Town · Canary Islands, Spain, Europe
Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
Old resort town on Tenerife's green north coast: black-sand beaches, Manrique's seawater pools, Loro Parque and two coworking spaces. Lower average room rates than Adeje in 2025, but cloudier. Research draft, not first-hand.
- Coworking day pass
- €18 / day
- One operator’s price
- Time zone
- Canary time
For families
Puerto de la Cruz with kids
Opening hours, prices and age limits for each day out, with the date we read them. Beaches have their own access notes further down.
Loro Parque (1.6 km, about 4 min by road from the town point, model)
zoo open Mon–Sun 9:30–17:30; free train from Plaza de los Reyes Católicos every 20 minutes; under-3s free, children's tickets from 3 to 11 (loroparque.com, read 9 Oct 2026).
Lago Martiánez
César Manrique's municipal seawater complex with a lake of about 27,000 m³, four adult pools and three children's pools (webtenerife.com, read 9 Oct 2026).
Playa Jardín
black-sand beach with breakwaters, a children's area and showers; outside the breakwaters the swell can be stronger (webtenerife.com, read 9 Oct 2026).
In detail
The notes behind this page
Puerto de la Cruz is the main resort town on Tenerife’s north coast: smaller and cheaper than the big resorts of the south, greener, and cloudier. It works well for a slow month with a coworking desk and for families who want pools and a zoo within walking distance. Start with the guide that fits your question:
- Things to do in Puerto de la Cruz: Loro Parque, Lago Martiánez prices by age, the botanical garden, Playa Jardín, Teide by bus, without a car.
- Where to stay in Tenerife: north or south: how touristy each area is, in numbers.
- Tenerife with kids: Loro Parque, Lago Martiánez, calm beaches, water parks.
- Getting around Tenerife: buses from both airports, day passes, when a car helps.
- Gran Canaria or Tenerife? and best time to visit the Canary Islands.
Why Puerto de la Cruz
- 8.73 km² municipality with 31,137 residents (1 Jan 2025). [Wikipedia; Wikidata/INE, 9 Oct 2026]
- About 20,111 tourist beds in hotels and apartments (December 2025), 15.7% of the island’s total; 937,396 registered guests in 2025 (17.2% of Tenerife). [Turismo de Tenerife, Balance 2025]
- Average daily rate (hotels and apartments) €82.6 in 2025, the lowest of the municipalities named in the report (Adeje €159.2, Arona €124.5, Santa Cruz €102.3). [Turismo de Tenerife, Balance 2025]
Keep reading: 5 more sections
Working from here
- Coworking in the Sun (Centro Comercial La Cúpula): fixed desk €18 a day, €63 a week, €180 a month, €405 for three months, all plus 7% IGIC; monitor and meeting room included. [coworkinginthesun.com/pricing, 9 Oct 2026]
- Iriarte 37 Coworking: day pass €20 (tax not stated), coworking plans from €180 a month plus 7% IGIC; reception Mon–Fri 8:30–15:00, access 8:00–22:00 every day. [iriarte37.com, 9 Oct 2026]
- Café option: FU Café in La Cúpula, run alongside Coworking in the Sun, which says it has plenty of outlets and has hosted free coworking Thursdays (11:00–18:00, last confirmed Sep 2025). Research, check before you go. [coworkinginthesun.com; fu-cafe.com, 10 Oct 2026]
- Internet: nomads.com gives 36 Mbps as a crowd-sourced average for the whole island; its reviews say coworking spaces and laptop cafés are limited, especially in the north. [nomads.com, Oct 2026]
- Time zone Atlantic/Canary, one hour behind mainland Spain and the same as Lisbon and London.
With kids
- Loro Parque: zoo with a free tourist train from Plaza de los Reyes Católicos every 20 minutes, 9:30–16:30 out, 10:15–17:30 back; park hours 9:30–17:30; under-3s free. [loroparque.com, 9 Oct 2026]
- Lago Martiánez: Manrique’s seawater lake and pools on the seafront, three of them for children. [webtenerife.com, 9 Oct 2026]
- Playa Jardín: 240 m of black sand with breakwaters and a children’s area, next to Loro Parque. [webtenerife.com, 9 Oct 2026]
- Children’s emergencies: the nearest public children’s emergency department we could confirm is at Hospital Universitario de La Candelaria in Santa Cruz (Canary government, June 2026). In an emergency call 112. More: healthcare in Spain for travellers. [Gobierno de Canarias]
Everything with prices and the honest caveats: Tenerife with kids.
Weather on the north coast
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife (nearest sea-level AEMET normal, east of here): mean daily max 21.0 °C in January, 29.0 °C in August; 29.7 rain days a year. [AEMET C449C, 1981–2010]
- Tenerife Norte airport, 632 m up on the same side of the island: 64 rain days and 77.7 fog days a year, so expect cloud as soon as you drive uphill. [AEMET C447A, 1981–2010]
- Compare with the south: Tenerife Sur airport has 15.2 rain days and 114 clear days a year. [AEMET C429I, 1981–2010]
Getting here
- Tenerife North airport: TITSA line 30 to Puerto de la Cruz; about 32 km and 29 minutes by car (model). [TITSA, archived 5 Oct 2026; OSRM]
- Tenerife South airport: express line 343 (Puerto de la Cruz to Los Cristianos via both airports); about 95 km and 70 minutes by car (model). [TITSA; OSRM]
More: getting around Tenerife. Flights to both airports: flights to the Canary Islands. Anaga, Teide and other walks: Tenerife hiking; a plan for north and south: Tenerife itinerary. Loro Parque prices, the botanical garden and the rest of the island: things to do in Tenerife.
Open questions
Puerto de la Cruz: quick answers
Where is Puerto de la Cruz?
On the north coast of Tenerife in the Canary Islands (Spain), in the Orotava valley. It is a small municipality of 8.73 km² with 31,137 residents (INE 1 January 2025, via Wikidata). Tenerife North airport is about 32 km away by road, Tenerife South about 95 km.
Is Puerto de la Cruz good for remote work?
For a small town, it has options: Coworking in the Sun (day desk €18, month €180, both plus 7% IGIC) and Iriarte 37 (day pass €20, open 8:00–22:00 every day), both by their own price lists read 10 Oct 2026. The island-wide internet average is 36 Mbps on nomads.com, which is a crowd figure, so ask your host for a speed test.
Is Puerto de la Cruz less touristy than the south of Tenerife?
It is smaller. In 2025 hotels and apartments in Puerto de la Cruz took 17.2% of Tenerife's registered guests, against 34.1% in Adeje and 26.1% in Arona (Turismo de Tenerife). It is still a resort town with about 20,000 tourist beds.
How do I get to Puerto de la Cruz from the airport?
TITSA bus line 30 runs from Tenerife North airport and the express line 343 links Puerto de la Cruz with both airports and Los Cristianos (TITSA, read 9 Oct 2026). By car it is about 29 minutes from the north airport and 70 minutes from the south airport (OSRM model, no traffic).