{"id":5072,"date":"2024-09-12T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5072"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:41:19","slug":"puerto-street-art-an-open-air-museum-in-puerto-de-la-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/09\/puerto-street-art-an-open-air-museum-in-puerto-de-la-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Street Art: An Open\u2011Air Museum in Puerto de la Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The charm of Puerto de la Cruz never goes unnoticed by those who dedicate a day of their holidays to exploring the city. Places such as Lago Marti\u00e1nez, Plaza del Charco, and the fishing harbour make this northern enclave of Tenerife one of the island\u2019s most beautiful corners. Yet there is even more to discover. Hidden among the buildings of the old fishermen\u2019s quarter lies one of the most captivating routes to enjoy on the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Puerto Street Art is an urban\u2011renewal project linked to the renowned Mueca Festival, which every spring fills the streets of Puerto de la Cruz with colour and creativity through high\u2011value artistic interventions. These are stories told through magnificent murals created by internationally acclaimed artists. Puerto Street Art offers a delightful way to explore this part of the city, revealing an open\u2011air museum and inviting visitors to experience art from a fresh perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A walk through murals of Puerto de la Cruz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Puerto de la Cruz is a tourist city that, among its many attractions, features nearly twenty striking murals signed by internationally recognised artists. Many of them are concentrated in the fishing district known as La Ranilla, forming a route through one of the liveliest areas of the municipality.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Enjoying the murals of Puerto Street Art is easy, comfortable, and highly recommended. The walking route can begin at the Tourist Information Centre (CIT) on Puerto Viejo Street, an area filled with charming corners and excellent restaurants, where the relaxed local atmosphere blends seamlessly with this colourful artistic trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Near the CIT stands the mural known as La Eterna Juventud<\/em>, a work by the Andalusian artist Belin (Miguel \u00c1ngel Belich\u00f3n), one of the world\u2019s leading hyperrealist painters. His piece is among the most striking: the face of a sailor, rendered with extraordinary realism, symbolises the deep connection between the municipality and the sea since its origins as the port of the Orotava Valley. The sailor\u2019s weathered face, marked by sun and salt, holds a small paper boat filled with references to travel and the wider world. It is a work worth admiring for several minutes to appreciate every detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing down Teobaldo Power Street, the next mural appears: an untitled piece by the artist Kob. This elongated, abstract mural depicts surreal scenes, imaginary vegetation, and strange intertwined creatures. It is a work that sparks the imagination as viewers attempt to identify shapes within the dense composition of fantastical species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the same street is a mural by one of the Canary Islands\u2019 most celebrated artists, Sabotaje al Montaje, titled Ritual<\/em>. It pays tribute to Chucho Dorta, a well\u2011known defender of Canarian traditions. Next to the freehand portrait of Dorta appears the face of a goat, referencing the traditional goat\u2011bathing ritual held each year at the fishing harbour of Puerto de la Cruz on the feast of Saint John.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The route continues along El Lomo Street, one of the most vibrant areas of the municipality, lined with appealing restaurants and adorned with several murals. On one side is Nav\u00edos vol\u00e1tiles<\/em> by FEOFL!P: a wooden boat with a fish\u2019s head and oar\u2011shaped wings sails across the world. The vessel bears the name Taoro<\/em>, in memory of the ancient menceyato<\/em>\u2014one of the kingdoms into which Tenerife was divided before the conquest\u2014to which Puerto de la Cruz belonged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next to the Archaeological Museum of Puerto de la Cruz stands the mural by Roa, arguably one of the most emotionally impactful works in the entire Puerto Street Art collection. The artist depicts a massive pyramid of insects climbing over one another, rendered with extraordinary detail on the side of a building.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Opposite Roa\u2019s mural is El Viaje Inesperado<\/em> by Liqen, one of the world\u2019s leading graffiti artists. From the mouth of a clay jar with multicoloured wings emerges the head of a reptile. Liqen\u2019s works often evoke curiosity about biology and the species that have survived thousands of years of evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Mequinez Street is La Frontera del Para\u00edso<\/em> by Victor Ash, where a large mesh of black human silhouettes intertwines to form a fence that seems to block access to paradise, represented by a colourful sunset in the background. It is a reflection on how economic constraints and social prejudices can hinder the path to a better life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the same street is La Macaronesia<\/em> by Iker Muro, a vibrant, psychedelic surrealist piece. The artist describes his style as an acidic blend of pop elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next mural on this artistic walk through Puerto de la Cruz is La fuerza est\u00e1 en las ra\u00edces<\/em> by El Ni\u00f1o de las Pinturas, a graffiti artist with more than twenty years of experience. The work is a tribute to Canarian culture, represented through the face of a woman surrounded by traditional elements such as pintaderas<\/em>, a manta esperancera<\/em>, and the hibiscus flower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this point in the route, the magic of Puerto Street Art blends with the colourful fa\u00e7ades of the fishermen\u2019s quarter through another beautiful initiative by local artist Juliana Serrano. Next to the doors of several houses, she has painted motifs such as fish, a hammer, or a mouse\u2014symbols that reference the history and nicknames of the residents. It is a magnificent fusion of tradition and modernity in Puerto de la Cruz, and one not to be missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The charm of Puerto de la Cruz never goes unnoticed by those who dedicate a day of their holidays to exploring the city. Places such as Lago Marti\u00e1nez, Plaza del Charco, and the fishing harbour make this northern enclave of Tenerife one of the island\u2019s most beautiful corners. Yet there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellanium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5077,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5072\/revisions\/5077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webtenerife.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}