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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. The urban zone of Santa Cruz extends beyond the city limits with a population of 507,306 and 538,000 within urban area. It is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half of the island's population living in or around it.
Santa Cruz is located in the northeast quadrant of Tenerife, 210 kilometres (130 mi) off the north-western coast of Africa within the Atlantic Ocean. The distance to the nearest point of mainland Spain is 1,300 kilometres (810 mi). Between the 1833 territorial division of Spain and 1927, Santa Cruz de Tenerife was the sole capital of the Canary Islands, until 1927 when the archipelago was split into the current two provinces. The port is of great importance and is the communications hub between Europe, Africa and Americas, with cruise ships arriving from many nations. The city is the focus for domestic and inter-island communications in the Canary Islands.
The city is home to the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the Audience of Accounts of the Canary Islands, the Captaincy General of the Canary Islands, the Canarias Ministry of the Presidency (shared on a four-year cycle with Las Palmas), one half of the Ministries and Boards of the Canarias Government, (the other half being located in Gran Canaria), the Tenerife Provincial Courts and two courts of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands.
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Where to eat
We don't have verified restaurants here yet, but the larder of Canarias already says a lot.
See the restaurants on the mapWe haven't verified any table with its owner in Santa Cruz de Tenerife yet. In the meantime, these are the restaurants mapped in the surrounding area.
Up to 30 km around, according to OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps. No ratings or prices: call before you go.
120 restaurants
120 restaurants
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 922 28 42 52View on the mapWebsite
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 685 453 533View on the mapWebsite
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 615 959 353View on the mapWebsite
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 669 18 96 37View on the map
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 922 271 065View on the mapWebsite
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 922 094 626View on the mapWebsite
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 922 890 698View on the map
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 922 152 613View on the mapWebsite
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 922 148 320View on the map
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 922 282 214View on the map
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 682 740 734View on the mapWebsite
Santa Cruz de Tenerife · in the village+34 624 034 324View on the mapWebsite
Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) and Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): what has been mapped with its name. If your restaurant is missing or you want to manage it, sign up as a professional.
The 30 closest to the centre, out of 313 in the municipality.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
What people eat in Canarias when they eat well.
Heirloom potatoes boiled in very salty water, with red or green mojo sauce.
Toasted maize flour, a Guanche legacy: in escaldón, kneaded or with milk.
Majorero and Palmero, with PDO; smoked or cured to taste.
Small, sweet and speckled; with its own PGI.
Almost every village has its market day and its producers: the cheesemaker, the baker, the vegetable garden next door. Ask at the tourist office or the bar on the square; they'll tell you where to buy straight from the maker.
We haven't confirmed Santa Cruz de Tenerife's market day. Every village has its own: better to ask than to make it up.
The 12 closest to the centre, out of 34 in the municipality.
Data from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). No opening hours: call before you go.
