Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the main city on the Canary Island of Tenerife and by far the largest with 200,000 inhabitants.
Although it's not one of the top tourist destinations compared to the natural attractions or beach resorts in the south of the island, it's big enough and important enough, thanks to the port and Tenerife-Norte TFN national airport for example, to merit a detailed guide.
Indeed, many travellers stop in Santa Cruz de Tenerife for a day or two when Tenerife is just a stopover on their way to the smaller islands of La Gomera or El Hierro, which don't have direct air links to Europe.
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