Region: Canary Islands · Spain
Where to stay in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a city in Canary Islands, Spain, home to about 212,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- March to December
- Nearest airport
- TFN9 km · Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Atlantic/Canary
- Plugs
- C, F · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Basque, Catalan, Galician
About
About Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz, is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and one of the capitals of the Canary Islands, along with Las Palmas. Santa Cruz has a population of 211,436 (2024) within its administrative limits.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife is at the eastern tip of the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Island chain. The municipal borough covers an area of 150 km² and it is divided into two areas: the Anaga Massif and the southern ramp formed by the lava flows that run down from the Acentejo peak to the coast. The city's population was 205,000 in 2018. From the beginning, the economic nucleus of the city centred on the port. The first wharf, constructed in 1548, was by the beach of Añazo, later destroyed in a storm.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
See
One of the capitals of the Canary Islands, Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a modern city with a rich colonial history. It has a variety of historic and modern architecture, parks, and museums for travellers to discover.
- Church of the Immaculate Conception
- Church of St. Francis of Assisi
- Auditorio de Tenerife
- Santa Cruz Towers
- Castle of St John the Baptist
- Spain Square
- Castle of San Cristóbal
- Museum of Nature and Archeology
- Canarian Military History Museum
- Photo Center Tenerife Island
- Museum of Fine Arts
- Tenerife Space of Arts
Do
- Parque Marítimo César Manrique
- Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Barceló Santa Cruz Contemporáneo hotel |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Where the places to stay in Santa Cruz de Tenerife are
9 places to stay in this guide with known coordinates, grouped by straight-line distance from the city centre (the point Wikidata gives for Santa Cruz de Tenerife), nearest first. Distance on foot or by road is longer.
7 places
- Urban Anaga Hotel · 0.1 km
- Hotel Taburiente · 0.8 km
- Hotel Colon Rambla · 0.8 km
- Barceló Santa Cruz Contemporáneo · 0.9 km
- Casa Kilig · 0.9 km
- Iberostar Heritage Grand Mencey · 0.9 km
- Hotel Mencey · 0.9 km
Where to stay
More hotels in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
8 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Mencey | 1950 | 0.9 km |
| Apartamentos Bruja | 1.7 km | |
| Casa Kilig | 0.9 km | |
| Hotel Colon Rambla | 0.8 km | |
| Hotel Taburiente | 0.8 km | |
| Iberostar Heritage Grand Mencey Iberostar Hotels & Resorts | 0.9 km | |
| Silken Atlántida Santa Cruz | 1.1 km | |
| Urban Anaga Hotel | 0.1 km |
All 9 hotels in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Santa Cruz de Tenerife are March to December. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; January is the wettest, with about 83 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Public holidays in Spain, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Santa Cruz de Tenerife: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN), about 9.1 km from the city centre in a straight line; Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS, 57 km) and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA, 103 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
There are two different airports in Tenerife. The Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS) (Aeropuerto de Tenerife Sur) is about 60 km away from Santa Cruz, in the south of Tenerife. It's open 24 hours a day with almost 9 million passengers every year. The other airport is Tenerife North Airport (TFN) (Aeropuerto de Tenerife Norte), closer to the capital, receives island, national flights, and international flights.
Getting around
Fairly cheap and fairly regular. The local company has a website in Spanish and English, but you're probably better off using google maps or a similar app to plan trips. Better prices if you have either a ten+ card, which can be purchased at the bus terminal, from a tobacco shop or a tram station; or the ten+ app (Android and iPhone, requires you to scan the QR code in the bus with the app and show it to the driver). Daily and weekly tickets allow for unlimited travels in every bus line in the island, but are only worth it if you're planning to take intercity buses.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
TFN · Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport
TFS · Tenerife Sur Airport
LPA · Gran Canaria Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Eat
Canaries food, Spanish food and inevitably, fast food. Most places are good value, but one or two tourist traps near the port. Plenty of good fish, although a dictionary may be helpful.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Questions
Santa Cruz de Tenerife: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Santa Cruz de Tenerife are March to December. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 26 °C; January is the wettest, with about 83 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (TFN), about 9.1 km from the city centre in a straight line; Tenerife Sur Airport (TFS, 57 km) and Gran Canaria Airport (LPA, 103 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from the OpenHolidays API (ODbL); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.