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The Island of Tenerife, with an area of 2.034 square kilometres, the most extensive and highest in the archipelago, has a triangular shape and in its centre rises the Teide Mountain at 3,717 metres, the highest peak in both the islands and the country.
The almost 400 kilometres of island perimeter contains a range of mountains of great contrasts and scientific interest and holds a large number of endemic plants, with more than 600 species that are relics of the Tertiary period. |
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Adeje
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| The largest tourist development can be found around the coastal centre of Playa de las Américas (The Americas Beach)... |
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Arafo |
| Located in the centre of Güímar valley, it has a narrow strip of coast running for 2 kilometres... |
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Arico |
| Is the second largest borough on the island. Its aridity is offset by the continuous agricultural effort that has created... |
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Arona |
| The borough of Arona is located in the south-east of Tenerife at the Punta de la Rasca, the southern most extreme which has the least annual precipitation of the island... |
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Candelaria |
| The history and life of the Candelaria borough are joined to the Patron of the Canaries, the Virgin of Candelaria, who appeared... |
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El Rosario |
| The capital of El Rosario borough is the town of La Esperanza, land of leafy hills and rural traditions that its inhabitants have preserved... |
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El Sauzal |
| The city centre of El Sauzal rises above the coastal cliff with excellent views of the sea, and spreads out around the Príncipes de España Plaza, that offers attractive stepped gardens and fountains... |
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El Tanque |
| This is one of the three boroughs, together with Tegueste and Vilaflor, that is not on the sea... |
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Fasnia |
| Is a land of stark contrasts, surprising for its hard working inhabitants that have transformed the arid surroundings to make them suitable for cultivation in "bancales" (earth pits) built into the gullies and steep slopes of the borough... |
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Garachico |
| El nombre de Garachico, según
parece, está ligado a su roque, formándose
a partir de la raíz guanche "igara" -isla-,
que se une a "chico". Hacia el interior, el
desarrollo del núcleo urbano se ve limitado por
un enorme acantilado... |
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Guía de Isora |
| The arid earth of the Isora Badlands (Malpaís de Isora) has been transformed into fertile farms ... |
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Güímar |
| Güímar valley is filled with spectacular ravines and gullies such as Badajoz or Agua.... |
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Icod de Los Vinos |
| This is an area rich in water and fertile earth for the cultivation of wine... |
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La Guancha |
| La Guancha rises from the sea to the summit where it reaches the slopes of the Teide... |
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La Laguna |
| San Cristóbal de la Laguna, founded in 1496, was the island's first capital. The city centre, of great artistic and cultural value... |
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La Matanza de Acentejo |
| The confrontation between Guanches (natives) and the Spanish, which took place in the Acentejo ravine in 1494, gave rise to the city's name which means the "Slaughter of Acentejo"... |
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La Orotava |
| The borough of La Orotava is the largest on the island. From the coast, its territory rises through an immense valley to the Teide National Park and can be admired from the Humboldt Lookout... |
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La Victoria de Acentejo |
| The defeat suffered by the Guanches (natives) at the hands of the Spanish troops in 1495 gives its name to this municipality - the 'Victory of Acentejo'... |
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Los Realejos |
| Los Realejos is located on the eastern most side of La Orotava valley.... |
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Los Silos |
| Named for the grain silos that the Portuguese colonist, Gonzalo Yánez, ordered constructed, the historic centre of the town was built around the Luz Plaza where an art nouveau style kiosk ... |
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Puerto de La Cruz |
| From the 1960's the tourist boom has driven the economy of this borough whose first hotels date back to the end of the 19th Century... |
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San Juan de La Rambla |
| San Juan de La Rambla, located on the north-east gorge that passes through to the sea, is a delight for its cobbled streets, traditional Canary architecture, small beach and municipal swimming pool... |
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San Miguel |
| Since the 1980's the service sector, mainly in construction and tourism, has become more important, particularly with respect to golf... |
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| The capital is blessed with a wide range of museums: the Fine Arts (Bellas Artes) beside the Príncipe Plaza... |
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Santa Úrsula |
| Its history has been closely tied to the ups and downs of agricultural exports, growing in the good times and setting off migrations in the bad... |
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Santiago del Teide |
| The Santiago valley contains the borough of Santiago del Teide where its capital sits at over 900 metres... |
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Tacoronte |
| Tacoronte is a land of excellent wines and other agricultural produce. Its name, according to some historians, originates from the aboriginal word 'tagoro' or meeting place or council... |
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Tegueste |
| Nestled in the Tegueste valley, this borough is without sea access. The San Marcos Plaza with its church dating from 1530 sits in the centre of town while El Socorro district is home to a beautiful 16th Century hermitage... |
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Vilaflor |
| The capital of Vilaflor perches at 1,400 metres in the highest borough in all of Spain, and is one of only three on Tenerife that has no access to the sea... |
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