Located in the northern part of Tenerife is one of the most incredible and spectacular natural sites on the island. Undoubtedly The Parque Rural de Anaga is a space where visitors will arrive and they will not know if they are really on the island. Specifically the Parque Rural de Anaga has dimensions that exceed 14,400 hectares and is part of three municipal areas, Santa Cruz, La Laguna and Teguese and has its highest point at 1024 meters above sea level with the Cruz de Taborno peak.
Agana not only offers impressive impressive mountain ranges with spectacular valleys, but the dense forest of the park is the biggest attraction, a forest that looks luxuriant, covered with trees with a thick layer of moss on its trunks. , thanks the amount of humidity and the rains that discharge at this point of the island.
Agana is covered with laurisilva, one of the most important in the world, this type of forest is only preserved in Canary Islands, Madeira and some islands of the Azores thermophilic forest, the fayal-heath, cardona-tabaibal.
It has an important network of paths through which you can walk and discover the sovereign beauty that comes from the heart of this forest.
The Teatro Guimerá is a building located in the central street of Ángel Guimerá in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife). Dedicated, among other functions, to the theatrical performances, it is, today, the oldest theater in the Canary Islands, opening in 1851. Until the inauguration of the Tenerife Auditorium, in 2003, it was the headquarters of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra.
In the capital of the Island of Tenerife, Santa Cruz is the Iglesia Matriz de la Concepción, the main temple of the city and so they call it the Cathedral of Santa Cruz although it does not meet the characteristics of a cathedral or a basilica.
The Church of the Conception was built on the first hermitage that the conquerors who came to the island built. It began to be built in 1500 and was founded by father Juan Guerra, in the area where the first Christian mass was celebrated on the island shortly after the city was created.
In the church of the Concepción, the baroque Canarian and Tuscan style predominates and is made up of 5 naves that is the result of the different extensions. The most outstanding elements are the high tower and Canarian balconies located on the façade, in addition to the temple that houses the Santa Cruz Fundacional that brought Alonso Fernández de Lugo when he arrived on the island.
The ceilings of the church are covered by Mudejar coffered ceilings, the main altar is baroque-churrigueresque, and the organ of the Bevington and Sons, imported from London. The interior of the church is worth visiting, for its style and the images it houses.
In Santa Cruz de Tenerife you can find the Castle of San Juan Bautista, also known as the Castillo Negro because of the dark tone of its walls and be located in the Caleta de los Negros. The Castillo de San Juan Bautista was built in the first half of the seventeenth century and is one of the few fortifications that can be found in such good condition throughout the island.
The Castillo de San Juan Bautista was the fortress that defended the southern part of the city for some centuries. It is located just after the Tenerife Auditorium and close to the Maritime Park and has a circular tower with an open esplanade and parapets with embrasures with a location for five pieces of artillery. The Castillo facilities are formed by two vaulted rooms below the esplanade that have an approximate surface of 47 meters with thick masonry walls of 1.5 meters thick. The materials used for its construction are volcanic ashlar masonry and was built by Luis Fernández de Córdoba y Arce and rebuilt by Domingo Bernardi Gómez.
The importance of the fortress has made it declared Asset of Cultural Interest and Historical Heritage of Spain.