Puerto de la Cruz is part of you; it’s always been that way and will continue to be so and with greater intensity from now on.
This tiny spot in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is rich in history and has a great future ahead of it as a popular tourist destination and meeting place for different cultures.
It’s a place for all of the senses, where you can breathe in the fragrant sea air and almost reach out and touch the kaleidoscopic sky.
El Puerto, as its known locally, is the smallest municipality in Tenerife and is situated in the northeast of the island, inside a great natural amphitheatre, La Orotava Valley. It’s a city that overlooks the ocean and is surrounded by fields, banana plantations and vineyards and, off course, always under the watchful eye of El Teide.
Puerto de la Cruz is a touristic city different to any other. Its port enjoyed glory days as a commercial port exporting sugar and wine to what was then a prosperous Europe. Its outstanding natural beauty and spectacular skies captured the attention of many scientists and botanists from the continent and it soon transformed itself into the ideal wellness retreat. The tolerance and open-mindedness of the locals cemented the city as the avant garde cultural capital of the Canary Islands.