Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Santa Cruz You're Not That Far
At the beginning of summer The Telegraph newspaper reported on a survey undertaken by Ebookers which showed that the global credit crunch was prompting a lot of Brits to re-think their traditional holiday plans.
Foremost amongst the findings was the statistic that only 27 percent of them planned to take a full fortnight’s holiday with a surprising 20 percent opting instead for short city breaks.
Coupled with earlier reports from leading travel companies that British winter breaks abroad are up by 20 percent, the coming Brit season in Tenerife could prove to be a bumper one for the constantly evolving Santa Cruz.
Over the past five years, developments in Tenerife’s capital city have seen its profile change from that of "utter hideousness" as described by Florence Du Kane in 1911, to a vibrant 21st century metropolis which offers beauty, sophistication and culture in its architecture, plazas and attractions.
The city enjoys an ambient all year temperature of 22 degrees along with near constant sunshine in which to wander its historic streets where once, Nelson’s defeated soldiers were marched back to their fleet and their now armless (ouch… on 2 fronts) leader.
The tram system offers easy and economic access to its architectural, botanical and cultural treasures while in the continually developing Noria district, excellent restaurants and cool, stylish bars are springing up at breakneck speed.
The recently refurbished Plaza España adds another eye catching feature to the iconic Auditorium on the city’s portside where some of the world’s largest liners are planning to dock this winter.
All this only a four hour flight away from a cold wet and windy UK will have you humming the 2003 Thrills single “Santa Cruz You’re Not That Far” all the way to the sunshine.
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