Canary Islands
Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Puerto de la Cruz

Puerto de la Cruz is a city on the island of . It is more family-friendly than the other tourist areas of Tenerife. It is also the longest-established and most complete of all resorts on Tenerife.
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  • Type: Town with 12,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Also known as: “38028” and “Puerto Cruz”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Loro Park and San Felipe Castle.

Zoo
Photo: Phil ( secret ), CC BY 2.0.
Loro Parque or 'Loro Park' is a 135,000 m2 zoo on the outskirts of Puerto de la Cruz on , where it houses an extensive and diverse reserve of animal and plant species.

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Lighthouse
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an active lighthouse in Puerto de la Cruz on the northern coast of in the . This modern lighthouse is situated within a seafront car park, to the west of the small port in the town.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Orotava and San Agustín.

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is a city of 42,000 people in . Its historic centre is included in the Inventory of the European Cultural Heritage Protection, and much of the is in the municipality.

Neighborhood
Photo: Javier1989canario, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Puerto de la Cruz.

Puerto de la Cruz

Latitude
28.4159° or 28° 24′ 57″ north
Longitude
-16.5533° or 16° 33′ 12″ west
Population
12,900
Elevation
91 metres (299 feet)
Open location code
7CW5CC8W+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29187022
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6360634
Wiki­data ID
Q623549
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Satellite Map

Discover Puerto de la Cruz from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Puerto de la Cruz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بويرتو دي لا كروث”
  • Aragonese: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Armenian: “Պուերտո դե լա Կրուս”
  • Asturian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Basque: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Breton: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Bulgarian: “Пуерто де ла Крус”
  • Catalan: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Cebuano: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Chechen: “Пуэрто-де-ла-Крус”
  • Chinese: “克魯斯港”
  • Chinese: “克鲁斯港”
  • Czech: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Danish: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Dutch: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بويرتو دى لا كروث”
  • Esperanto: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Finnish: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • French: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Galician: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Georgian: “პუერტო-დე-ლა-კრუსი”
  • German: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Greek: “Πουέρτο ντε λα Κρουθ”
  • Hebrew: “פוארטו דה לה קרוס”
  • Hungarian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Interlingua: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Irish: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Italian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Japanese: “プエルト・デ・ラ・クルス”
  • Ladin: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Latin: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Lithuanian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Lithuanian: “Puerto de la Krusas”
  • Lombard: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Malagasy: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Malay: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Northern Frisian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Norwegian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Persian: “پوئرتو د لا کروس”
  • Polish: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Portuguese: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Russian: “Пуэрто-де-ла-Крус”
  • Russian: “Пуэрто-де-ля-Крус”
  • Serbian: “Пуерто де ла Круз”
  • Slovenian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پوئرتو د لا کروس”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Swedish: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Tatar: “Пуэрто-де-ла-Крус”
  • Turkish: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Turkish: “Puerto la Cruz”
  • Ukrainian: “Пуерто-де-ла-Крус”
  • Uzbek: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Uzbek: “Puerto de la Krus”
  • Uzbek: “Puerto-de-la-Krus”
  • Uzbek: “Пуерто де ла Cруз”
  • Uzbek: “Пуэрто-де-ла-Крус”
  • Venetian: “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Puerto de la Cruz”
  • Welsh: “Puerto de la Cruz”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Puerto de la Cruz”. Photo: Poco a poco, CC BY-SA 4.0.