Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the island of Tenerife, the largest and most populated of the Canary Islands, is the second biggest city of the archipelago i.e., second to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with which it shares the capital city status.

Santa Cruz houses the Parliament of the Canary Islands, the Canarian Ministry of Presidency (shared in 4-year terms with Las Palmas), half of the ministries and boards of the Canaries Government (the other half being located in Gran Canaria) , the Tenerife Provincial Courts and 2 courts of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands.

The city’s harbour is one of Spain’s busiests for commercial and passenger traffic alike and for being one of the major ports of call on the route from Europe to the Caribbean.