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Santa Cruz de la Palma

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Santa Cruz de la Palma is a city and a municipality on the east coast of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-largest city (after Los Llanos de Aridane) and is the capital of the island. It is along an old lava flow coming from the Caldereta (small caldera), a volcano just south of the city. Santa Cruz de La Palma has the privilege of having the first democratically elected town hall in Spain.

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The population of the municipality is 16,330 (2013), its area is 43.38 km2. Around 13,000 people live within the city limits, with the remaining population residing in other settlements.

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Village information

Coat of arms of Santa Cruz de la Palma
Province
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Autonomous community
Canarias
Population (INE 2025)
15,690
Altitude
4 m
Area (IGN)
44.7 km²
Postcode
38700
Demonym
palmera / Palmero
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What to see

  1. 1Castillo de Santa Catalina
  2. 2Real Santuario Insular de Nuestra Señora de las Nieves
  3. 3Teatro Chico
  4. 4Iglesia de San Francisco de Asís
  5. 5Teatro Circo de Marte
  6. 6Museo Naval del Barco de La Virgen
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What to do

  1. 1Hiking: El Bastón
  2. 2Hiking: GR 130 · Camino Real de la Costa (Etapa 1)
  3. 3Parque nacional de la Caldera de Taburiente
  4. 4Parque Natural de Las Nieves
  5. 5Hiking: PR-LP 1 · Santa Cruz de La Palma-Puerto de Tazacorte
  6. 6Street market
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Photo gallery

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  • Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0
  • H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) · CC BY 3.0
  • 29 places to stayIllustrative photo · Echeyde777 · CC BY-SA 3.0 es

    Accommodation

    29 places to stay in Santa Cruz de la Palma

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  • 51 restaurantsIllustrative photo · Grey World · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    51 restaurants in Santa Cruz de la Palma

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

    Experiences

    8 experiences in Santa Cruz de la Palma

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Useful information

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

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Town council

  • Santa Cruz de la Palma Town HallPlaza De España, 6 · 38700
    • Phone: 922 42 65 00
    • Official website: www.santacruzdelapalma.es

Services and transport

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes91 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, transport, ATMs, 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.

Santa Cruz de la Palma Town Hall

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Where to sleep in Santa Cruz de la Palma

29 registered places to stay

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