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TO SEE A FULL SIZE PICTURE, CLICK ON THE PHOTO
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Map of Tenerife - click on this to view
in more detail.
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Santa Cruz Harbor
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Santa Cruz
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One of many beaches in Tenerife but the
only white sand beach. The sand was brought in from the Sahara
Desert.
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Note road along the coast
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View of the Atlantic
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Winding, narrow mountain road in the Anaga
Mountains
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Village of Taganana, one of Tenerife's oldest
villages
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Village is located in the top right corner
of the map on the first photo on this page.
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Streets of Taganana
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Note terraces on the hillsides where crops
are grown
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Man carrying his harvest home
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Church of Our Lady of the Snows. It was
built in 1520 and is one of the oldest on the Island.
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Church Entrance
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Restaurant where we had a snack break
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Overlook of San Cristobal La Laguna - a
World Heritage Site and the cultural center of the island
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La Laguna was island's capital until 1723
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Iglesia El Christo
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Historic courthouse
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Old City Hall
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Central Square
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Walk from ship to downtown Santa Cruz is
decorated with murals of shops
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Plaza de Espana
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Downtown Santa Cruz
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Pedestrian Shopping Street
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Monument commemorating the casualties of
the Spanish Civil War
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Museum with eco friendly exterior
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Opera House
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Designed by Santiago Calatravo (same one
who designed the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain
and the Olympic Stadium in Greece)
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Patterned after the Sydney Opera House
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To learn more about our visit to Tenerife, Canary Islands, go to
the Tenerife Newsletter. To view
the next photo gallery, go to Dakar,
Senegal Photo Gallery.
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