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We arrived in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain harbor November 16, 2022 on our cruise from Lisbon to Cape town on the Voyager Severn Seas. Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Santa Cruz is located in the northeast quadrant of Tenerife island, 130 miles off the north-western coast of Africa within the Atlantic Ocean and the second largest island in the Canary Islands.

The Armas are ferries, in the harbor, that take you to the neighboring islands' Spain and North Africa. The Santa Cruz harbor is one of the busiest in Spain; three separate docks host regular ferries, fast ferries, cruise ships and merchant ships.

Neighborhoods are built straight up into the hilllsides

Santa Cruz is the second largest city in the Canary Islands and the main city on the island of Tenerife, with nearly half of the island's population living in or around it.

The port is of great importance and is the communications hub between Europe, Africa and Americas, with cruise ships arriving from many nations. The city is the focus for domestic and inter-island communications in the Canary Islands.

Teide, or Mount Teide, is a volcano on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest point above sea level in the islands of the Atlantic.

Looking out at the vistas below and Atlantic Ocean.

Mount Teide Observatory at 7,840 ft, located on Tenerife, Spain. The Teide Observatory with its telescopes is well known around the science world.

Looking in another direction from our stop at the side of the road while driving around the island.

Panoramic view of the city and the high rise buildings.

Map of Telerife Island, a little unfortunately.

Teide Observatory or Observatorio del Teide, is an astronomical observatory on Mount Teide located on Tenerife, Spain. It has been operated by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias since its inauguration in 1964. It became one of the first major international observatories, attracting telescopes from different countries around the world because of the good astronomical seeing conditions.

Rounding a bend in the road we come across a hang glider enjoying the morning lifts of wind.

Mount Teide Cable car ride to the top of Spain's highest volcano Mount Teide. During the ride you can experience flying over geological lava flows, rock formations with the colors and shapes below with spectacular views of the surrounding areas and distance.

We stopped at Roques Garcia or Garcia's Rocks. Below the Volcano Teides.

The views of the landscape are spectacular.

There’s no wonder Roques de Garcia , the Guardians of Mount Teide and Gods of Mount Teide has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007.

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