Top10 - Tenerife

7019 votos

Tenerife Symphony Orchestra

The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra continues the work begun by the Canarian Chamber Orchestra which was created in 1935. However, it has only been since 1985, under the conductor Victor Pablo Pérez, that it has achieved such great artistic recognition.... [+]

6913 votos

Cathedral of Candelaria

At the end of the 14th century, some one hundred years before the conquest of Tenerife, a Gothic carving of the Virgin of Candelaria appeared on the coasts of the Güímar Valley. The Guanches worshipped this statue and gave it the name of Chaxiraxi.... [+]

6595 votos

History

When the Kingdom of Castilla began the conquest of the Canary Islands, Tenerife and the rest of the islands of the archipelago were inhabited by the Guanches. This name was first given to the native inhabitants of Tenerife but it was later used to... [+]

5704 votos

Teide National Park

A network of national parks in the Canary Islands attempts to conserve their most characteristic ecosystems. Hence, the Mt. Teide National Park, in the centre of the island of Tenerife, shelters the best examples of the supra-Mediterranean... [+]

5135 votos

Anaga Rural Park

The Anaga Rural Park occupies much of the mountainous massif located at the north-eastern end of the Island of Tenerife. With an area of 14,419 hectares, it is a substantial part of the Island of Tenerife and includes parts of the municipal... [+]

5045 votos

University of La Laguna

In 1701 a centre for higher studies of the Augustine religious order was founded in Tenerife, in the city of La Laguna. Although it was not until 1816 after various unsuccessful attempts that the first University of the Canary Islands was officially... [+]

5031 votos

Caserío de Masca

The Rural Park of Teno, in the municipality of Buenavista del Norte (the Isla Baja region), is where one can find the deepest ravines of the island. Here, surrounded by amazing escarpments, lies the hamlet of Masca. This picturesque hamlet, which... [+]

4626 votos

Cathedral of La Laguna

The cathedral is built on the site of the old church of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios. The building of this church began in 1515 where there had originally been a small chapel, built in 1511. It became a cathedral in 1819, with the appointment of a... [+]

4545 votos

Church and Mother House of La Concepción in La Orotava

The church of La Concepción is possible the best example of Baroque style in the whole of the Canary Islands. The facade is made up of three adornments; the central one, further forward, is the doorway. The rich decoration it presents is the most... [+]