Thursday, June 01, 2006
A Walk Around Santa Cruz in Tenerife
Well, a walk by mouse around a variety of views of the city, taken by different Flickr members. Click on any of the photos to go to the full size image.
Also note that many will be parts of sets of photos that you can peruse to show you more views of Tenerife's capital city or of the island itself.
Let's start with the colorful houses in the back streets and old parts of town.
The little house at Number 26, with it's overgrown roof seems to be a popular view. It's also included in this set.
Right is the dried up riverbed of the Barranco de Santos, which passes, even if it doesn't flow, through the town.
Pictured left is the Calle de La Naria in the old part of town, dressed up for the fiestas and looking down towards the Iglesia de la Concepción.
These buildings (right) retain their colonial charm. The detail on the balconies in this street reminded the photographer of the Gaudi architecture in Barcelona. 
Among the city's best natural decorations are these beautiful purple jacaranda trees in Santa Cruz.
Want to go shopping? Try the colorful - both the building and the vast range of produce inside - market of Nuestra Señora de Africa (left) or the upmarket El Corte Ingles. Literally translated, the name of this store, Spain's answer to John Lewis, means "The English Court". Curious, eh?
Modern residential houses (left), diminish into the perspective down the slope towards the sea in pretty fading tones of similar colours.
Santiago Calatrava's International Fairs and Congress Center, here with the sign for the 2006 Carnaval, completes this tourist route around the city.
We hope you enjoyed it. At least on this trip, your feet aren't tired! :)
