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Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
In the Beaches of the Americas zone, Arona is the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is located in a busy place in the municipality of Arona in Avenida Noelia Afonso Cabrera.
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Playa de las Americas
Playa de las Américas is one of the most famous tourist centers of Tenerife and is located in the municipality of Arona, in the south of the island. The place stands out for its enormous offer of leisure and catering aimed essentially at tourism. Bars, terraces, pubs, discos, restaurants ... and a wide range of hotels for all budgets make up this offer that is completed with very good beaches, some of them artificial, and in which the Playa de las América stands out. like the II, both with the blue flag badge.
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Playa del Búnker
The El Bunker beach is not a normal beach, which makes this point one of the most interesting in the south of Tenerife, not because it is a quiet bathing area but because of the value paleontological that encloses the deposit that is in its environs. The deposit has the name of Bunker El Guincho Paleontological Zone and according to experts there may be traces formed in a warmer time than the current one, during the last Interglacial. The area of the Bunker beach is classified as Asset of Cultural Interest with category of Paleontological Zone and forms part of the municipality of Arona.
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Playa del Camisón
The beach of the Camisón located in the southern part of the island of Tenerife in the Playa de las Americas area is one of the most popular. A wide beach with fine sand and calm waters perfect to enjoy a lovely day of sun and tranquility. Playa del Camisón has many services available to users, it has hammocks and umbrellas but it is also possible to perform many water activities. El Camisón is located in the municipality of Arona, also very close to a very interesting beach Las Vistas. The beach has a length of 350 meters long by 40 wide, with fine and clear sand, easy access on foot and also has tickets adapted for people with disabilities. The beach is a very busy place both day and night since it is located in one of the most touristic places in the south of Tenerife. From the very edge of the beach of the Camison you can perfectly see the neighboring island of La Gomera. It is also possible to enjoy many types of entertainment in the area of the seafront. One of the essential beaches of Tenerife.
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Playa de Los Cristianos
On the island of Tenerife, one of the most famous, busiest and most visited beaches is Playa de Los Cristianos, located in the municipality of Arona, in the southern part of the island, very close to the port of the same name. The Los Cristianos beach is characterized by its golden and fine sand, a perfect place to throw in the towel and have a great day, we must add that the waters are calm and Transparent Of course we can not leave the temperatures so mild that they can be enjoyed all year round. Besides the tranquility of the waters, the fine sand and the pleasant temperatures, Los Cristianos also has great services like Volleyball nets that serve as a field for many championships of this sport that are celebrated throughout the year. Los Cristianos is also an adapted beach, it is defined as Playa Accessible by the Cabildo de Tenerife. The beach is dominated by a fantastic promenade, with superb views and where there are many restaurants, bars, cafés etc. It has a length of about 345 meters long and 80 meters wide, making it one of the most extensive on the island of Tenerife.
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Virtual Rider
To live a different experience in the Playa de las Americas you can visit the Virtual Rider. A place where fun and entertainment are assured. In Virtual Ride you can try simulators and virtual reality video games.
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Zona Paleontológica Playa del Bunker-El Guincho
The El Guincho Paleontological Zone is located on the beach of Bunker in the beach area of the Americas in Arona, on the island from Tenerie. The importance of the site has made it declared B of Interest Culture with the category of Paleontological Zone. The paleontological site is a deposit of the quaternary, in it you can find mollusks typical of tropical areas that were formed in a warmer time than the current one about 100,000 years ago during the last interglacial Geologically speaking, the marine deposit is situated in the Upper Pleistocene, corresponding to the Neoterrinian-Holocene. The site has two paleontological levels, in the lower one you can see abundant remains of Patella conadei, along with other gastropods like Thais Haemastoma, encompassed in the calcareous matrix. In the upper level cemented by calcareous algae, in which you can see testimonies of warm fauna. The paleontological zone Playa del Bunker-El Guincho is formed by a stretch of low coast formed by a raised beach of very cemented ridges and sand. Above them, some remains of a fossil dune system that occupies the upper part of the formation appear sporadically. A place that keeps a lot of information about the formation of the island.
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La Montañeta
The Montañeta is a coastal area that is located in the southern part of the island of Tenerife in the Playa de las Americas zone. It is a very busy place where many nautical activities are held and surf lovers have it as a place of reference. A very touristy place full of activities that you have to go and enjoy.
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Playa de Las Vistas
Las Vistas Beach is an artificial beach located in the south of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). It is one of the beaches that make up the tourist area of Los Cristianos in the municipality of Arona. It is a beach frequented by both residents and visitors. It has service of umbrellas, hammocks, showers, toilets and lifeguards. Through a promenade it is connected to the neighboring beaches of Los Cristianos and El Camisón and to the tourist area next to Playa de Las Américas. In the center of the beach emerges an artificial island that acts as a source by releasing water around it. There is also the possibility of renting different sports services and water activities. This beach has been awarded the Blue Flag by the European Environmental Foundation (FEEE) for several years.
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El Guincho
In the southern part of Tenerife we can find El Guincho in the area of the beaches of the Americas. It is a very tourist population center that houses leisure and entertainment areas and also has a natural pool that is a must visit. It also has some beaches and an archaeological zone that thanks to the great value it has been declared Well of Cultural Interest with category Paleontological Zone. Thanks to this protection in El Guincho, you can keep one of the few archaeological sites of this type that exist on the island of Tenerife and that is very threatened due to urban pressure. The Playa del Guincho is a quaternary tank where you can observe mollusc species typical of tropical environments that were formed in a warmer time than what is currently being experienced. , according to experts more than 100 thousand years ago. It should also be noted that El Guincho has a natural pool that is filled with sea water and has been restored, a perfect place to enjoy the sea, very close to the sea. Bunker beach and in the tourist area of Playa de las Américas.
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Plaza del Camisón
The Plaza del Camisón is a public area that was born with the intention of developing a program called Tenerife Verde under the protection of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife
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Conjunto Histórico de Arona
Arona is a municipality belonging to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife -Canarias, Spain-. The administrative capital is located in the town of Arona, located at 630 meters above sea level. Although the municipal capital is in the midlands, greater economic and population importance have Valley of San Lorenzo, with an agricultural activity of export, and especially the coastal sector. The tourist populations - Beach of the Americas, Los Cristianos, Costa del Silencio, Palm-Mar ...- have substantially transformed the littoral area, being also the point of embarkation for the island of La Gomera. Arona is the third most populous municipality of the island of Tenerife, after Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
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Faro de Rasca
The lighthouse of Punta de Rasca is a lighthouse located on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) that is responsible for marking for maritime navigation the coasts of the south of the island, on the coastal strip that covers from the area covered by the lighthouse of Punta de Teno, to the northwest, and the Punta de Abona lighthouse, located to the northeast.
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Montaña de Guaza
The Montaña de Guaza Natural Monument is a protected area located in the municipality of Arona, south of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Declared Natural Area of National Interest in 1987, in 1994 it was reclassified as a Natural Monument. The protected zone comprises 725.7 ha, being constituted fundamentally by the Montaña de Guaza, one of the most representative exogenous volcanic domes of the island and by the lava flows derived from its eruption, it limits to the west with the tourist resort of Los Cristianos, to the east with the town of Guaza and the urbanization the Palm-Mar, to the north with the road that joins Los Cristianos with Guaza and to the south with the sea. In this place pre-Hispanic remains have been found in the form of caves, remains of ancient cabins and burials. It has been discovered that the antiquity of this natural monument is a maximum of 3.5 million years and a minimum of 0.67 million years.
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Monumento Natural de la Montaña de Guaza
The Montaña de Guaza Natural Monument is a protected area located in the municipality of Arona, south of the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Declared Natural Area of National Interest in 1987, in 1994 it was reclassified as a Natural Monument. The protected zone comprises 725.7 ha, being constituted fundamentally by the Montaña de Guaza, one of the most representative exogenous volcanic domes of the island and by the lava flows derived from its eruption, it limits to the west with the tourist resort of Los Cristianos, to the east with the town of Guaza and the urbanization the Palm-Mar, to the north with the road that joins Los Cristianos with Guaza and to the south with the sea. In this place pre-Hispanic remains have been found in the form of caves, remains of ancient cabins and burials. It has been discovered that the antiquity of this natural monument is a maximum of 3.5 million years and a minimum of 0.67 million years.
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Reserva Natural Especial del Malpaís de la Rasca
The Special Natural Reserve of Malpaís de la Rasca is a protected area of 315.4 hectares located in the municipality of Arona on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The area under protection houses outstanding habitat of cardonal-tabaibal coastal and interior, as well as different communities of flora and fauna associated. The landscape and the geomorphological structure of all the badlands and the adjacent cones are of interest.