Tenerife

Tenerife, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands off the coast of Africa & is also the most populated.

The island also has one of the largest carnivals in the world & is one of the busiest Spanish resorts.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the capital of the island and the seat of the island council (cabildo insular). The city is capital of the autonomous community of Canary Islands (shared with Las Palmas), sharing governmental institutions such as Presidency and ministries.

The island is home to La Laguna University, which was founded in 1792. The University of La Laguna is the oldest university in the Canaries.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna is the second city of the island and the third one of the archipelago. The city of La Laguna was also capital of the Canary Islands until Santa Cruz replaced it in 1833.

Tenerife also has the highest elevation of Spain & the third largest volcano in the world from its base, El Teide.

The island, itself a Spanish province named Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is divided administratively into 31 municipalities;

• Adeje
  
• Arafo
  
• Arico
  
• Arona
  
• Buenavista del Norte
  
• Candelaria
  
• Fasnia
  
• Garachico
  
• Granadilla de Abona
  
• La Guancha
  
• Guía de Isora
  
• Güímar
  
• Icod de los Vinos
  
• La Matanza de Acentejo
  
• La Orotava
  
• Puerto de la Cruz
  
• Los Realejos
  
• El Rosario
  
• San Cristóbal de La Laguna
  
• San Juan de la Rambla
  
• San Miguel de Abona
  
• Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  
• Santa Úrsula
  
• Santiago del Teide
  
• El Sauzal
  
• Los Silos
  
• Tacoronte
  
• El Tanque
  
• Tegueste
  
• La Victoria de Acentejo
  
• Vilaflor

Only three municipalities are landlocked: Tegueste, El Tanque and Vilaflor.

Vilaflor is the municipality with the highest altitude in the Canaries (its capital is 1,400 meters high).The island of Tenerife is served by Tenerife North - Los Rodeos Airport and Reina Sofía Airport in the south.
A network consisting of two fast, toll-free motorways (TF1 and TF5) encircles nearly the entire island, linking all the main towns and resorts with the metropolitan area..

Public transport on the island is provided by an extensive network of buses and run by TITSA, who operate a fleet of modern, air-conditioned buses.
A rental car is sometimes the best option for discovering the remote wilderness regions. TITSA buses(guaguas) cover most of the island and they are fairly frequent.

The metropolitan Area formed by Santa Cruz and La Laguna is served by the Tranvía de Tenerife (Tenerife Tram) working since early 2007, after 3 years of intensive works.
The main means of transportation in Tenerife is by highways. The most important of these are the Autopista del Sur and the Autopista del Norte (the North and South Motorways), which run from the metropolitan zone to the south and north, respectively.