{"id":384,"date":"2020-02-23T17:13:08","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2021-05-16T00:51:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T23:51:38","slug":"metropolitan-area","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gotenerife.net\/en\/metropolitan-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Tenerife Metropolitan Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Tenerife Metropolitan Area<\/strong> encompasses the municipalities of Santa Cruz<\/a>,<\/u> La Laguna, El Rosario and Tegueste. Much of the island’s population live here. It is one of the three major regions<\/strong> into which the island is divided, along with South Tenerife and North Tenerife.<\/p>\n

South Tenerife<\/strong> is the most touristic area, North Tenerife<\/strong>\u00a0is steeped in tradition and wrapped in a stately atmosphere, while the Metropolitan Area<\/strong> concentrates the two most important cities of the island: Santa Cruz<\/strong><\/a>, the capital city, cradle of the Government and the administration of the island, and with one of the largest urban centres of Tenerife; and San<\/strong> Crist\u00f3bal de La Laguna<\/strong><\/a>, a noble city of stately buildings, of churches and cathedrals, a universal nature which keeps amongst its alleys one of the greatest artistic, cultural and historical heritages of the Canary Islands.<\/p>