Tenerife remains a popular destination for European cruise visitors, especially during the winter months
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This article was first published in the Itinerary Planning Special Report 2016. All information was correct at the time of printing, but may since have changed.
Ports of Tenerife manages five cruise ports in the Canary Islands. There’s the main port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife as well as Los Cristianos, which is located in the main tourist area; then there’s Santa Cruz de La Palma in ‘the Fairy Island’; San Sebastián de La Gomera, which is the last Columbus call before the America’s Discovery; and La Estaca in El Hierro, which was believed to be the end of the world by the ancient conquerors.
Located in the Atlantic Ocean, we offer a secure place to visit within Europe, next to Africa. The islands are easily air connected to Europe.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife provides an experienced homeport to visit El Teide – the highest peak in Spain which is featured on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Cruise passengers are astonished by the clear sky of La Palma, the site for one of the most important astrophysics observatories in the North Hemisphere. Other popular activities include trekking in the Laurisilva quaternary forest in La Gomera and discovering the ‘silbo gomero’ – the whistling language to communicate through ravines; and meet ancient lizards closely related to dinosaurs in El Hierro.