

Pico Viejo and the Narices del Teide eruption vents in Teide National ParkVolcanoes & Teide
Teide & Central Tenerife

Las Narices del Teide Eruption Vents

Historic eruption vents on the flank of Pico Viejo associated with the 1798 eruption, one of Tenerife’s most important documented volcanic events.

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.

Taganana village in the Anaga mountains of TenerifeNature & Forests
Anaga

Taganana Village

A historic village deep in Anaga, surrounded by steep green mountains, terraced slopes and a dramatic Atlantic coast.

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.

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.

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.

Arafo Volcano Historic Eruption Area, TenerifeVolcanoes & Teide
Eastern Tenerife

Arafo Volcano Historic Eruption Area

A historic volcanic area above Arafo associated with the early-18th-century eruption sequence on Tenerife’s eastern slopes.

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.

Buenavista LighthouseViewpoints
Teno & the West

Buenavista Lighthouse

A striking 40-metre modern lighthouse on Tenerife’s rugged north-west coast, built in the early 1990s and active since 1997.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Puerto de la Cruz Lighthouse on Tenerife's north coastViewpoints
Northern Tenerife

Puerto de la Cruz Lighthouse

A distinctive modern lighthouse on Puerto de la Cruz’s seafront, built in the 1990s as part of Tenerife’s active coastal navigation network.

Punta de Anaga LighthouseViewpoints
Anaga

Punta de Anaga Lighthouse

A remote 19th-century lighthouse above Roque Bermejo in Anaga, first lit in 1864 and still preserving much of its historic character.

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.

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…

Punta de Teno LighthouseViewpoints
Teno & the West

Punta de Teno Lighthouse

The Punta de Teno Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta de Teno) is an active lighthouse in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte on the Canary Island of Tenerife.

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).

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).

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).

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

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.

International Tenerife Memorial March 27, 1977Historic Sites
Northern Tenerife

International Tenerife Memorial March 27, 1977

The International Tenerife Memorial March 27, 1977, erected in memory of the 583 victims of the Tenerife airport disaster, is a monument located on the Mesa Mota on the outskirts of the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna…

La Farola del MarViewpoints
Santa Cruz & La Laguna

La Farola del Mar

La farola del mar, emplazada en Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife, Canarias, España), era uno de los dos faros de los que disponía el muelle Sur del Puerto de Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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).

Punta Abona LighthouseViewpoints
Eastern Tenerife

Punta Abona Lighthouse

The Punta Abona Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta Abona) is an active lighthouse on the south-eastern coast of Tenerife in the Canary islands.

Punta del Hidalgo LighthouseViewpoints
Northern Tenerife

Punta del Hidalgo Lighthouse

The Punta del Hidalgo Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta del Hidalgo) is an active lighthouse in Punta del Hidalgo within the municipality of San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the northeast coast of Tenerife in the Canary Is…

Punta Rasca LighthouseViewpoints
Southern Tenerife

Punta Rasca Lighthouse

The Punta Rasca Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro de Punta Rasca) is an active lighthouse in the municipality of Arona on the Canary Island of Tenerife.

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.

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.

Guanche & Archaeology
Southern Tenerife

Chíñama Mountain Viewpoint

A southern Tenerife viewpoint associated with Chíñama Mountain, a landscape that Tenerife Tourism links with Guanche symbolic expression.

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.

Volcanoes & Teide
Teide & Central Tenerife

Fasnia Volcano Historic Eruption Area

A historic eruption area on Tenerife’s eastern highlands associated with the 1704–1705 volcanic sequence.

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.

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
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.

Volcanoes & Teide
Northern Tenerife

Los Frailes Volcanic Cone (Montaña de Los Frailes)

A small historic volcanic cone in the Orotava Valley, topped by a chapel and surrounded by cultivated slopes.

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.

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.

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