Castro
Castro is a village in Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife and has about 5,350 residents. Castro is situated nearby to the hamlet Montaña de Yaco, as well as near Vistas de Yaco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cave of Santo Hermano Pedro.
Cave of Santo Hermano Pedro
Cave
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cave-Shrine of Santo Hermano Pedro is a Roman Catholic cave-shrine dedicated to Saint Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur. It is located in the municipality of Granadilla de Abona, near El Medano on the south of the island of Tenerife, at the end of the Tenerife South Airport runway. Cave of Santo Hermano Pedro is situated 4 km south of Castro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Isidro and Granadilla de Abona.
Granadilla de Abona
Town
Photo: Berthold Werner, Public domain.
Granadilla de Abona is a town, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Castro.
El Médano
Photo: trolvag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Médano is a town in Granadilla de Abona. El Médano is one of the world's best windsurfing and kitesurfing locations, with three different windsurfing spots, the Bay, the Harbour Wall, and Cabezo Beach.
Castro
- Type: Village with 5,350 residents
- Postal code: 38611
- Category: locality
- Location: Granadilla de Abona, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
28.08596° or 28° 5′ 9″ northLongitude
-16.55524° or 16° 33′ 19″ westPopulation
5,350Elevation
244 metres (801 feet)Open location code
7CW53CPV+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 2051614513OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2519700Wikidata ID
Q5757951
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In Other Languages
“Castro” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Castro (Granadilla de Abona)”
- Spanish: “Castro”
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