Driving over the mountain to Los Gigantes will take you over an hour the first time, even if you're brave. Don't listen to your GPS when it proposes leaving that road while you are still within the settled areaː It may be a shorter way to climb up one of the narrow Caminos but it isn't necessarily faster, and depending on how good your navigation system is you might easily end up in a dead end. The Teide mountain area can easily be reached by just following the TF-21 uphill. Puerto de la Cruz is well-connected to the east and west through the TF-5 motorway. Going south, you can take Línea 325 to Los Gigantes, a direct bus to Costa Adeje (only a few times a day), or interchange at Santa Cruz bus station. Línea 102 has a few more stops and takes about 1 hour. If you travel to/from Santa Cruz, the direct Línea 103 goes by motorway and takes about 45 minutes. Night lines leave from bays 11 and 12, which are located just across the road outside of the terminal. The bus station also has a ticket counter, in case you need assistance. Puerto de la Cruz is served from all direction by the Titsa public bus network. ![]() 28.41323 -16.55509 1 Bus Station ( Estación de Guaguas de Puerto de la Cruz) ( at the intersection of Avenida Melchor Luz and Calle Hermanos Fernández Perdigón).The last 343 bus from Aeropuerto Sur departs M-F 21:30 and Sa-So 19:20. Tickets in cash can be purchased directly from the bus driver, exact change not required. From Aeropuerto Sur a one-way ticket costs €14.60 cash or €9.60 with a ten+ prepaid card from Aeropuerto Norte €12.40 cash or €8.90 with a ten+ prepaid card. The Titsa express bus 343 is an efficient but unfortunately infrequent way to reach Puerto de la Cruz from either of the two airports. Some airlines now fly in by the nearer northern airport Los Rodeos ( TFN IATA), but on the whole only from mainland Spain. Some by taxi from the southern airport South–Reina Sofia ( TFS IATA), around €100, and some by bus via Santa Cruz bus station (easy to do if you do not have too much luggage). Many people will arrive on a package deal. 28.41589 -16.55218 2 Centro de Iniciativas y Turismo CIT ( Initiative and Tourism Center CIT), C/ Puerto Viejo, 13, ☏ +34 922 388 777, ( updated Jun 2020).In addition to its old world charms it offers some of the best visitor attractions in the islands. It has a wide span of magnificent hotels to suit all tastes and budgets. In 1955 mass tourism arrived in El Puerto, or Puerto Cruz, as it is sometimes called, and since then has been the largest basis of the city's economy. In the late 19th century, British elites began to visit, staying in many of the older Spanish manors which had been converted into luxurious hotels. Over time the city developed a separate identity from that of La Orotava, and finally gained full municipal autonomy in 1808. During the 17th century it developed into the most important port of Tenerife's north coast, used for exporting sugar cane and wine from the Orotava Valley. ![]() Puerto de la Cruz was established as a fishing village and eventually became the port for the nearby inland city of La Orotava. Much of the area around the old fishing port is full of narrow cobbled streets packed with colonial architecture. ![]() The old part of the town keeps beautiful spots, one of the few places where the locals still work, eat and drink. It is also the longest established most complete of all resorts on Tenerife. ![]() It is more family-friendly than the other tourist areas of Tenerife. Puerto de la Cruz (sometimes abbreviated to Puerto Cruz on road signs or Puerto in everyday language) is a city of the island of Tenerife.
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