La Laguna and Santa Cruz
Another far too early start. We had to be at Inprecasa to give them some glasses for stowage in the liferaft and two fire extinguishers for refill.
Our final tourist trip was to La Laguna, a World Heritage site just north of Santa Cruz. It was certainly a very attractive place with wide paved streets and a number of historic buildings as it was the original capital of Tenerife. For me, the wow factor was not very high and I couldn't see why the town justified World Heritage status.
Courtyard in the Museum of the History of Tenerife. The building dating from the 15th century was originally home to a family of Italian settlers. I found the collection of early nautical charts very interesting.
We returned to Inprecasa to collect the liferaft and fire extinguishers and to purchase an additional pack of flares. A very efficient company to deal with although for reasons not unconnected with Spanish legislation our 3 year service interval on the liferaft had been reduced to 1.
Santa Cruz is the last large town before we sail for the Cape verde islands and Brazil. It was time to visit El Corte Ingles to stock up. We filled two large shopping trolleys with mainly dry stores and bottled water.
We drove back to Puerto de Radazul to unload before returning to Santa Cruz to return our hire car.
For several years Marina Atlantico has had a reputation as being one of the most expensive marinas in the Canaries and one of the worst. We went to have a look. The location is terrific. Just opposite Plaza de España near the centre of Santa Cruz. Just last week...
...this facilities block was closed and...
...this one was opened.
Had we known it might have be worth calling at Santa Cruz.
Our final tourist trip was to La Laguna, a World Heritage site just north of Santa Cruz. It was certainly a very attractive place with wide paved streets and a number of historic buildings as it was the original capital of Tenerife. For me, the wow factor was not very high and I couldn't see why the town justified World Heritage status.
Courtyard in the Museum of the History of Tenerife. The building dating from the 15th century was originally home to a family of Italian settlers. I found the collection of early nautical charts very interesting.
We returned to Inprecasa to collect the liferaft and fire extinguishers and to purchase an additional pack of flares. A very efficient company to deal with although for reasons not unconnected with Spanish legislation our 3 year service interval on the liferaft had been reduced to 1.
Santa Cruz is the last large town before we sail for the Cape verde islands and Brazil. It was time to visit El Corte Ingles to stock up. We filled two large shopping trolleys with mainly dry stores and bottled water.
We drove back to Puerto de Radazul to unload before returning to Santa Cruz to return our hire car.
For several years Marina Atlantico has had a reputation as being one of the most expensive marinas in the Canaries and one of the worst. We went to have a look. The location is terrific. Just opposite Plaza de España near the centre of Santa Cruz. Just last week...
...this facilities block was closed and...
...this one was opened.
Had we known it might have be worth calling at Santa Cruz.