What to see in Municipality Santiago del Teide

Location: municipality Santiago del Teide »
Latitude: 28.24771730
Longtitude: -16.83998110

Los Gigantes is a resort town in municipality Santiago del Teide on the west coast of the Canary Island of Tenerife. The giant rock formations that rise from the sea are its main feature. They rise to a height of 500-800 meters and the town was named after them - Los Gigantes (The Giants).

The town has a marina which is completely surrounded by concrete walls to shelter it from the rough seas around the area. There is s small black sand beach between the rocks and the marina. The marina’s boulevard is lined up with many restaurants and bars.

Los Gigantes rocks are one of the island's major tourist attractions. There are boat trips from the marina which are the best way to get a good look at that most stunning natural attraction of the place.

The resort of Los Gigantes offers Tenerife's best scuba diving, glass bottom boat trips and whale and dolphin watching excursions. There are a lot more activities in Los Gigantes: public tennis courts, crazy golf and swimming pools. There is an annual local festival with spectacular firework displays in the month of July.