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View of Puerto de la CruzCayambe · CC BY-SA 4.0

Puerto de la Cruz

Coastal town

Puerto de la Cruz is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. It was formerly known by its English translation, "Port of the Cross", although now it is known by its Spanish name in all languages. Puerto de la Cruz is located on the northern coast, 4 km (2 mi) northwest of La Orotava and 30 km (19 mi) west of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The TF-5 motorway passes through the municipality. The population is 30,483 (2018). In Spanish, the local inhabitants are known as Portuenses. With an area of 8.73 km2 (3 sq mi), the municipality is the smallest in Tenerife. The elevation of the town's centre is 9 m (30 ft) above sea level and the highest point being Las Arenas, a volcanic cone with an elevation of 249 m (817 ft).

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Village information

Coat of arms of Puerto de la Cruz
Province
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Autonomous community
Canarias
Population (INE 2025)
31,137
Altitude
54 m
Area (IGN)
8.6 km²
Postcode
38400
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What to see

  1. 1Castillo de San Felipe
  2. 2Lago Martiánez
  3. 3Jardín de Aclimatación de la Orotava
  4. 4Ermita de San Telmo
  5. 5Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia
  6. 6La Casa Amarilla
Data from WikidataSee more

What to do

  1. 1Playa Castillo
  2. 2Playa Charcón
  3. 3Street market
  4. 4Street market (Mondays and Sundays)
  5. 5Cycling route: Chanajiga ~ Realejo Alto
  6. 6Cycling route: Chanajiga ~ Realejo Alto (variante más humana)
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

Photo gallery

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  • Quartl · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Cayambe · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Lmbuga (Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez) · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0
  • Gerd Eichmann · CC BY 4.0
  • 89 places to stayIllustrative photo · Echeyde777 · CC BY-SA 3.0 es

    Accommodation

    89 places to stay in Puerto de la Cruz

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  • 297 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Eat

    297 restaurants in Puerto de la Cruz

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  • 8 experiencesIllustrative photo · H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Experiences

    8 experiences in Puerto de la Cruz

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

  • Puerto de la Cruz Town HallPlaza de Europa, s/n · 38400
    • Phone: 922 37 84 62
    • Official website: www.puertodelacruz.es

Services and transport

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes98 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, transport, post office, EV chargers, motorhomes, car parks, street market, sports facilities, pool, care home.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

Puerto de la Cruz Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Puerto de la Cruz

89 registered places to stay

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